By Fred Wilson—Feb 4, 2020

The FTC filed a complaint to stop the merger of Edgewell (Schick) and Harry’s yesterday. I don’t have a vested interest in this case in any way (other than having had a summer job working for Gillette in 1980). But it is a very curious action in my view. Over the last decade, two new […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Nick Grossman—Feb 3, 2020

Last year around this time, I had a major medical scare which shook me pretty hard. The details don’t matter, but the takeaway was that afterwards I felt lucky to have not had a more serious problem, despite a bad situation that was totally avoidable. I dodged a bullet. It was a wake-up call. Last […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Feb 3, 2020

Our friend Benedict Evans posted his annual “macro trends” deck this weekend. I asked him if I can embed it here and while he said yes, I am not sure that will happen this morning. But you can download the PDF here . In the deck, Benedict poses the question “what is the next S-Curve?” […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Feb 2, 2020

One of the many things that venture capital has taught me is the value of the long buy. What I mean by a “long buy” is buying shares in a company over a long period of time. We have investments where we have bought shares seven or eight times over a ten to twelve year […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)

By Nick Grossman—Jan 31, 2020

I am flying home from Europe today (by way of Reykjavik) and as a result, have a lot of time to catch up on things. I have spent the bulk of the day writing up a handful of strategy docs relating to some of our portfolio companies and subsequently chatting about them. In every endeavor, […] Read more (opens Nick Grossman in a new tab)

By Fred Wilson—Jan 31, 2020

I don’t usually take a reward when backing a Kickstarter project, but I really need one of these fingerprint bike locks so I did today when I backed it. USV TEAM POSTS: Bethany Crystal — Jan 30, 2020 What We Can Learn from Works in Progress Albert Wenger — Jan 29, 2020 Support Andrew Yang […] Read more (opens AVC in a new tab)