Feb 4Artifact 1.0 unpacking — A new app from Instagram foundersInstagram creators Kevin Systrom and Mike Krieger have released the Artifact news reader app a few days ago. Many have already called it TikTok for Text. This is a personalized news feed app that uses machine learning to craft and collect user’s interests. The app’s personalized feed publishes content from…Artifact3 min readArtifact3 min read
Jan 24the Secondary Market is still aliveThe value of secondary deals led by private equity investors, or so-called limited partners, reached $56 billion last year — accounting for 52 percent of the total value of transactions, according to a recent report from Jefferies. The figure represents the first time since 2019 that PE investors represented a…Pre Ipo3 min readPre Ipo3 min read
Jan 22Most 7 Frequent QuestionsRecently, I received too many emails that I had to spend almost 4 hours to sort them. I have already answered 25% of them, but a significant part remained unanswered. For this reason or another, I decided to collect the most popular questions and answer them in one post. Let’s…Victorkoch3 min readVictorkoch3 min read
Jan 17Product evolution is the key. Slinky-Teleport-StickeroidReaders may ask, what do these products have in common??? I asked myself the same question some time ago, in addition to the fact that this is the result of thousands of hours and part of my life, but there is a way, my vision and a certain pattern. First…Slinky4 min readSlinky4 min read
Jan 14Who is Victor Koch?Lately, I’ve been getting more and more questions about my back, my progress, my education, and even my personal life. On average 100 letters about 15 concern this issue At first I thought that people probably don’t want to use Google or Wikipedia/else, but then I got the idea that…Victorkoch5 min readVictorkoch5 min read
Jan 810 years ago I sold my startup for $2.2M and then fall into depression — Slinky StoryFirst of all, I’m glad to post my first article regarding this thread. One of the reasons why I couldn’t write about it is a non-disclosure agreement that limited my actions to 10 years. So back to the topic, today I’m 35 years old and behind my back almost 18…Victorkoch5 min readVictorkoch5 min read
Jan 7Hottest 5 Pre-IPOs from India to Track in 2023In 2021, India has seen many IPOs driven by genuine investors. A total of 1.3 trillion rupees (tn) of money came from IPOs last year. But the same momentum could not continue this year. So far, only a total of 618.5 …Pre Ipo7 min readPre Ipo7 min read
Jan 6Kurly pulls out of IPOKurly, a South Korean startup that provides next-day grocery delivery service, just announced that it has called off its plan to go public amid worsening economic situations that have put startups’ market debuts on hold. “We have decided to postpone listing on the Korea Exchange (KOSPI), considering market sentiment remained…Kurly3 min readKurly3 min read
Jan 6Kakao Entertainment Raised More Before IPOKakao Entertainment is facing an imminent investment worth 1 trillion won ($785 million) from major global investors in its pre-IPO round. According to the investment banking industry Monday, the entertainment company is soon expected to sign a stock purchase agreement (SPA) with Singapore’s sovereign wealth fund GIC and Saudi Arabia’s…Kakaotalk3 min readKakaotalk3 min read
Jan 5List of PRE-IPO companies 2023 / Part 4➡️ Read Part 1 Part 2 Part 3 ❗Please note — this info is not a recommendation to buy or sell shares. Illumio IPO (Forecast Q1 ‘24)IPO6 min readIPO6 min read
