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Insights from Fabrica Ventures Team.

June 21, 2020

Silicon Renaissance

The Italian Renaissance was a two-century period (15th and 16th) that re-illuminated the Western civilization. The Italian achievements in science, technology, philosophy, exploration and arts (painting, […]
June 4, 2020

Work @ Home

What should be the most significant social trend resulting from the coronavirus lockdowns? ‘Work @ home’, in my opinion. Many companies, such as Facebook, Square and […]
June 2, 2020

Why Innovation Flourishes in Freedom

The recently published book “How Innovation Works and Why It Flourishes in Freedom” by Matt Ridley is a gem. It is full of illustrative historical stories […]
February 16, 2020

The Tech Singularity

Ray Kurzweil coined the term Singularity. On a day to day basis, singularity means a singular event with deep implications. In mathematics, singularity implies infinity, the […]
December 5, 2019

Let There Be Light!

I highly encourage the reading of the article “VC returns by series: Part I”, by Cameron Stanfill, in PitchBook’s 4Q 2019 digital magazine “Private Market PlayBook”. […]
November 26, 2019

On Liquidation Preferences

Liquidation Preference is one of the most important topics on a VC startup term sheet. The Liquidation Preference clause determines who gets their money back — […]
November 4, 2019

What is Tech

Let’s have a look at how the public market has rewarded some recent IPOs (return to IPO offering price @ 11/1/2019, IPO month): Group 1) Zoom […]
October 4, 2019

Late Stage VC Four-Quadrant Investment Matrix

WeWork’s IPO failed miserably. It is now a zombie company with its carrion bonds being avidly shortened by WS hyenas. Lyft’s stock is 45%+ down from […]
August 10, 2019

Later Stage Conifers

“The Dao of Capital”, by the hedge fund manager Mark Spitznagel, is one of the best ever written books on investing. Spitznagel brilliantly brings the Austrian […]