Filing: a former employee alleges messaging app IRL inflated its user numbers and retaliated against him and others for raising concerns; IRL has raised $200M
Mark Matousek / The Information : Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @amir , and @amir Tweets: Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer : This should not just be shrugged off: Former IRL Employee Alleges Company Inflated ...
Sources: Stripe is raising $6B at a $50B valuation from Thrive Capital, General Catalyst, a16z, and Founders Fund to help early employees exercise their RSUs
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer : Tweets: @buccocapital , @ericnewcomer , @kateclarktweets , @carnage4life , @mylesudland , @415_aaron , @ppgosavi , and @carnage4life Tweets: BuccoCapital Guy / @buccocapita...
A look at niche internet micro celebrities, or “nimcels”, who are known to a small but dedicated group and represent a growing faction of the attention economy
Taylor Lorenz / Washington Post : Tweets: @taylorlorenz , @taylorlorenz , @loloverruled , @ericnewcomer , @mcmansionhell , @cavaticat , and @camcgrady Tweets: Taylor Lorenz / @taylorlorenz : I wrote ...
A profile of Sequoia's Roelof Botha, who seeded the idea of Sequoia Capital Fund, which holds stakes in companies past the traditional 10-year VC fund cycle
109. One billion dollars. — Roelof Botha used to write 109 on the corner of his notepad every week when he started at Sequoia 19 years ago. Tweets: @bizcarson , @inakib , @mfriedrichark , @sarthakgh...
Profile of Hemant Taneja, who became the sole managing partner of General Catalyst in 2021, as the firm raises a seed, venture, and growth fund totaling $4.6B
General Catalyst's idealist investor Hemant Taneja is quietly running the firm — Hemant Taneja somehow finds time to be an idealist and an operator. Tweets: @ericnewcomer and @ericnewcomer Tweets: E...
Sources: Discord is raising money at a valuation of around $15B, in a funding round that would at least double its valuation of $7B in 2020
Eric Newcomer / Newcomer : Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @freedmanae , @pkafka , @ericnewcomer , and @stevekovach Tweets: Eric Newcomer / @ericnewcomer : SOURCES: Discord Raising at Roughly $15 Billion Val...
Profile of Bessemer Venture Partners, an early investor in Twilio and Shopify, as its competition with Andreessen Horowitz, Tiger Global, and SoftBank ramps up
Bessemer Venture Partners is a thoughtful firm in a world of loose money. — 4 hr ago — In 2009, Ethan Kurzweil … Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @sarthakgh , @jasonlk , @ericnewcomer , @ericnewcomer , and...
The NYT overstated the influence of both Slate Star Codex and the Rationalist community on Silicon Valley, and falsely portrayed the tech industry as right-wing
Stereotyping the tech industry as a bunch of secretive right-wingers isn't correct, and it isn't helpful. — 11 hr ago Tweets: @noahpinion , @brianfagioli , @martinsfp , @ericnewcomer , @noahpinion ,...
Source: Sriram Krishnan, known for holding product leadership roles at Facebook, Twitter, and Snap, has joined Andreessen Horowitz as a general partner
Alex Heath / The Information : Tweets: @ericnewcomer , @jessicalessin , @alexeheath , @sriramkri , @moorehn , @mdudas , @cindygallop , @anmolm_ , @almostmedia , @yoda , @zebulgar , @canadakaz , @alex...
Q&A with Casey Newton on incentives for media and reporters in the age of social media, why some people in tech hate tech press, evolution of Facebook, and more
The Verge's Silicon Valley editor discusses tech media, recent issues with Facebook, and more … Part of the tech world is fed up with tech journalists. Tweets: @dlberes , @caseynewton , @kantrowitz , ...