Tag: Finance
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Last year, most of my investments were consumer startups. But in 2022, I’ve done a 180. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Of the 11 investments I’ve made so far this year, all but 2 are selling software to businesses. So why the about face? Over the last year, I’ve…
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Last week, I had a chance to do one of my favorite things: chat with awesome entrepreneurs! Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The venue was Starta VC, an early-stage venture firm based in New York City. Their accelerator brings great entrepreneurs from abroad to the US for an intensive…
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Crypto exchange FTX is spiraling toward bankruptcy. Its founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, could be facing prison. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! The SEC is investigating whether FTX misused customer funds. From Bloomberg: The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission are investigating whether the firm properly handled…
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It’s going from bad to worse at Tiger Global Management. As crypto exchange FTX implodes, Tiger could lose hundreds of millions of dollars. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a new report in Forbes: Tiger Global Management appears to have just taken another hit. The hedge fund headed by…
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The bloodletting continues at hedge fund giant Tiger Global Management. The fund lost approximately $40 million a day in October. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a new report in the Financial Times: Losses at Tiger Global Management continued to mount in October after the New York-based hedge fund…
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We usually think of bridge rounds as throwing good money after bad. But new data shows that some bridge rounds can be an amazing bet. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Bridge rounds with a top tier VC are some of the best performing investments in venture capital. They have…
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Venture funds are giving up on China. Funding has fallen 44% this year amid a government crackdown on tech. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! From a report out overnight in Bloomberg: Venture capital investments in China are falling sharply this year, making it one of the worst-performing countries globally…
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It was 1994. I was eight years old. And I was pretty sure this was going to change everything. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! My mother and I were in the basement of a low-slung brick building. This was the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, the first place in town to…
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Being an angel investor is never boring. I see everything from spacecraft to nude resorts. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! But I can’t invest in everything! I focus on the areas I know best. And I want to back companies building the type of world I want to live…
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Tremendous 