RBC came out with a very interesting analysis today that looked at how much Facebook…
Entrepreneurship
Every time I read about Yahoo‘s share of the search market I wonder to what sites the Yahoo traffic is actually going. Here is the mystery: depending on the source, Yahoo’s share of the US search market is around 20% give or take (e.g. Compete numbers or ComScore numbers) but when I look at the […]
RBC came out with a very interesting analysis today that looked at how much Facebook…
People search must account for a significant portion of Google search traffic and it is…
Every time I read about Yahoo‘s share of the search market I wonder to what sites the Yahoo traffic is actually going. Here is the mystery: depending on the source, Yahoo’s share of the US search market is around 20% give or take (e.g. Compete numbers or ComScore numbers) but when I look at the actual numbers of our portfolio companies I have never seen a site that gets more than 7% of its search engine traffic from Yahoo with many sites rather being in the 1-2% range. So while the sample might not be perfect, it can definitely not explain this large discrepancy – so here are a few theories that I came up with:
Perhaps it is a combination of these factors but it is such a large discrepancy that I just don’t fully understand what is happening.
Portfolio
Robotics has been a core focus of my time in deep tech. I recently wrote a post sharing our considerations on robotics and we’ve made three investments in the category within the past year, including Optimotive. Today, I am thrilled to be able to share the news that we’ve led the $5m seed round of […]
There’s a talent drain facing the tech industry today. We frequently hear about companies that…
We are very happy to announce our investment in Manifold, the easiest way to find…