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Matrix
Company blog · matrixpartners.com/viewpointsstartupsbusiness
Matrix is the company blog at matrixpartners.com, writing about startups and business. Since 2012, 7 different Hacker News readers have linked it 13 times. No feed was found, so read it on the site itself.
Too few sampled comments (9) to say how often HN recommends it.?
Why HN links it
HN readers link Matrix Partners' team bio pages, job postings and a press release on fund returns, mostly in threads about startup funding and the firm's investors. No comment judges the writing itself.
Summarised by Claude from a sample of 9 HN comments that link here. Each comment is marked recommending, critical or neutral (citing without judging); how this works.
Matrix is an early-stage venture capital firm, investing from idea through Series A. As a close-knit team of former founders and company builders, we've partnered with companies from Apple and FedEx to Oculus and Canva.
Most-linked posts?
- /team/josh-hannah/3 people · 3 mentions · first linked 2013-09-27
What Hacker News says?
jdh's user page here on Hacker News says "VC at Matrix Partners. 10 year entrepreneur -- founder of Betfair (UK based, IPO) and eHow." That appears to be Josh Hannah: http://www.matrixpartners.com/team/josh-hannah/ Due diligence cuts both ways. If you're looking to raise money for a startup, research the VCs you are talking to. Consider their other investments and the way they conduct business.
Comment linking /team/josh-hannah/
on “Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?”Submitted Meteor – The next Ruby-on-Rails? as a story · 50 points
HN discussionHe looks pretty convinced here. http://www.matrixpartners.com/team/josh-hannah/
Comment linking /team/josh-hannah/
on “Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B?”Submitted Seven Sins of User Retention as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMatrix Partners | Investment Partner | Boston or SF | Onsite | VISA | https://www.matrixpartners.com/ We are a VC firm looking for someone with a technical / product builder background to come invest in technical projects. All of us have been founders and operators in the past -- we aren't your typical finance types. https://jobs.lever.co/matrixpartners
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (August 2020)”Submitted Helping to Build the Big Data Ecosystem for Normals as a story · 1 points
HN discussionMatrix Partners | Investment Partner | Boston or SF | Onsite | VISA | https://www.matrixpartners.com/ We are a VC firm looking to grow our investing team. Our preference is to hire folks with technical or product builder backgrounds. All of us have been founders and operators in the past -- we aren't your typical finance types. In an effort to find more applicants from underrepresented backgrounds, we are posting pu…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (October 2020)”JustFab was founded by Don Ressler and Adam Goldenberg in March 2010. (0, 1) Series A round of $33 Million was raised in September 2011 (2), led by Matrix Partners' Josh Hannah @jdh (3), Technology Crossover Ventures participated. A national class action lawsuit was filed against Just Fabulous, Inc. in October 2011 (4). Series B round of $76 Million was raised in July 2012, investors included Rho Capital Partners, M…
Comment linking /team/josh-hannah/
on “JustFab.com JustFabulous Class Action Lawsuit (2011)”Matrix Partners | Investment Partner | Boston or SF | Onsite | VISA | https://www.matrixpartners.com/ We are a VC firm looking to grow our investing team. Our preference is to hire folks with technical or product builder backgrounds. All of us have been founders and operators in the past -- we aren't your typical finance types. In an effort to diversify our hiring pipeline, we are posting public job openings for the…
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on “Ask HN: Who is hiring? (September 2020)”Re 1: You have not heard that saying from Sequoia? Re 2: Linked elsewhere, but again here wrt negative IRRs http://www.matrixpartners.com/site/press_detail/63/ And the lawsuit ISTR that resulted from that article: http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/9917 Re 3: Please let us know the carry and take numbers.
Comment linking /site/press_detail/63/
on “Songkick Secures Sequoia's First Ever UK Investment with a $10M B Round”We look forward to your table of % returns. Edit: Sorry jfarmer, it doesn't let me reply below. As far as never having seen negative IRRs, this is old but is out in the open http://www.matrixpartners.com/site/press_detail/63/
Comment linking /site/press_detail/63/
on “Songkick Secures Sequoia's First Ever UK Investment with a $10M B Round”At first I was confused on who these guys were. http://techcrunch.com/2013/07/29/just-fab-sues-fab-over-trad... Two founders with the same last name found companies with the same corporate name. Not to be confused with "JustFab"[1] _____________________________________________ [1] Why can a scam company raise $40 Million Series C + $76 Million Series B? " https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=6455391" http://www.matr…
Comment linking /entrepreneur-stories/adam_goldenberg/
on “PCH International in Talks to Buy Fab for $15M”