StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

“The good case is just so unbelievably good that you sound like a really crazy person to start talking about it. And the bad case — and I think this is important to say — is, like, lights out for all of us.” youtube.com/watch?v=ebjkD1…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

“Hunter Walk, a partner at venture firm Homebrew who himself has publicly admitted some of his misses, called anti-portfolios 'performative BS.'” wsj.com/articles/ventu…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

In a new interview with the WSJ, FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried continues distancing himself from trading firm Alameda Research, even though he owned 90% of it wsj.com/articles/ftx-f…

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Dina Radenkovic / Turner @DinaRadenkovic

3 years ago

Always a pleasure catching up with @Cookie this time for the @StrictlyVC - great podcast for a cosy Saturday around egg freezing, the opportunity to build the womens health biotech & the past year at @GametoGen- which is “beginning to take shape” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/a-h…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

Alex Wiltschko, an EIR at GV (Google's venture arm), is setting out to digitize scent. One benefit could be machines that sniff out diseases. Listen to his conversation with StrictlyVC here. buzzsprout.com/850276/11417728

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Ann Miura-Ko 🦖 @annimaniac

3 years ago

Spoke with @Cookie about how we evaluate whether ideas are big enough. Part of our Reactor program for students is to help them learn our process so they leave knowing what venture scale looks like: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/flo…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

A judge ruled in favor of Illumina in its $7.1 billion acquisition of cancer-testing developer Grail, dealing a defeat to a Federal Trade Commission challenge that signaled more-aggressive antitrust enforcement wsj.com/articles/illum…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

Instacart is acquiring AI-powered pricing and promotions platform Eversight tcrn.ch/3wNIl51

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

Coming out of COVID, investors lose their taste for board meetings tcrn.ch/3TxImnm

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

Pear VC's Anand Iyer goes solo with new $20M fund for crypto developer tools tcrn.ch/3NOmW1t

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

"At top firms such as Andreessen Horowitz, salaries and bonuses alone for partners can stretch into the multimillions, according to people familiar with those firms." A deep dive into VC compensation: theinformation.com/articles/vc-pa… via @theinformation

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

China's Zhiyi Tech raises $100 million to help fashion brands predict bestsellers tcrn.ch/38qI8Lv

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

Journalist Eric Newcomer takes a look at who is managing how much, reporting Paradigm's assets have hit $13.2B, a16z's AUM has reached $54.6B, and Sequoia's holdings are now $85.5B(!). Much more here: newcomer.co/p/scoop-crypto…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

3 years ago

SEC issues subpoenas in Faraday Future SPAC investigation tcrn.ch/378w5SI

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Kate Clark @KateClarkTweets

3 years ago

Scoop: The controversial crypto startup @worldcoin is raising $100 million from Andreessen Horowitz and Khosla Ventures to build more eyeball-scanning orbs. theinformation.com/articles/andre…

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

4 years ago

New data shows how far VCs are pulling back on U.S. Series A, B, and C valuations tcrn.ch/3ieFLNv

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

4 years ago

Tesla hikes car prices in the U.S., China after Elon Musk warns of inflation pressure cnb.cx/3q2r7NB

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

4 years ago

Ex-Meta employees raise $200M from a16z, Tiger, Multicoin to realize Facebook's crypto dreams tcrn.ch/3tf11JA

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StrictlyVC @StrictlyVC

4 years ago

Oops. Apologies to Genies (and to prospective investors of Genies), which we included in "massive fundings" yesterday, stating it had newly raised $100M. The company has raised $100M to date, per a WSJ story to which we linked but misread. preview.mailerlite.com/y0z0b2u7x4

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max seddon @maxseddon

4 years ago

A woman burst onto Russia’s main live evening newscast today with a sign that says: “Stop the war Don’t believe propaganda They’re lying to you” And chanting: “Stop the war! No to war!”