Posts by jed
Announcing the Seed-DB Investor Graph, and responding to the ‘VC Zombie’ s**tstorm
Seed-DB Investor Graph: EXCLUSIVE first look “Zombie VC” s**tstorm & Crunchbase data TechStars expands by merging with existing programs Seed-DB Investor Graph – EXCLUSIVE first look I’m pleased to announce the launch of the Seed-DB Investor Graph! The Investor Graph shows the web of VC and angel funding, by detailing who has funded which accelerators/companies [...]
“The Launch Pad” review, thoughts on scaling accelerators, and important new Seed-DB features
Review – “The Launch Pad” by Randall Stross What is it really like to be involved with Y Combinator? “The Launch Pad” is the newest and most complete piece to date. While other writers have penned articles about YC (notably Stephen Levy in Wired magazine), this is the first book. It follows the Summer 2011 [...]
Three new features in Seed-DB
I’m pleased to say that Seed-DB now has three new features! Some of these come from direct feedback; others are features I’ve been planning to add for a while. I hope you find them useful. Median + Average funding Brad Feld got in touch with me to refer me to his post where he discusses [...]
Seed-DB: a month of changes
Seed-DB was launched on July 25th, and since then it’s been a fascinating ride. Here is the latest news on everything related to seed accelerators and Seed-DB. Follow Seed-DB on Twitter Seed-DB now has a Twitter account: @GoSeedDB. Follow it to get all of the latest updates and announcements on the site. Like this newsletter, [...]
Introducing Seed-DB: a database of seed accelerators and their companies
I’m pleased to announce Seed-DB, a database of seed accelerators and the companies they have accelerated. I originally started assembling this data in the summer of 2009 as part of the research paper I wrote for my MBA thesis at the University of Cambridge: “Copying Y Combinator: a framework for developing Seed Accelerator programs.” Ever [...]
Your go-to London Olympics form guide
I’m really looking forward to the London 2012 Olympics. But if you’re like me, you only have half a clue as to who’s been performing well in a couple of sports at best. And there are over 300 medals being awarded at this years’ Olympic Games. I recently received a forwarded e-mail from a guy [...]
Five baseline assumptions on seed accelerators
There has been an explosion of new seed accelerators recently, and with that comes an explosion of press interest, blog articles, and more. I was even interviewed for a recent article by the Wall Street Journal, though my quotes were all cut. (Speaking of which, I learned a lot of about media through that experience. [...]
A sad milestone
My father, Glen Christiansen, died when I was 17 years old, in my senior year of high school. As of today, he’s been gone for half of my life. As of tomorrow, I’ll have lived longer without my father than I did with him. (I grew up in the US Midwest, where normally this kind [...]