Payroll startup Warp, part of YC's W23 batch, disavows a racist post from an affiliate X account, amid claims its affiliates on X are posting “engagement bait”
Warp is under the spotlight following controversial posts from an account tied to the company. X: @joinwarp , @varunramg , @picopaco17 , @gergelyorosz , @khabrnow , @shedcap , @fluxtheorist , @gergely...
Sources: Sequoia has picked partner Andrew Reed to replace Matthew Miller on Klarna's board; Miller had led a failed effort to remove board chair Michael Moritz
The Information : X: @heetermaria and @kateclarktweets X: Maria Heeter / @heetermaria : NEWS: Sequoia partner Andrew Reed is set to join Klarna's board, replacing partner Matthew Miller, who led an e...
Atlassian plans to acquire video messaging platform Loom for ~$975M, split as ~$880M in cash and the rest in stock, set to close in Q1 2024; Loom has 25M+ users
Loom changed the game with tapping the PLG market. Now, with atlassian all enterprise doors could open as well. [embedded post] @manpageman.bsky.social : Pivot! To! Video! [embedded post] X: Phil ...
NYC-based Warp, a Rust-based macOS terminal app with features like permalinks and AI auto-complete command suggestions, raised a $50M Series B led by Sequoia
https://www.fastcompany.com/ ... … Twitter: Andrew Reed / @andrew__reed : Excited to share that Sequoia led Warp's Series B and I joined their board. The cloud and AI offer the chance to reinvent deve...
Robinhood closes down 8% on its first day of trading, after raising $2.1B in its IPO at a valuation of around $32B
will users ‘age out’ of the app? Finextra : Robinhood prices IPO at $32bn valuation Timothy Craig / Crypto Briefing : Robinhood IPOs Amid Uniswap Partnership Rumors Crunchbase News : Throw The Confett...
Software design company Figma raises $200M at a valuation of $10B, quintupling its valuation since last year
Software design company Figma Inc. has raised fresh funding at a valuation of $10 billion, quintupling its pricetag since last year. The company, which allows customers … Tweets: @zoink , @skuwamoto ...
Coinbase files its S-1, reveals profit of $322M in 2020 on $1.2B in revenue, up from a loss of $30M in 2019 on $533M in revenue
This summary highlights selected information that is presented … Jeff Kauflin / Forbes : Coinbase Cofounders And Investors Poised To Rake In Tens Of Billions From IPO Ian Allison / CoinDesk : Coinbase...
Anonymous Twitter account @VCBrags hits a nerve mocking VC's propensity for self-promotion by quote-retweeting boastful tweets
Investors either are loving or blocking @VCBrags, which retweets investors' best brags. — A parody Twitter account is getting under the skin … Tweets: @andrew__reed , @dhaliwas , @vcbrags , @vcbrags...
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia Capital, dies at 87
Don Valentine, founder of Sequoia, RIP Dave Morin / @davemorin : He created something that inspires entrepreneurs to both change the world and to achieve their potential. And, I have always loved his ...