Every week, I devote several hours of research scouring through books, podcast transcripts, YouTube transcripts, archaic S-1s, many frustrating paywalls, and more just to provide you, the curious-minded researcher, with a database full of information that you see below. Most of the information is direct quotes with some additional insight provided at appropriate times.

The Investment Portfolios

The Entire Portfolio

The Sequoia Portfolio

The Benchmark Portfolio

The Kleiner Perkins Portfolio

The a16z Portfolio

What VCs Look for in Founders

What Top VCs Look For In Founders

What Sequoia Looks For In Founders

What Benchmark Looks For In Founders

What Kleiner Perkins Looks For In Founders

What a16z Looks For In Founders

What Initialized Capital Looks For In Founders

What Accel Looks For In Founders

Weekly Substack/Podcast

Substack and Podcast

The Anti-Portfolio

The Anti-Portfolio

Sequoia’s Anti-Portfolio

Benchmark’s Anti-Portfolio

Kleiner Perkins Anti-Portfolio

a16z Anti-Portfolio

Investment Theses of VC Firms

Investment Theses of All VC Firms

Investment Theses of Sequoia

Investment Theses of Benchmark

Investment Theses of Kleiner Perkins

Investment Theses of a16z

Investment Theses of Initialized Capital

Investment Theses of Accel

Founders Fund Investment Thesis

Advice for Founders

VC’s Advice for Founders

Sequoia’s Advice for Founders

Benchmark’s Advice for Founders

Kleiner Perkins’ Advice for Founders

a16z’s Advice for Founders

Initialized Capital’s Advice for Founders

Accel’s Advice for Founders

What Makes a Good VC

What Makes a Good VC

Sequoia’s Take on What Makes a Good VC

Benchmark’s Take on What Makes a Good VC

Kleiner Perkins’ Take on What Makes a Good VC

a16z’s Take on What Makes a Good VC

Initialized Capital’s Take on What Makes a Good VC

Accel’s Take on What Makes a Good VC

Five Questions

Five Questions

Five Questions: Sequoia

Five Questions: Benchmark

Five Questions: Kleiner Perkins

Five Questions: a16z

Five Questions: Initialized Capital

Five Questions: Accel

Quick Links

Why Did Benchmark Invest in Uber?

Why Did Sequoia Invest in Airbnb?

Why Did Kleiner Perkins Invest in Google?

Why Did a16z Invest in Slack?