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Comment by SnoJohn | Hacker News Reader

Sorry to quibble, but these aren't investment memos. They are PR statements announcing an investment. An investment memo is an internal document that lays out a business model, a competitive analysis, a risk assessment, the reasoning behind investing or not, and how it should be valued.

Really nice site though. Well designed and works smoothly.

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I agree. The website is well done, but it’s a database of press releases. The press releases are designed to be advertisements for the company, which will inherently hide a lot of the valuable nuance that internal investment discussions cover.

Yes, it would be nice if the title could be updated to reflect that they're fundraising announcements/PR.

Those are intentionally extremely flattering and very shallow. They're almost the polar opposite of what goes into the investment memo, which is a much more complete, honest(-ish), and sober distillation.

Ok, we've s/memo/announcement/'d the title. Thanks!

Can we add back the "Show HN" tag to the title. Thanks!

Yep, you're right these are the public investment notes the VCs share which will definitely have a positive PR spin to them. But it can still give some helpful insight into the thesis behind their investment.

Absolutely there's value here and it's a great site - kudos! Just would be helpful if you changed the wording as "investment memos" are actual documents in the investment world that these are not (would be similar to calling a product announcement a "product manual").

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