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We are excited to announce Touchdown Ventures’ relationship with Masco Corporation and the launch of a new $50M corporate VC fund. Masco is a leader in the home improvement space and owns leading brands such as Behr paint and Delta faucet. buff.ly/3dka3gQ

2009 research from the Kauffman Foundation suggested that more big companies are formed during economic downturns; my colleague Selina Troesch Munster found that this is not necessarily the case for companies formed during bear markets buff.ly/3aRErgQ

We are proud to announce our corporate partner T-Mobile’s investment in and partnership with dialpadhq, as part of its newly unveiled “T-Mobile WFX” suite of offerings designed to help enterprises navigate a “work from anywhere” world. buff.ly/2PACSM5

Why should corporations invest in startups versus just buying them outright? My colleague Scott 🌻 Lenet shares 3 compelling reasons why in his latest blog post. Touchdown Ventures buff.ly/3bBJ6ni

“At a certain point, everyone has grown up with this stuff, everything is a software company, and the important questions are somewhere else.” - Benedict a la Evans on thinking beyond software when it comes to industry disruption buff.ly/2OMf73q

Building an ecosystem of startup partners can help companies grow their product of service platforms. My Touchdown Ventures colleague Daniel Deeney explains the value of these ecosystems and how to create them buff.ly/2Mtxb16

It's great to see AngelList continuing to create innovative solutions to make early-stage investing more accessible for founders and angels alike buff.ly/3dlL8ru

The portfolio companies of Touchdown Ventures’s corporate partners are hiring - check out our latest list of 100+ job opportunities buff.ly/2USeW6B

My Touchdown Ventures colleague Scott 🌻 Lenet highlights the importance of actively working to create value for your venture fund’s portfolio companies. buff.ly/3q4Po3T

.Frank Wang shares thoughts on how the cybersecurity market became so crowded and how it might evolve going forward buff.ly/3cJNfWM

HBS professor Tom Eisenmann offers a nuanced take on the standard advice given to first-time startup founders buff.ly/39sDqe0

AgTech startups raised a record $6.1B in 2020, a 60% increase from the previous year. My colleague, Selina Troesch Munster breaks down key trends and growth drivers in the industry buff.ly/3hLUbps

My colleague Scott 🌻 Lenet shares his perspective on how to handle shifting deal terms in venture capital buff.ly/3xhy3Iq

“The notion that ‘developers don’t care about security’ couldn’t be further from the truth.” Kaitlyn Henry and Eliza Loring share some great insights on trends in the identity and access management space OpenView .406 Ventures buff.ly/3wt5IO6

The a16z team shares a great analysis on the true cost of cloud infrastructure for enterprises, and the scenarios in which it may make sense to “repatriate” workloads buff.ly/3yCPlAZ

“You have to do edge-of-the-bell curve, extraordinary things for a startup to work.” James Currier at NFX offers a mental model for startup founders to guide their decision-making that goes beyond searching for “balance” or “finding the middle” buff.ly/3aIwGcH

The AngelList Venture team recently shared some interesting data to support the narrative that “tech innovation is becoming more widely distributed” beyond Silicon Valley buff.ly/3yw03bw

Gaming sector VC reached an all-time high last year with $4.7B invested in 218 startups. Check out my first article in RiskyBusinessVC for the trends driving the uptick in activity. buff.ly/3CbNDHc

Touchdown Ventures is hiring several VC analysts: touchdownvc.com/talent/#apply-… If you are 1-3 years out of college and interested in venture capital - this a great opportunity for you! #hiring #venturecapital

We are proud to announce our investment in Paladin Cloud, which provides policy management solutions to improve cyber security and prevent data breaches. Daniel Deeney Paul Sawers (not on here much) @techcrunch buff.ly/3PhNjO1