facy got $1m from tim draper and $500k from qualcomm at $40m fdv. draper backed tesla at $60m, baidu at $80m, skype at $100m. qualcomm selected 15 ai teams from thousands for their incubation program. singapore government wrote them a grant check. google cloud published their case study. this is venture capital due diligence at shitter valuations ...

Well, I'm excited because just like 2008 at the moment, I'm 0% cash. You're 0% cash. Founder friendly has become bullit, right.Any hot AI deal, there is no diligence provided, nor is any done. It's just done on Saturday. All you can lose is one extra money.Having an early success is highly correlated with future success. Partly, you get the referral effect, but partly I think it's that you just have the stomach to roll the dice and you get braver. This is an epic monopoly like we've never seen.Think how muc ...

Archetype raised $100M for fund III.2 new perps DEXs and a new prediction market today announced.Huge IPOs launching.Better regulatory environment for founders.Far better perception to outsiders.It sure feels like crypto VC is making a big comeback to rival the 2021 funding amounts.You absolutely love to see it. ...

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Group 1 - Venture capital and private equity are dominating the growth phases of companies, leaving retail investors with limited opportunities [6][4] - The number of publicly listed companies has decreased significantly, with less than 4,000 currently listed, down nearly 20% from a decade ago [3] - The IPO market is struggling as venture capital and private equity firms prefer to keep companies private for longer periods [4][6] Group 2 - The equity markets are not reflecting the full diversity of the economy, leading to less transparency and increased risk for ordinary investors [5] - Notable private companies like Stripe and Databricks are valued at $91 billion and $100 billion respectively, highlighting the opportunity deficit for retail investors [6] - Recent gains in the S&P 500 have been heavily influenced by a small number of companies, particularly the "Magnificent Seven" and the "three a(I)migos" (Nvidia, Microsoft, and Apple), which together account for over 20% of the index's market value [8]

When I was eight, I wanted to be the CEO of Apple. The only problem, I didn't even have an iPhone. So, I printed out pictures of an iPhone front and back using my mom's computer and glued them onto a piece of cardboard.Then, when I was 11, I started to learn how to code. I spent hours problem solving, debugging, and celebrating every victory like when my first game finally ran without crashing. Then in high school, I was introduced to a girl named Amber through my coding projects.Not only was Amber a comput ...

Our aspirations in venture capital is to be the best seed firm in the world. I actually have a strong belief that venture capital can't scale and performance at the same time. I deeply believe that just because we have more money doesn't mean they're more on Patrick Collison's or Sam Alman's that are going to go build iconic companies.I lost the series A of Stripe of Samsara of Snap and the first one I won was a series A of Gusto. Triple triple double double is definitely dead. I I tell our investors don't ...

Hemant Taneja is the CEO and leader of General Catalyst, the firm he has scaled over the last decade into one of the largest with over $40BN in AUM. He has been one of the most influential investors of the past two decades, leading early bets in Stripe, Snap, Gusto, Samsara, Grammarly, and Canva. He also played a pivotal role in Livongo’s $18.5B merger with Teladoc, one of the largest digital health deals in history. ----------------------------------------------- Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 01:16 Is Hemant a C ...