Brushing aside Pinterest's lack of revenue, FirstMark Capital's Rick Heitzmann says the scrapbooking site is on its way toward becoming a great company. Jennifer Van Grove covered the social beat for ...

On a recent morning, Rick Heitzmann has a plane to catch, eight investments to oversee and a list of urgent issues to resolve. Between 7:30 and 9, and as he heads to JFK for a flight to San Francisco, ...

There has been a big debate over the last few years over whether the Series A crunch is real or not. What everyone can agree on, though, is that there are definitely more seed- and early-stage funds ...

I spoke with Rick Heitzmann at September’s Vator Splash event and he discussed some of the sectors that have dominated this year, as well as some of the sectors that have guttered out. According to ...

At the close of the TechCrunch 50 conference a few weeks ago, I sat down with Rick Heitzmann of FirstMark Capital and Mark Sugarman of MHS Capital to find out why venture capitalists come to ...

For Rick Heitzmann, a venture capitalist at FirstMark Capital, the moment is now. Two companies that FirstMark invested in years ago, Pinterest and Postmates, have filed paperwork to go public.

FirstMark Capital has raised $360 million in the public markets for a blank-check company, becoming one of the first venture firms to make such a move. The expansion of the firm’s mandate is part of ...

As high-profile startups like Lyft, Pinterest and Uber prepare to go public, Silicon Valley venture capitalists are using the moment to shine the spotlight on themselves. Editor's note: This story is ...

Home buying and selling platforms keep racking up more funding, as Perch Inc. becomes the latest to beef up its capital base. The New York startup raised $21 million in Series B funding from existing ...

TechCrunch is known for its pitch-offs. We've had them in cities all over the world, and heard from hundreds of startups who have shared the story of their company on our stages. We're excited to be ...

VCs Fred Wilson and Albert Wenger rightly get a lot of credit for the portfolio they've put together at Union Square Ventures. It includes massive hits like Twitter and Zynga, along with ...

Global markets are preparing for uncertainty over how new leadership in Washington, and new technologies will impact the regulatory environment for deals in 2025. Why it matters: The policies of the ...