There are two ways to live life. One is to do something that everybody else is doing but incrementally better — and perhaps you can succeed since success is linearized and an extrapolation. Or, you can do something that only a very few people can do and that’s very difficult. …

By Josh Stein and Arpit Mittal At Threshold, we invest in disruptive technology companies that are solving real problems for their customers. As software companies continue to build in the cloud, many choose multi-cloud environments to leverage different cloud providers’ strengths or to avoid vendor lock-in. …

By Emily Melton and Megan Kelly At Threshold, we invest in disruptive healthcare companies that have the potential to improve patient experience and outcomes. The newest addition to our portfolio is ODAIA — a company delivering a unique, AI-powered commercial insights platform that serves pharmaceutical companies. …

If we were trying to do this back in Ireland or even New York, it probably wouldn’t be possible. But here in Silicon Valley, there was this openness to entertain a conversation. I think that was also a turning point that changed the trajectory of the business. A world in…

I’m an accidental entrepreneur. Something important happened in my life, and I felt compelled to fix it. Twice, medical imaging failed Alex Dresner’s family, resulting in missed diagnoses and delayed treatment. The first instance occurred when a radiology report failed to identify lung cancer in Alex’s father, leading to a…

by Carol Wentworth On any given day, there are an average of four Americans held somewhere in the world by kidnappers or terrorists. …

We put our heads together and came up with a list of something like 50 bad ideas. But then we found a good idea. You know the old saying about how too much of a good thing can lead to unexpected problems? Case in point: microservices. In recent years, engineering…

By Josh Stein, Threshold Ventures I’m extremely excited to announce that Threshold Ventures led a $25 million Series B financing round for Inscribe, a company that is revolutionizing risk management and fraud detection with its award-winning Risk Intelligence platform. In an internet and mobile-first world, consumers expect near-instant levels of…

The Stockdale paradox is something I always try to encourage in my teams. You believe you’re going to succeed — you must in order to build a business — but you can’t delude yourself about the problems you have to fix. With degrees from Harvard University and the University of…