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Chime Financial S-1 Breakdown
Chime Financial S-1 Breakdown
Company Overview Chime Financial, Inc., a digital-first fintech company founded in 2012, filed for an IPO on May 13…
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Do You Have The Skills To Be The Next Great Venture Capitalist?
Do You Have The Skills To Be The Next Great Venture Capitalist?
The world of venture capital has evolved since I started in the industry nine years ago. Last week I sat down with the…
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Mary Meeker's Internet Trends tells us growth is slowing -- here are the biggest opportunities
Mary Meeker's Internet Trends tells us growth is slowing -- here are the biggest opportunities
After another long-awaited year, Mary Meeker's 2016 Internet Trends report is finally here. I had the privilege of…
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What If Tinder Only Matched You With Your One True Love -- Would You Still Use it?
What If Tinder Only Matched You With Your One True Love -- Would You Still Use it?
Ask the 100MM people who have downloaded Tinder what they are “looking for” and it is usually divided into two camps;…
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Are Our Phones Becoming Our Brains?
Are Our Phones Becoming Our Brains?
Over holiday break I was relaxing at my apartment with five friends, nowhere to be, nothing to do. There was nothing…
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Where Will All the Unicorns Go? (In 3 Charts)
Where Will All the Unicorns Go? (In 3 Charts)
Most would agree that we have witnessed the peak of private technology exuberance, and the funding market is slowly…
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How Lyft's Latest Deal Could Impact Uber's Business in the US & China
How Lyft's Latest Deal Could Impact Uber's Business in the US & China
In perhaps the biggest news in ride-sharing since Uber Pool & Lyft Line, Didi Kuaidi announced a $100MM investment and…
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Uber's Biggest Competition Is Not a Ride-Sharing Company (In 1 Chart)
Uber's Biggest Competition Is Not a Ride-Sharing Company (In 1 Chart)
As seen in the chart below, Uber’s biggest competition is against a consortium of six deep pocketed and strategic…
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How LinkedIn Hit 1MM Writers so Quickly and What They Need to do to Make Publishing Better
How LinkedIn Hit 1MM Writers so Quickly and What They Need to do to Make Publishing Better
Last week Daniel Roth, the executive editor at LinkedIn, announced that LinkedIn’s publishing platform reached 1MM…
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What VCs Missed About Fitbit and Other Commodity Tech Products
What VCs Missed About Fitbit and Other Commodity Tech Products
Fitbit is everywhere: On your wrist, on your TV (their commercials are awesome) and in the news with a $6B IPO (up 48%…
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Today's Uncapped guest is Gregory R., a close friend of mine and one of the best seed investors I know (BoxGroup invested in the seed of Ramp…
Today's Uncapped guest is Gregory R., a close friend of mine and one of the best seed investors I know (BoxGroup invested in the seed of Ramp…
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There's been a lot of talk about the relative outperformance of Mag7 vs the broader S&P. How does that trend look in the public software…
There's been a lot of talk about the relative outperformance of Mag7 vs the broader S&P. How does that trend look in the public software…
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Today, Baseten announces our $150M Series D at a $2.15B valuation. 🚀 I joined Baseten earlier this year to help support the mission of serving our…
Today, Baseten announces our $150M Series D at a $2.15B valuation. 🚀 I joined Baseten earlier this year to help support the mission of serving our…
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I'm surprised that a book hasn't been written about the Summit Partners culture and alumni network. When we first started Permanent Capital, we…
I'm surprised that a book hasn't been written about the Summit Partners culture and alumni network. When we first started Permanent Capital, we…
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Today, we’re excited to announce our $150M Series D, led by BOND, with Jay Simons joining our Board. We’re also thrilled to welcome Conviction and…
Today, we’re excited to announce our $150M Series D, led by BOND, with Jay Simons joining our Board. We’re also thrilled to welcome Conviction and…
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San Francisco! We've planned very cool events to invest in the creativity of GTM operators and we have a handful of slots left for this week that I'm…
San Francisco! We've planned very cool events to invest in the creativity of GTM operators and we have a handful of slots left for this week that I'm…
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I am honored to join C3 AI as Chief Executive Officer. C3 AI is one of the most important and defining companies in the AI landscape, with a…
I am honored to join C3 AI as Chief Executive Officer. C3 AI is one of the most important and defining companies in the AI landscape, with a…
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Toss FacePay has been officially launched 🚀 No cards. No phones. Just a glance, and you’re done in 1 second. Built for speed, convenience, and…
Toss FacePay has been officially launched 🚀 No cards. No phones. Just a glance, and you’re done in 1 second. Built for speed, convenience, and…
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Framer: everything you need to design, launch, and grow a world-class site. Koen Bok, Jorn van Dijk, Oscar Carlsson continue to build the leading…
Framer: everything you need to design, launch, and grow a world-class site. Koen Bok, Jorn van Dijk, Oscar Carlsson continue to build the leading…
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Netskope ($NTSK) filed for an IPO, making them only the 2nd pure-play software company in 2025 behind Figma’s blockbuster IPO. In a world where…
Netskope ($NTSK) filed for an IPO, making them only the 2nd pure-play software company in 2025 behind Figma’s blockbuster IPO. In a world where…
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32 Years in Silicon Valley. Here's What I'd Tell My Yogurt Shop Attic Self: The nights will be long. The days, even longer! That attic above the…
32 Years in Silicon Valley. Here's What I'd Tell My Yogurt Shop Attic Self: The nights will be long. The days, even longer! That attic above the…
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If Wealthsimple were public today, I’d sell the farm to own its stock over any Canadian bank. I just set up my Wealthsimple credit card: ID…
If Wealthsimple were public today, I’d sell the farm to own its stock over any Canadian bank. I just set up my Wealthsimple credit card: ID…
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Legora’s Actions in Word might be the best thing since sliced bread. We’re already seeing high adoption in selected accounts, and internally Legora…
Legora’s Actions in Word might be the best thing since sliced bread. We’re already seeing high adoption in selected accounts, and internally Legora…
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The team is coming in on Sundays now... ...because they want to (??) It used to be the case that just the founders (Robert, Advith, me) were in the…
The team is coming in on Sundays now... ...because they want to (??) It used to be the case that just the founders (Robert, Advith, me) were in the…
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He’s helped creators earn billions without giving platforms a cut. Meet Ahad Khan. When he took over as CEO of Kajabi from its founder, he…
He’s helped creators earn billions without giving platforms a cut. Meet Ahad Khan. When he took over as CEO of Kajabi from its founder, he…
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Announcing Pylon's Series B led by a16z and BCV. Since starting the company 2.6 years ago, 780+ of the fastest growing companies including Together…
Announcing Pylon's Series B led by a16z and BCV. Since starting the company 2.6 years ago, 780+ of the fastest growing companies including Together…
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Ahad Khan, CEO of Kajabi, on building profitable businesses in the creator economy. "Social media are great places to build audiences but bad…
Ahad Khan, CEO of Kajabi, on building profitable businesses in the creator economy. "Social media are great places to build audiences but bad…
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