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Union Square Ventures managing director Albert Wenger. Photo via Getty Images
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How Union Square Ventures Knew Venture Capital Had Peaked

By Kate Clark · Dec. 8, 2022 11:30 AM PST
Union Square Ventures managing partner Albert Wenger, 55, has been meaning to write a blog post about Tesla’s self-driving technology, he tells me about half hour into our interview at the firm’s New York headquarters last week. Sitting between two framed NFTs, he’s already covered the fall of FTX (“a setback”), the signs that venture capital... Union Square Ventures managing partner Albert Wenger, 55, has been meaning to write a blog post...
Fahad Al-Saif, senior managing director of Saudi Arabia's Public Investment Fund (PIF). Photo by Bloomberg.
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Venture Capitalists Want the Middle East’s Money

By Kate Clark · Dec. 1, 2022 12:47 PM PST · 1 comment
Eight thousand miles is a long way to go for a networking event, but desperate times call for desperate measures. That may explain the horde of tech investors who piled into the Four Seasons Hotel in Abu Dhabi’s Al Maryah Island on the evening of Nov. 18. They were attending a reception hosted by Mubadala Investment Company, a $284 billion... Eight thousand miles is a long way to go for a networking event, but desperate times call for...
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Sam Bankman-Fried’s Silicon Valley Fixer

By Kate Clark · Nov. 17, 2022 12:03 PM PST
This fall, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried traveled to the Middle East, hoping to raise boatloads of capital from deep-pocketed sovereign wealth funds. He came away empty-handed. But in the months before, he met with 100-some investment firms, successfully raising $2 billion in venture capital funding. He didn’t do it alone.“No one does [a]... This fall, FTX co-founder Sam Bankman-Fried traveled to the Middle East, hoping to raise...
Ramnik Arora (l) and Sam Bankman-Fried. Art by Mike Sullivan.
The Man Who Helped Sam Bankman-Fried Raise Billions
By Kate Clark · Nov. 17, 2022 9:33 AM PST · 1 comment
Ramnik Arora (l) and Sam Bankman-Fried. Art by Mike Sullivan.
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The Man Who Helped Sam Bankman-Fried Raise Billions

By Kate Clark · Nov. 17, 2022 9:33 AM PST · 1 comment
Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was known as a prolific venture fundraiser. But he didn’t work alone, leaning on a key lieutenant, Ramnik Arora, to iron out the details once his boss convinced Silicon Valley investors to sink nearly $2 billion into the once red-hot crypto exchange. Arora, whom Bankman-Fried plucked out of obscurity... Disgraced FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was known as a prolific venture fundraiser. But he...
FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried. Photo: Bloomberg
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Startups Should Prepare for ‘Second-Order Fallout’ From FTX Collapse

By Kate Clark and Erin Woo · Nov. 13, 2022 2:15 PM PST · 9 comments
The failure of crypto exchange FTX has prompted venture investors to issue a blunt warning to startup founders: The current economic situation poses steep challenges to companies. As a result, startups shouldn’t expect to raise new money through 2024 and should prepare for “deep cuts.” Arjun Sethi, a co-founder of FTX backer... The failure of crypto exchange FTX has prompted venture investors to issue a blunt warning to...
A fixed-gear Aventon bike in New York in 2018. Photo by Getty Images
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Sequoia Capital China Backs E-Bike Maker at $590 Million Valuation

By Juro Osawa · Nov. 3, 2022 1:01 PM PDT
E-bike and scooter rental businesses are struggling, but it’s boom times for companies with Chinese roots that make the vehicles, as commuters increasingly snap them up. Several such e-bike manufacturers have attracted venture capital this year, including Aventon, which is based in the U.S. and China. Sequoia Capital’s Chinese arm is... E-bike and scooter rental businesses are struggling, but it’s boom times for companies with...