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Founders Fund hires ex-OpenAI exec Ryan Beiermeister (and not because of her ‘mafia’ skills)
Ryan Beiermeister has joined Founders Fund as a partner, it announced Monday. Beiermeister is well known in Silicon Valley for several reasons. First, prior to this…
Why Greylock limited its new fund to $1.5 billion when it says it could have raised more
While many top venture firms continue to raise massively larger funds, Greylock Partners, one of Silicon Valley’s oldest and most prestigious venture firms, is purposefully bucking…
A domain used by messaging app Telegram mysteriously went offline on Monday, with the app’s founder, Pavel Durov, saying that a X post that t.me links…
Nandan Nilekani, co-founder of Indian IT services giant Infosys, will no longer be a general partner at Fundamentum Partnershipthe venture capital firm he co-founded nearly a…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman proposed giving 5% of the company’s equity to a US sovereign wealth fund, the Financial Times reported on Thursdayciting two people familiar…
After 18 years of European focus, early stage investor Seedcamp said Monday that it has raised $320 million for its latest fund, which will expand its…
How Justin Ernest invested nearly $500 million in hot startups without a traditional VC fund
Last year, Justin Ernest noticed a huge gap in how venture capital works: family offices and smaller institutional investors were willing to invest in the fastest-growing…
Founders Fund Launches Series of Games Starring Sam Altman, Palmer Luckey and Other Tech Elites
Ever had the urge to watch Sam Altman and Palmer Lackey fight over a moderately suspenseful card game? If so, you’re in luck. Silicon Valley leaders…
Gigascalethe venture capital firm led by former Meta CTO Mike Schroepfer announced Monday that it has raised a $250 million fund to support founders who are…
A group of 20 Snap alumni came together to create a fund called Ghost Angels to support the next generation of social media. The fund declined…