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Sequoia Capital is the greatest venture capital firm of all time. So how did it lose $214 million on FTX? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Sequoia made two large investments in the crypto exchange, which went bankrupt earlier this month. Sequoia has since marked down those investments to zero.…
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Hedge funds trusted crypto exchange FTX with billions of dollars. Now, they stand to lose it all. Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Some funds have lost most of their assets and may cease to exist. From a report out overnight in the Financial Times: Hedge funds have billions of…
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Let’s say I create $1 million worth of Frankcoin. Will you loan me $1 million with my Frankcoin as collateral? Get the blog before anyone else…subscribe! Not if you’re in your right mind, you won’t. But that’s exactly what lenders did for Sam Bankman-Fried’s crypto hedge fund, Alameda Research. From…
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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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