Data collection is becoming increasingly more important in the world today. Aerial drones and polar-orbiting satellites and hygrometers have all exhibited rapid and multifarious developments across their industries. But maritime data collection has not kept up with this pace. The oceanic economy continues to use outdated methods such as buoys and divers. And the few…

Meet the company that is changing the way companies connect with their users. It’s no surprise that Mason Levy, the founder and CEO of swivl, spends his days laser-focused on helping companies increase customer success and engagement. Finding a better way to create a deeper connection between customers and brands has always been the motivator for…

Video production meets artificial intelligence. Imagine this. Your team has been working on a video, and a considerable amount of valuable footage has been captured. Now, as you go back to edit this footage after several weeks, you need to locate and incorporate a particular shot, but your only option, as a member of a…

Meet Sumay Parikh, Quake Principal and co-founder of The Unsexy Startup. “I put a lot of emphasis on rock bottom because I spent a lot of time there,” Sumay Parikh candidly acknowledges about a career that has spanned many ups and downs, hardships and lessons. Meet Sumay Parikh, a Principal here at Quake Capital and a serial…

Your 40s are the new 20s. Picture this: a group of bright, 20-something guys in hoodies hunched over their laptops in a poorly-lit garage in Silicon Valley, determined that they’re on the verge of creating the next Apple, Google, Facebook, or Airbnb, it doesn’t matter — they want to create the next big thing, the…

Watch out for these red flags. As a venture capital firm, we see thousands of entrepreneurs pitch us their visionary ideas through sleek slide decks and engaging presentations, the result of hundreds of hours of research, preparation, and execution. At the same time, however, we see startup after startup falling into similar patterns surrounding a…