On Being Human When a Machine Is Your Closest Friend Last fall a friend visiting from San Francisco shared something shocking: she was...

I often think about a rainy Saturday afternoon some years ago. My partner and I were lounging around in a Nolita apartment I’d rented...

A little under a year ago, it was clear to us at Avenir that something significant was changing in the creative world. The message came...

It has been a tough stretch for software companies, and investors at all stages are rightly asking what to do with the sector. As in most...

I vividly remember leading Q&A on the Twilio IPO roadshow at the mutual fund manager where I started my career. The meeting was an hour...

I’m thrilled to announce that Avenir co-led Sigma Computing’s recently announced Series D along with Spark and with the participation of...

This piece is an attempt to collect my thoughts on a type of business I’ve found particularly hard to analyze over time as an investor. I...