5 h. ago SF firms continue reaping rewards of venture capital’s ‘strange year’

SF firms continue reaping rewards of venture capital’s ‘strange year’  San Francisco Examiner

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8 d. ago This French VC went from posting on YouTube to raising a $12M fund for Y Combinator startups

Venture capital is filled with investors who claim they’ve got inside access to the next big thing. Meanwhile, Gabriel Jarrosson, a French engineer-turned-YouTuber-turned-investor, has built his VC firm around a single filter: if it isn’t a Y Combinator company, he won’t invest in it. That discipline pushed Jarrosson from filming scrappy venture explainers in Paris […]

Technology

2 w. ago Dawn Capital’s Shamillah Bankiya breaks down the state of the Euro venture market

Dawn Capital’s latest partner, Shamillah Bankiya, stopped by Equity this week to talk about the European landscape and the biggest misconceptions Americans have about the European startup world. 

Economics

2 w. ago VC firm Insight Partners says thousands of staff and limited partners had personal data stolen in a ransomware attack

The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, notified current and former employees, as well as the firm's limited partners, that their data was stolen in a January cyberattack.

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4 w. ago An S.F. venture capitalist was accused of driving past a stop sign. Then came the social media battle

An S.F. venture capitalist was accused of driving past a stop sign. Then came the social media battle  San Francisco Chronicle

Politics

4 w. ago VC giant Insight Partners notifies staff and limited partners after data breach

The venture capital giant, behind cyber giants Wiz and Databricks, said it has notified current and former employees and the firm's limited partners of its January breach.

Politics

4 w. ago Cognition AI defies turbulence with a $400M raise at $10.2B valuation

Founders Fund, the Peter Thiel-backed VC, led Cognition’s latest round, with participation from existing investors like Lux Capital, Joe Lonsdale’s 8VC, Elad Gil, Definition Capital and Swish Ventures. 

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