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Alexis Ohanian Venture Fund Plots $776 Million in New Funds

By Kate Clark · Feb. 8, 2023 12:26 PM PST
Seven Seven Six, the venture capital fund launched by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in 2020, plans to raise $776 million for two new funds, according to investment documents viewed by The Information. The planned fundraising is more than 50% bigger than what it raised last year and will test investor appetite for bigger funds during a tough... Seven Seven Six, the venture capital fund launched by Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian in 2020,...
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The Relationship Model Is Killing Venture Capital

By Del Johnson · Jan. 31, 2023 9:00 AM PST · 39 comments
The social and racial homogeneity of the venture capital industry has long been a source of frustration for entrepreneurs and investors alike. In recent years, this frustration has boiled over into a full-fledged movement, with a growing chorus of voices arguing that venture capitalists are destroying value by overlooking founders from swaths of... The social and racial homogeneity of the venture capital industry has long been a source of...
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Screentime: The Venture Investor Who Runs Through Antarctica in Silence

By Margaux MacColl · Jan. 20, 2023 1:00 PM PST · 3 comments
Out of the 13 million Diablo II players, Lightspeed Venture Partners investor Moritz Baier-Lentz was No. 1. During his peak gamer years—2001 to 2005—Baier-Lentz was playing the action role-playing game 6 to 8 hours a day, crushing his competitors. It was a lucrative gig: “I traded the digital swords and armor that I earned... Out of the 13 million Diablo II players, Lightspeed Venture Partners investor Moritz Baier-Lentz...
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Investors Ready to Pounce on Three Arrows, FTX Startup Stakes as Sales Gear Up
By Akash Pasricha and Aidan Ryan · Jan. 20, 2023 6:00 AM PST
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Investors Ready to Pounce on Three Arrows, FTX Startup Stakes as Sales Gear Up

By Akash Pasricha and Aidan Ryan · Jan. 20, 2023 6:00 AM PST
Now-bankrupt crypto firms that had been active venture investors will be looking to sell off anything they can to repay creditors—a situation that could soon create a broad reshuffling of investments. First out the gate could be crypto hedge fund Three Arrows Capital, which had invested in at least 40 blockchain projects before it imploded... Now-bankrupt crypto firms that had been active venture investors will be looking to sell off...
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Sequoia Capital China Chief Leaves Beijing’s Top Political Advisory Body

By Shai Oster and Juro Osawa · Jan. 20, 2023 4:06 AM PST · 4 comments
Neil Shen, the head of Sequoia Capital’s hugely successful Chinese arm, is no longer a member of Beijing’s top political advisory body, raising questions about his relationship with the Chinese government. His absence comes at a time when Sequoia Capital China is navigating a sensitive environment amid growing geopolitical tensions... Neil Shen, the head of Sequoia Capital’s hugely successful Chinese arm, is no longer a...
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Founders, Beware. An AI Chatbot May Have Written That Pitch Rejection

By Kate Clark · Jan. 19, 2023 11:36 AM PST
Founders, remember that note in your inbox from a venture capitalist who’s “decided not to invest” but “would still like to stay in touch”? It might have been written by an artificial intelligence chatbot.Venture capital investors are tripping over themselves to buy stakes in OpenAI, the company behind the ultra popular new AI tool ChatGPT,... Founders, remember that note in your inbox from a venture capitalist who’s “decided not to invest...