How can you tell if a startup is going to be successful? What beacons signal a company will really take off?  What flags hint at a potential crash and burn?  Investors are constantly looking for [...]

Mucker’s first meeting with Emotive happened in November of 2018, though our initial investment wouldn’t happen until 18 months later in May 2020 when we would lead their Series A. Today, Emotive [...]

As a startup founder, business jargon and vocabulary tends to grow and expand with experience beyond the mainstays of "product-market fit" and "go-to-market". It isn't until a founder finds [...]

This post originally appeared in Forbes, written by Erik Rannala. America recently celebrated Memorial Day to honor military men and women who paid the ultimate price to secure and defend [...]

This post originally appeared in TechCrunch back in 2015, written by our co-founder and managing partner Erik Rannala. We believe the message applies as much today as it did in 2015 when it was [...]