Announcing FJ Labs’s Next Partner: Jeff Weinstein
September 1, 2021 · 
3 min read
I am excited to announce that we are promoting Jeff Weinstein to Partner at FJ Labs! Here at FJ Labs, we have always sought to build an intellectually diverse team … Continue reading “”
How FJ Labs Evaluates Startups
March 16, 2021 · 13 minutes
I covered FJ Labs’ investment strategy in the past which covers the type of companies we want to invest in. Today, I wanted to cover specifically how we evaluate startups. … Continue reading “”
Meet FJ Labs’ New Partner: Arne Halleraker
March 11, 2021 · 3 minutes
I am excited to announce that we are promoting Arne Halleraker to partner on our team at FJ Labs. Choosing your partners is important. When I was building my own … Continue reading “”
FJ Labs Valuation Matrix
February 19, 2021 · 2 minutes
A while back I posted the matrix FJ Labs uses to evaluate marketplace startups. It has been our default internal framework for years but is limited to marketplaces with a … Continue reading “”
VC Opportunity Fund Best Practices
January 14, 2021 · 8 minutes
By Jeff Weinstein and Luke Skertich Background Early-stage venture capital has undergone a seismic transformation over the past decade as companies stay private longer, raise more capital and exit for larger magnitudes. (NB: the … Continue reading “”
How FJ Labs gets its deal flow
August 24, 2020 · 5 minutes
FJ Labs gets deal flow from 4 sources: 1. Other VCs2. Entrepreneurs in our network3. Cold inbound messages4. Outbound outreach It is my understanding that many VCs, particularly junior ones, … Continue reading “”
FJ Labs’ Investment Strategy
June 30, 2020 · 18 minutes
FJ Labs’ investment approach stems from its roots (read The Genesis of FJ Labs). FJ Labs is the extension of Jose’s and my angel investing activities. We scaled our activities … Continue reading “”
The Genesis of FJ Labs
June 3, 2020 · 8 minutes
I was about to start a series of posts on marketplaces covering how FJ Labs gets its deal flow, how we evaluate startups and our current investment thesis when I … Continue reading “”
Transcript of All Things Marketplaces
April 28, 2020 · 41 minutes
My conversation with Erik Torenberg was so rich that I decided to transcribe it for those who did not want to listen to a 75 minute long podcast. I will … Continue reading “”
FJ Labs Marketplace Matrix
April 7, 2020 · < 1 minute
In venture there is a reasonably clear set of expectations of where you need to be by when to raise your next round of financing. To help marketplace founders, we … Continue reading “”
FJ Labs 2017 Year in Review
January 29, 2018 · < 1 minute
FJ Labs continued to rock. In 2017, the team grew to 14 people. We deployed $35 million. We made 89 investments, 54 first time investments and 35 follow-on investments. We … Continue reading “”
FJ Labs 2016 Year in Review
January 23, 2017 · < 1 minute
• 5 Succesful Exits
• Capital deployed 123.5 M
• 42 new investments
• 14 different countries
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