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Global GDP growth in 2025 steadied at roughly 2.5‑3% despite President Trump’s aggressive tariff campaign. The U.S. economy has taken on a K‑shaped profile: technology and AI‑related firms enjoy soaring valuations while job creation stalls and wages lag for lower‑income workers. Persistent tariffs have rerouted trade flows away from China toward lower‑tariff partners, pressuring manufacturing costs without triggering the predicted inflation surge. The Federal Reserve remains cautious, balancing modest easing against lingering price pressures and a tightening labor market.
Juniper returned $7b+ to Kleiner's ~$500m fund ... I think it was 2500X but often ignored. Only player doing TCP/IP for the public internet in 1996 when every telco customer wanted ATM. If Juniper had not started the internet likely...
In retrospect, Sun as the beginning of a different kind of startup, the SCRAPPY but ambitious startup, from 20’s year olds without credibility or big connections. We beat the establishment startups like Apollo that had martini’s for lunch, had raised...
Plugins + SaaS print money. Live on @acquiredotcom: All-in-one website design plugin for Squarespace freelancers and agencies. Faster builds, no custom code, sticky subscriptions. > $340K TTM revenue > $223K TTM profit > 39% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/Y8gnOYsd82 https://t.co/kiUkoUUPCu
My take on California’s “One-Time” Billionaire Tax. It’s much worse than it looks. 📉 Will it pass? Yes, likely. It only needs 50%+1 voter approval. SEIU + CTA have done this before—Prop 55 won 63% in 2016. ⚖️ Will it...
In this episode, Luke Harries, Head of Growth at ElevenLabs, breaks down the company’s $6.6 billion growth engine, detailing how a horizontal product strategy and sharded growth teams drive massive scale. He shares a 7‑part launch playbook that routinely generates 700K+...
After two decades of thriving on open APIs, major software platforms are erecting barriers. Salesforce limited Slack’s API calls, Datadog disabled a rival observability startup, and Epic faces a lawsuit over restricting patient‑record access. The acceleration of AI‑driven development enables...
Salesforce, Datadog & Epic are building walls. After two decades of flourishing through open APIs & data portability, the software industry's largest incumbents are locking down. https://t.co/7n6Tio3aJK
Build your startup like you’re going to run it forever but prepare it so you could sell it tomorrow. > Organized books > Standardized operations > Product that works without you That’s how you create real leverage with buyers.
Major Medical Devices announced a strategic funding partnership with TCA Venture Group to accelerate its abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair device. The company positions the device as highly differentiated and potentially quick to market within a $3 billion AAA market. The...
65 days ago this founder didn’t know if their SaaS was sellable. > Bootstrapped > 3 serious offers > Structured advisory process Yesterday they closed for $480,000 on @acquiredotcom. https://t.co/IHlzfr48zL
The one hire I don't need, and none of my portfolio cos need, is a "Strategist" I know at certain stage in many folks' career, that's what they want to do Advise on strategy more than do work themselves No criticism But most startups...
Orca Bio, a late‑stage biotech focused on high‑precision cell therapies, closed a $250 million Series F round in December 2025, led by Lightspeed Venture Partners. The financing includes an amendment to its Silicon Valley Bank credit facility that adds up to $100 million of...
Best things to do when .. you don't know what to do: 1/ More time w/existing customers. Meet 5/mo IRL. 5/week on Zoom. 2/ Hire 1 great VP 3/ Drive down churn. You grow faster even w/o more leads 4/ Join more sales calls....
Everyone’s focused on Brin and Page fleeing California. But there’s a ticking time bomb buried in the billionaire tax: Mark Zuckerberg may be facing a $49 Billion tax bill he literally cannot pay. 🧵 The California billionaire tax has a provision that...
Money Expo Mexico 2026 is now 90% sold out, leaving only a handful of exhibition stands available. The two‑day event on February 18‑19 at Centro Banamex will host global brokers, fintech innovators, liquidity providers, and trading platforms targeting Latin America’s...
No fluff. No panels about "the future of AI." At SaaStr AI Annual 2026 (May 12-14) you'll learn: 💲How to price AI features 🤖How to reduce churn with AI agents 💰How to build AI GTM agents that work 🧖♀️How to hire (or not...
It’s true that we divested both Groq and xAI. I wouldn’t have mentioned this except for the fact that the MSM continually lies about this, claiming I took a government role to make money when in fact the opposite is...
BV Investment Partners announced the close of its twelfth private‑equity fund at $2.465 billion, surpassing its prior fund’s hard cap. The capital pool draws from sovereign wealth funds, pensions, financial institutions and family offices across East Asia, Latin America, Europe and...
1/ Personio's CRO Phil Lecor built an AI-powered GTM in 6 months. From nothing to all-in in 180 days. $8.5B company. 400 salespeople. 15,000 customers. Here's what actually worked (and the mistakes to avoid): 🧵 https://t.co/qhDbuFmAxS
When you're going to sell your business or raise capital, what should you expect from management presentations? Generally, you should expect those meetings to be friendly. Buyers will be asking questions, but they're also trying to sell themselves. The main...
Rain, a New York‑based stablecoin payments infrastructure provider, closed a $250 million Series C round that values the company at $1.95 billion. The round was led by ICONIQ and featured a roster of venture firms including Sapphire Ventures, Bessemer and Lightspeed. Rain plans...
Ergo (@joinergo) is the next generation of revenue intelligence. Most sales reporting relies on CRM fields and manual updates, which means leaders end up making decisions without real evidence. Ergo instead pulls data directly from sales conversations—calls, emails, and meetings—to show trends...
📣 Best opportunity out there to work with my dear friend and the OG Josh Kopelman at First Round Capital . Reach out if you fit the bill to the link below not me.
Sirion, a Salt Lake City‑based contract lifecycle management software vendor, has secured a majority investment from Haveli Investments. Although the financial terms were not disclosed, the transaction is slated to close in the first quarter of 2026 pending customary clearances....
Ok so on LinkedIn this week I saw another founder I know at $100m+ ARR where growth has slowed … just leave the keys on the table. Quit. This founder said he was excited to explore what AI could do...
Larry and Sergey can’t stay in California since the wealth tax as written would confiscate 50% of their Alphabet shares. Each own ~3% of Alphabet's stock, worth about $120 billion each at today's ~$4 trillion market cap. But because their...
encoord, a Colorado‑based grid‑planning software firm, announced a $2 million seed round led by KittyHawk Frontier. The investment brings new board observer Paul Burgon from KittyHawk Frontier onto encoord’s governance structure. The capital will fund expansion of operations and accelerate development...
Thank you to all of the founders, partners, and colleagues we worked with in 2025. Despite headwinds in the broader market, founder-led SaaS companies continued to outperform, drawing meaningful buyer interest and achieving strong valuations. Last year, Vista Point Advisors...
Onsetto, a Minneapolis‑based fintech startup, announced a $2.2 million seed round led by EJF Ventures with participation from Idea Fund, The Perch Fund, Daren Cotter and Bobby Astrup. The capital will fuel product development, especially AI‑driven features for account switching, activation,...
BlueNalu, a San Diego‑based cell‑cultured bluefin tuna startup, closed an $11 million financing round. The round was co‑led by Agronomics, Siddhi Capital and Lewis & Clark AgriFood, with roughly 40 existing investors participating. Steven Finn of Siddhi Capital joined the board, and the capital...
Canopy, a San Francisco‑based connected safety platform for U.S. health systems, closed a $22 million Series B round co‑led by 111° West Capital and ACME Capital. The funding will accelerate the nationwide rollout of its Canopy Find and Canopy Track solutions, aiming to extend real‑time...
FineHeart, a French clinical‑stage med‑tech firm, announced €83 million in total financing. The round includes a €35 million Series C first closing led by new investors such as Groupe Pasteur Mutualité and the EIB fund. Additionally, the company secured €48 million in grants from...
In this episode, Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick outlines how strategic trade policies, revamped tech initiatives, and targeted reforms could propel U.S. GDP growth to 5‑6% by 2026. He discusses the legacy of Trump’s tariffs, the evolving US‑Japan trade relationship, stalled...
Grateful for a16z’s support which started nearly 12 years ago when they led Product Hunt’s Series A. Congrats on the fresh $12B, team. :)
With its latest fundraise, a16z could give $1 million to every American and still have $10 billion left over.
Valinor Enterprises announced a $54 million Series A round, raising its total capital to over $85 million. The financing was led by Friends & Family Capital, with existing backers General Catalyst, Founders Fund, and Red Cell Partners increasing their stakes, alongside new investors...
I did office hours with a startup yesterday that I ended up advising to (a) decrease their growth rate and (b) spend the money they've raised faster by hiring more people and paying them high salaries. Possibly the first time...
The gap between what’s possible—and what’s actually built—has never been bigger. Excited to back entrepreneurs around the world building the future with >$15B in new funds - Apps, Infrastructure, Bio + Health, American Dynamism & Growth🚀 @a16z
Presto Phoenix, a Silicon Valley startup specializing in enterprise‑grade Voice AI for quick‑service restaurant drive‑thrus, announced a $10 million funding round. The round was led by Metropolitan Partners Group with participation from Remus Capital, Link Ventures, and strategic angels including the...
Just committed to back a fund led by a founder I admire. If you’re an LP and curious to follow along. 👇🏼 Will share next week.
IF all "board meetings" were re-named "common sense meetings" they would be a lot more useful and I would enjoy attending them The way great investing is about avoiding the traps of fear/greed (not advanced strategies) Business wins come from common sense,...
JetZero, a Long Beach‑based aerospace startup, announced a $175 million Series B round led by B Capital, with participation from United Airlines Ventures, Northrop Grumman, 3M Ventures and RTX Ventures. The financing brings the company’s total capital commitments to over $1 billion, including...
In the process of giving advice to a startup whose domain I know very little about, I came up with a useful form of qualification: only listen to this advice if you can imagine scenarios where this email comes back...
So excited to share the @kindredventures seed investment into @TheCorgiCompany. AI has enabled complex services to be automated at a level never before seen. This changes the model of what kind of company can be built. As @nico_laqua says, "While...
Are you a company looking to raise their Series B? I spoke to the king of the category, Jason Kong from Base10 Partners . Every day he wakes up and works with founders in this zone, which straddles traditional venture...
During last month’s NeurIPS 2025 conference, YC’s @agupta sat down with @krandiash, founder and CEO of Cartesia, to explain why today’s AI architectures may be fundamentally limited. They discuss how transformers act more like retrieval systems than learning systems, where new...
Common Gap from Deep24 (@effortcompany24) is a single app for college and graduating high school students to apply to take a gap year at fast-growing startups. Participating companies include Corgi Insurance, Zingage and Superbuilders. This is a bet on giving young...
The 30 most in-demand startup secondary shares in Q4 '25 (per Setter Capital) Big takeaways: - SpaceX is back at #1. It spent 2.5 years on top before Anthropic briefly surpassed it in Q3. - Little change at very top of the list...
Biller Genie, an Orlando‑based cloud AR automation platform, secured $22 million in Series B funding led by Radian Capital. The capital will fund expansion into the United Kingdom and other international markets, as well as growth of its engineering and leadership teams....
