Viewpoints


Insights from Fabrica Ventures Team.

December 10, 2020

World’s Host

Airbnb was our first investment in Late Stage VC (January 2019). We still did not have the Fabrica Ventures Fund vehicle, and we decided with friends […]
December 6, 2020

Startups CEOs’ Skin in the Game

Crunchbase just published a survey on startup CEO salaries, “We Looked at 101 Startup CEO Salaries – Here’s What We Found”. Their yearly total compensation was split […]
November 20, 2020

SaaS Massive Returns

SaaS business model is subscription-based. Subscriptions promote revenues’ stickiness. SaaS companies are typically B2B and operate with high gross margins, in the 70-80% range. In addition, […]
September 18, 2020

Late Stage VC Goes Mainstream

Warren Buffett told last year that “In 54 years, I don’t think Berkshire has ever bought a new issue. The idea of saying the best place […]
August 18, 2020

Just Imagine

Do Venture-Backed IPOs perform better than the general market? Yes and no. To answer this important question, PitchBook developed the “Venture IPO Index”. Index Methodology: Newly […]
July 7, 2020

Fabrica Ventures Late Stage VC Fund 1st Closing

“Do not go where the path may lead; go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson I am pleased to […]
July 4, 2020

B2B SaaS

K2 Achievements, the management consultant company I co-founded many years ago, specialized in the continued services sector. Companies in this sector usually share the same business […]
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 […]