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More firms are incubating companies as early-stage valuations rise.
A few successes:
• Snowflake ($49B mrkt cap) by Sutter Hill Ventures
• Affirm ($6B mrkt cap) by HVF Labs
• Hims & Hers ($1.3B mrkt cap) by Atomic
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Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen and top institutions back New $30m Browder Capital Fund Four:
Today, I’m excited to announce that I’ve raised Browder Capital Fund Four, a $30,000,000 fund backed by Sequoia Capital, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Arthur Patterson (founder of Accel), Walter Kortschak (founder of SignalFir... See more
I wasn't planning on sharing this today but since the news leaked, I feel obliged to comment:
I've raised over $200M in my career and have learned a lot about what works & what doesn't.
This time around, I decided to do a few unconventional things. First, I decided to forgo the silly traditi... See more
Dan Sirokerx.com
Harmonic starting to show unannounced rounds.
Interesting.
@harmonic_ai https://t.co/EXu96Ae8fD
IN NEWS: Mariana Minerals raises a Series A led by @a16z bringing its total funding to $85M.
Mariana coins itself as the world’s only software-first, vertically integrated minerals developer, using an AI platform to turn every step, from discovery to refining, into a live, data-driven system.
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TBPNx.com
Bret Taylor’s conversational AI agent co reportedly raising @ $4B+
The product can speak back & forth to customers with service specific context
They raised at $100M last year and $1B earlier this year
Bret is chair of OpenAI, fmr CTO Meta, CEO Salesforce, cr... See more
Crazy stat, 74% of capital raised went to just 30 VC firms this year! @wolfejosh was right
So what happens next?
Also, does the fact that emerging managers as a whole raised more than non-top-30 experienced managers mean something, or is it just noise? https://t.co/jaiMfoL4no
With
-cost of capital up📈
-overall funding down📉
-tourist entrepreneurs fading👤
-concentration of funds will increase💰
-specialist + diverse deep tech expertise🔬🚀
-deep pockets to fully fund companies (inception to exit) https://t.co/i85H3VMZ09
Harvey (AI for Lawyers) raised $100M at a $1.5B valuation.
They say they tripled ARR from December, implying that they are at $30M ARR today <2 years from founding.
Anonymous internet commenters say it doesn’t work but inside investors keep putting more money in 🤔 https://t.co/LHTyAfKA03