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The Next Billion-Dollar Startups 2018

forbes · 20 hours ago

NEA

New Enterprise Associates: a global venture capital firm helping entrepreneurs build transformational businesses across multiple stages, sectors and geographies

WooHoo, @transfixIO! 🙌 https://t.co/TBovQAZyyv

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Doug Pepper

@dougpepper

VC @shasta - @Marketo @Braze @Spredfast @Optimizely @Flurrymobile @Tapjoy @NewsCred @Highspot @beautifulai_ @sendbird @skilljar

Love seeing @Braze on this list of future $1B companies... https://t.co/x2tBAoSRZu

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John Melas-Kyriazi

@jmelaskyriazi

Scientist-turned-VC @sparkcapital and @christinaphili5’s +1

Bunch of great ones on this list, including @sparkcapital companies @Braze, @FlywireCo, @pendoio, and @SonderStays https://t.co/cWBDJOAjsl

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GGV Capital

@GGVCapital

Global venture capital firm with $6.2 billion under management, investing in the US, China, SE Asia. For more @jrichlive, @glennsolomon, @hanstung, @jennyleehw

Big shout out to ⁦@Poshmarkapp⁩ ⁦@marrc⁩ 🛍😍🚀 #nextbillion https://t.co/brevO5tHwf

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How Index Ventures became Europe's startup success factory

wired.co.uk · 14 hours ago

Damir

@damirbecirovic

Investor @IndexVentures. You may confuse me with @dinobecirovic.

https://t.co/2AWIv69AfS

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Ari Helgason

@arihelgason

Investor @IndexVentures. Icelander in London. YC alum. Investing to reshape industries, SaaS, enterprise, frontier technology.

Lucky to be surrounded by exceptional entrepreneurs and colleagues every day https://t.co/w4UOInshQQ

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Ben Holmes

@bendotvc

Angel Investor. Formerly GP at a leading VC.

RT @rsohoni: What a year, decade and more! Congrats ⁦@IndexVentures⁩ - so so impressive! https://t.co/qg1R5mBbBb

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Index Ventures

@IndexVentures

Index helps the most ambitious entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses. We back startups across all stages: seed, venture & growth.

Thank you! 🙏 https://t.co/hYuFfpoU7X

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Twilio to Acquire SendGrid, the Leading Email API Platform

businesswire · 19 hours ago

techstars

@techstars

Techstars is the Worldwide Network that helps entrepreneurs succeed #DoMoreFaster #givefirst 🚀🌎

POWER OF THE NETWORK! @twilio, a Techstars investment, has acquired @SendGrid (Techstars Class 4). Congrats to all… https://t.co/q8PJfmxgbA

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Ajay Agarwal

@ajay_bcv

partner with bain cap ventures. investor in bloomreach, sendgrid, gainsight, optimizely, fourkites, shipbob, clari, tellapart, kiva systems, infoscout

Congrats to @spdholakia and entire team at @SendGrid Amazing combination to create the leader in developer-first… https://t.co/TKPGUAuzQG

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Byron Deeter

@bdeeter

Partner @bessemervp w/@twilio @gainsighthq @intercom @guildeducation @procoretech @thetileapp @sendgrid @adaptiveinsight @boxhq @docusign @vidyard @servicetitan

RT @SendGrid: We’re excited to share the news that @Twilio has agreed to acquire @SendGrid. Read more. https://t.co/lajguRlvTI

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Framing Life: The Bruce Burgess Photo Archive - Lakeside School

lakesideschool · 5 hours ago

Andy Weissman

@aweissman

real names be proof; maybe so and maybe not

Fantastic picture https://t.co/2Ch7r6ovwI

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Benedict Evans

@benedictevans

Trying to work out what's going on and what happens next. Curious. Easily bored. Single parent. Expat in San Francisco. Doing things at @a16z

RT @JohnPaczkowski: Paul Allen and Bill Gates in 1970. (https://t.co/ucxkQVfz1n) https://t.co/2lCJs5rES5

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital. @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @CyPhyWorksinc, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @happiestbaby, @veobot...

Kids...they get nothing done :-) https://t.co/zDYUSgcVdM

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50 Who Women Are Changing the World

marieclaire · 1 hour ago

Eurie Kim

@eurie_kim

Weekdays: hunting for new/exciting ways to buy stuff online Weekends: indulging in SF gastronomy, perfecting my 20' putt, walking my dog

This list brings me hope for the future of women leaders across industries! Couldn’t be more proud of our very own… https://t.co/UeOIlOabKn

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Alex Taussig

@ataussig

Partner @LightspeedVP | Investor @DlyHarvest @Zola @VectorSpaceSys @thredUP @JauntXR @2UInc ($TWOU) @carbonblack_inc ($CBLK) | Reformed physicist @Harvard/@MIT.

Congrats to @shanlynm @kmlake @kirstenagreen @Jenny_RTR ! https://t.co/FzOTJWivJZ

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Dispatches from the Messy Middle – Founder Collective – Medium

medium · 1 hour ago

Founder Collective

@fcollective

Our mission is to be the most aligned VC for founders at seed #ProudInvestor in @Uber, @TheTradeDeskinc @Buzzfeed, @Cruise @Diaandco @PillPack @SeatGeek & more.

Dispatches from the Messy Middle — @micahjay1 on what stuck out in @scottbelsky's new book. https://t.co/7UxvrVtaHz

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Scott Belsky

@scottbelsky

Product Obsessive & Investor; Chief Product Officer, @Adobe; Founder, @Behance; Venture Partner @Benchmark; Author. Aspiring for a positive slope.

Thanks for the kind intro and some of your key take-always, FC team. Exciting to see this project out in the wild.… https://t.co/0NKN7Wa8TG

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Fidelity Launches Institutional Platform For Bitcoin And Ethereum

forbes · 1 hour ago

a16z

@a16z

we invest in software eating the world https://t.co/3ilMLRKYle https://t.co/hvmV7MCpkl https://t.co/DwO5V4vP9o https://t.co/jlNYrulMiS

RT @katie_haun: Fidelity increasing its involvement in crypto https://t.co/OYiFcRSouE

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Alexis Ohanian Sr. 🚀

@alexisohanian

🚀 Co-founder & managing partner @Initialized (early stage VC, $22B in market value so far) 📖 Bestselling author ⬆️ Co-founder @Reddit

RT @cz_binance: Not a small fund. https://t.co/J785D8gTWW

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Did Uber Steal Google’s Intellectual Property?

newyorker · 11 hours ago

rohit

@rohit_x_

True Ventures / Lapsed Photon Slinger / ex CTO ONISystems

RT @adrianhon: These Google people sure seem like murderous dicks https://t.co/pqAxfqouzB https://t.co/JpNsA42AdZ

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Bilal Zuberi

@bznotes

Partner at Lux Capital. @Airmapio, @DesktopMetal, @Orbital_Insight, @CyPhyWorksinc, @NozomiNetworks, @EvolvTechnology, @Saildrone, @happiestbaby, @veobot...

Moving fast, breaking things...should have some limits. https://t.co/KqHuoqRuh5

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Naval Ravikant and Nasim Taleb at BLOCKCON 2018 - Podcast Notes

podcastnotes · 12 hours ago

Naval

@naval

Present.

RT @podcastnotes: NEW NOTES A Conversation with Naval Ravikant and Nasim Taleb at BLOCKCON 2018 @naval @nntaleb https://t.co/L0jIhdj6Ux

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Marvin Liao

@marvinliao

Ever curious: Tsundoku, Reader, World Traveler, Investor & Tech/Media exec interested in almost everything! Aspiring Shokunin.

Loving these Podcast Notes, check'em out! https://t.co/J8NC4l3OAw

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A Long-Term Solution For Scooter Sharing

theatlantic · 15 hours ago

Shawn Carolan

@shawnvc

@MenloVentures lead on @rokuplayer, @uber, @imvu, @siri. Founding CEO @Handle. Engineer. Athlete. Motorcyclist. Snowboarder. Dad.

Super excited to have @SkipScooters live in SF and working with the city to make the system work for all. https://t.co/cE2MMAEOWr

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mmurph

@mmurph

Partner @MenloVentures : Investing in AI-first SaaS (apps, devops, API platforms) and robotics. Former GP @kpcb

love it! https://t.co/bxdKThvh9f

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Paul Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65

nytimes · 16 hours ago

Steven Sinofsky

@stevesi

ॐ • Board Partner @a16z • Investor • Adviser • Writings @ Learning by Shipping • Nikon 📷•🧘🏻‍♂️ 🔄=retweet ❤️=like • Typos are free

Paul Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65 https://t.co/dUxrfNXtUd Paul was an incredibly important man to… https://t.co/J9ehiRfNs9

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Roger Ehrenberg

@infoarbitrage

managing partner @iaventures. working @thetradedeskinc @transferwise @signifyd @octanelending @memsql @gospel_tech @telluslabs. also @UMich @Columbia_Biz

Paul G. Allen, Microsoft’s Co-Founder, Is Dead at 65 https://t.co/06EpdAvc4h I was 15 when Paul and Bill signed tha… https://t.co/5iGQyoxSHW

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Auris Health Announces Results From New Study of Monarch™ Platform Presented in Late-Breaking Session at CHEST 2018

businesswire · 17 hours ago

Lux Capital

@Lux_Capital

Early-Stage Venture Capital

Auris Health Demonstrates Ability of Monarch Platform to Successfully Reach Nodules and Biopsy Tissue in the Lung https://t.co/7q550Xh4d6

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Josh Wolfe

@wolfejosh

VC, entrepreneur, fund manager @Lux_Capital; Chair @CiPrep Coney Island Prep; Trustee @SfiScience Santa Fe Inst; CoFounder of Carson, Quinn & Bodhi w/ @ltwolfe

Lux family co Auris—future of robotic surgery with some big news... https://t.co/FilUaJ5RQh

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Electric scooter startup Grin raises ~$45 million

techcrunch · 20 hours ago