What were the most typical backgrounds of new unicorn founders in the US and UK between 2013 and 2023? Over 2,000 unicorn founders reviewed! techcrunch-com.cdn.ampproject.org/c/s/techcrunch… Go to Defiancecapital.com for the full report.

Interesting article from Defiance Capital. Immigrant founders are statistically likely to create Unicorns, but are statistically *unlikely* to raise from top VCs. Incredible arbitrage opportunity for VC's that follow the data and invest in immigrants. techcrunch.com/2024/03/27/uni…

Grateful to be featured alongside our friends at Y Combinator in Defiance Capital's latest study of founders and venture capital funds!

I hate that the startup world puts investors on a pedestal. As a startup founder, it distracted me from serving my users. As an investor, it distracts my companies from serving their users. Investors aren’t the heroes of the startup world.

Why doesn’t the UK have more startups? Capital is fixed, technical talent is world class, tax incentives are great, visas mostly fine, university IP problems seem like they’re getting fixed. Free healthcare and social security net in the UK is a huge advantage that should make