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I Taught Myself to Code at Age 10. After Working At Google and Twitter, I Turned to Venture Capital. Here's What I Look for When Investing in Startups.
Alex Roetter taught himself how to code as a child, setting the foundation for a lifelong builder's mindset. He spent years at Google and Twitter, now X, honing his coding and interpersonal skills. Now he works as a general partner at venture…
Moscow Court Upholds 'Extremist' Label for Galitsky's Venture Capital Fund
A Moscow judge on Tuesday upheld a lower court ruling designating tech entrepreneur Alexander Galitsky's venture capital fund as an “extremist” organization and seizing 8 billion rubles ($97.5 million) worth of assets. Galitsky's…
After the Shein shock, Everlane's founder launches his next act
Last weekend, when Puck announced that the sustainable fashion startup Everlane had been acquired by the Chinese ultra fast fashion retailer Shein, it sent shockwaves throughout the fashion world. Michael Preysman, who founded Everlane in 2011, was…
Everlane Founder Michael Preysman To Launch New Brand
Everlane was sold to Shein last week. The former founder is launching his own brand in response. (Photo by Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images) In response to the sale of Everlane to Shein, a deal that last week shocked and outraged customers and…
Fortuna Investments Strengthens Its National Ambitions With the Appointment of Joseph Magazine
At a time when venture capital firms are increasingly being measured not only by financial returns but also by their ability to shape industries, influence economic priorities, and identify transformative opportunities before the broader market…
The Protein Industrial Complex Is Here. Fiber Wants In.
Halle Berry holding Pendulum products Courtesy of Pendulum Therapeutics The age of the “Protein Industrial Complex” is upon is. Hitting protein “macro” targets has become a daily ritual for millions of health-conscious…
Opendoor Co-Founder Eric Wu Launches AI For Construction Venture
NavigateAI CEO Eric Wu poses for a photo in San Francisco. When Eric Wu was the CEO of Opendoor, a startup that popularized instant cash offers to homeowners, Opendoor was purchasing roughly 5,000 homes a month. Managing that massive volume…
Silicon Valley VC Backs Startup That Gathers AI Datasets From Head-Mounted Cameras on Workers in India
A video went viral in India about a month ago appearing to show a vast number of garment workers wearing tiny, head-mounted cameras while they worked in a dreary-looking factory. A widespread hunch was the technology the video depicted was a system…
Inside The Murky Market Selling Pre-IPO SpaceX And OpenAI Shares
In the summer of 2020, former Morgan Stanley trader Adam Crawley was wandering through Indonesia, Thailand and Australia, perfecting his qigong with a man called Master YanG, when a cold message on LinkedIn jerked him back to reality. The sender…
How AI can help break the world's fossil fuel addiction
The current AI boom reminds me of the dot-com era, which I watched unfold from venture capital in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Lots of hype. Eye-watering investments. Genuine transformative potential. Most conversations about AI today focus on…
Is the IPO boom a 2021 repeat?
There's been lots of chatter in recent weeks about the mega IPOs expected to come to market this year — first among them being SpaceX, which is set to go public in June. Is this a movie we've seen before? The last time there was this much…
Dumb phones, smart business: Meet the 28-year-old entrepreneur selling retro tech to Gen Z
London Glorfield isn't a Luddite — he just wants tech products to feel a little less soul-sucking. 'Tech is a sea of sameness right now,' Glorfield, who goes by London Jackson professionally, told Business Insider in an interview. 'It's so…
Velcro's acquisition, Webster says yes to Santander, and a new Cohen SPAC
• Navigate.ai, an SF-based developer of AI copilots for field workers, raised $25m. Elad Gil. led, joined byKhosla Ventures, Lennar, Fifthwall, Tishman Speyer, and Helix Electric. Go deeper CasaPerks Technologies, an Austin, Texas-based…
JVP Marks Strong Q1 2026 with Four Strategic Exits
The quarter was led by JVP's exit from its position in DealHub, delivering a return of more than 6x on invested capital, with the company valued at hundreds of millions of dollars — a significant validation of the original investment thesis.
Ampere Analysis Sold To Private Equity Firm Goldenpeak & Buys PlumResearch At Same Time
Ampere Analysis today has a new owner and another research house in its stable. Private equity firm Goldenpeak has acquired the influential UK-based entertainment analysis business for an undisclosed fee, marking the first time Ampere has had an…
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