Aydin Senkut, my first guest on Ask A VC, sat down this past week to talk about the Series A Crunch and general state of the venture world, his investment strategies, and, of course, to answer your questions. Senkut says that there is a crunch when it comes to Series B and C funding, especially following the explosion of seed funding over the past few years. And Senkut, who was Google’s first… → Read More
Ask A VC, the TCTV show where you put VCs in the hot seat, is back, and I’m going to be hosting. I’m really excited about helping you get to know some of the investors behind the companies we write about on a daily basis. We’re kicking off the series with Felicis Ventures’ Aydin Senkut. → Read More
Practice Fusion is the frontrunner in the fevered race to become the electronic medical record platform, and today it finished raising a $34 million Series C led by hedge fund Artis Ventures to make sure it wins and lead it towards an IPO. Practice Fusion’s valuation is now around a half a billion dollars, it tells me. Startups trying to compete? “We’re squashing them” founder and CEO Ryan… → Read More
What happens when a super angel gets its wings? You become a boutique fund.
Or at least that’s how Aydin Senkut’s Felicis Ventures is putting it with a fresh fund worth about $70 million. That’s up from the firm’s previous $41 million fund and a big change from Senkut’s early dabbling in angel investing from years ago. Senkut is an early Googler who has turned a hobby into a fund that now… → Read More
Rovio, the Finnish entertainment media company who famously operates the Angry Birds franchise, has raised $42 million in Series A funding.
The round was co-led by Accel Partners and Atomico Ventures, the VC firm created by Skype co-founder Niklas Zennström, who will be joining Rovio’s board. ‘Super angel fund’ Felicis Ventures also participated.
Currently, Angry Birds is played by 40 million… → Read More
Aydin Senkut, founder of Felicis Ventures, has an enviable track record. Founded in late 2005, Felicis has made roughly 60 investments, with 16 successful exits, including Mint, Tapulous and Aardvark. As anyone in the investment community will tell you, that’s not a shabby hit rate.
Senkut, a former senior manager at Google, is getting ready to deploy even more capital, with the recent birth of… → Read More
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