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Does anybody seriously think, for even a second, that A16Z didn't do massive due diligence with extraordinarily intelligent and experienced individuals before i
by ghshephard 11y ago
Does anybody seriously think, for even a second, that A16Z didn't do massive due diligence with extraordinarily intelligent and experienced individuals before investing?
One thing that A16Z is not lacking is access to tons of Stanford/Berkeley physics PHDs....
- elektromekatron 11y agoFor spending $10 million out of the $4 billion they got kicking about? Probably not massive due diligence.
- jcfrei 11y agoSame thing crossed my mind. I can only assume that the company has long pivoted to another technology, left the ultrasound technology behind and just kept the old homepage (the mentioned WSJ article is from Oct 2014). Or the valley VCs might be really desperate to invest the huge amounts of cash Yellen is printing.
- raverbashing 11y agoThe possibilities you mention (pivot and cheap money) are very real ones in my opinion as well
- frankdenbow 11y agoCertainly its been vetted and if successful it will have a big impact. Will it work? Who knows, but it seems like exactly the kind of thing that should get investment. In the meantime we should let her do the work.
- yankoff 11y agoPeople make mistakes all the time. Even VCs (sic!) Argument in the form of "it must be true because they are very smart and have access to experts" is not a good one. The real facts and evidence should be evaluated.
- dang 11y ago> The real facts and evidence should be evaluated Yes indeed, and neither the OP nor the commenters in this thread have access to it. That's why threads like this degenerate.