Juan Orbea

Undersea cables, and long-distance communications in general, became the highest of high tech, with many of the same connotations as rocket science or nuclear physics or brain surgery would acquire in later decades. Some countries and companies (the distinction between countries and companies is hazy in the telco world) became very good at it, and... See more

Melanie Perkins (CEO), Clifford Obrecht (COO), and Cameron Adams (CPO) founded Canva in 2012 in Perth, Australia. As a design instructor at the University of Western Australia in 2006, Melanie didn’t understand why design software required an entire semester to learn. She wanted anyone in the world to create beautiful designs, not just a few who... See more

An organization is some sort of association of individuals for common ends or who interact with one another in a patterned way.  For those who have studied corporate law, we know associations are of two main types: unincorporated and incorporated. 

But I thought a better way of thinking about how we manage our portfolios is to think about it as a funnel. If we do 36–40 deals in a Seed Fund, somewhere between 25–40% would likely see big up-rounds within the first 12–24 months. This translates to about 12–15 investments.