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Darian Shirazi

@darian314
18 posts
2026-01-24
not a bad off-Ramp https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-01-24 View on X
The Information

Source: Greenoaks, one of Brex's top investors, will return twice its investment after Capital One's Brex acquisition for $5.15B in a half-cash, half-stock deal

Brex's $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isn't the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago …

not a bad off-Ramp https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-01-24 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock

That's what you call going out with a whimper.Hugh Son /CNBC:Capital One is buying startup Brex for $5.15 billion in credit card firm's latest deal

2026-01-23
not a bad off-Ramp https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-01-23 View on X
The Information

Source: Greenoaks, one of Brex's top investors, will return twice its investment after Capital One's Brex acquisition for $5.15B in a half-cash, half-stock deal

Brex's $5.15 billion agreement to sell to Capital One isn't the kind of exit employees or investors would have dreamed of four years ago …

not a bad off-Ramp https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-01-23 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock

Deal would give credit-card issuer access to technology used by thousands of companies for corporate credit cards

2026-01-22
not a bad off-Ramp https://www.wsj.com/...
2026-01-22 View on X
Wall Street Journal

Capital One agrees to acquire Brex, which specializes in tech to administer corporate credit cards, expenses, and rewards, for $5.15B in cash and stock

Deal would give credit-card issuer access to technology used by thousands of companies for corporate credit cards

2024-05-18
sounds like switching to discord is the move
2024-05-18 View on X
PCMag

Slack confirms it is training some of its AI-powered features, but not its generative AI tool, on user content and uploads, with all users opted-in by default

https://slack.com/...  What a time to be alive in IT.  🤦‍♂️ JP Mens / @jpmens@mastodon.social : “Our guiding principle as we build this product is that the privacy and security of ...

2023-06-27
Congrats @casetext! So proud to be one of the first investors here and to see such an incredible outcome a decade later: https://techcrunch.com/...
2023-06-27 View on X
TechCrunch

Thomson Reuters agrees to acquire YC-backed Casetext, which builds AI-powered workflows and tools for lawyers, for $650M in cash, expected to close in H2 2023

Thomson Reuters has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Casetext, a Y Combinator-backed legal tech startup.

2023-03-10
Did SVB think venture debt was a secure asset class?
2023-03-10 View on X
Financial Times

Silicon Valley Bank launches a $2.25B share sale after losing ~$1.8B on its ~$21B of US Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities

Technology-focused lender suffered loss on $21bn portfolio of Treasuries and mortgage-backed securities  —  Silicon Valley Bank has launched a $2.25bn share sale …

2023-03-04
I admire this move — venture is about carry returns, not fee hoarding by maximizing AUM. Mega venture funds cause GPs to become lazy and misalign incentives with LPs and companies. It's not about how much you raise, it's about how much you return. https://twitter.com/...
2023-03-04 View on X
Axios

Sources: Founders Fund cut Fund VIII, which is expected to start deploying capital in Q2 2023, from ~$1.8B to ~$900M; the money will be pushed to its ninth fund

2022-05-26
🔥🔥🔥 ⁦@gucci⁩ x ⁦@ouraring⁩ https://techcrunch.com/...
2022-05-26 View on X
Engadget

Oura partners with Gucci on the Gucci x Oura Ring wearable, letting users monitor heart rate, sleep, and more, available at select stores for $1,100

Oura, the startup that's pushing the limits of how small a wearable can be, just announced a collaboration that could boost its profile considerably.

2022-05-12
This timing is impeccable https://www.bloomberg.com/...
2022-05-12 View on X
Bloomberg

Sources: Instacart confidentially filed documents for an IPO, which could happen as soon as 2022, though the timing could slip or the startup could stay private

Instacart Inc., the grocery delivery platform, has confidentially filed documents for an initial public offering, according to people with knowledge of the matter.

2021-11-12
Congrats @OnlyAltOfficial @LeoreAvidar for raising a $75MM Series A led by @naval @spearhead! Super excited for the future of alternative assets and to be one of the first investors in such a massive idea: https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-11-12 View on X
TechCrunch

Physical trading cards marketplace and custody service Alt raises a $75M Series B at a $325M+ valuation, says $70M+ worth of cards are stored in its vault

2021-09-25
Bet on amazing founders like @erenbali & @gaganbiyani and a decade later, the result is an $8B company: https://www.theinformation.com/ ...
2021-09-25 View on X
The Information

Source: online course provider Udemy is preparing to file for an IPO as soon as October, targeting a valuation of between $6B and $8B

Kate Clark / The Information : Tweets: @darian314 and @scobleizer Tweets: Darian Shirazi / @darian314 : Bet on amazing founders like @erenbali & @gaganbiyani and a decade later, t...

2021-06-29
Congrats @Ubiquity6 has been acquired by @Discord! @GradientVC seeded @AnjneyMidha and team in 2017 and now we're psyched to be part of the future journey. https://medium.com/...
2021-06-29 View on X
TechCrunch

Discord acquires augmented reality startup Ubiquity6, which had raised $37.5M and recently pivoted to become a collaborative service for simple online games

Today, I'm excited to announce that Discord has acquired Ubiquity6! Jordan Major / Finbold : Discord acquires AR and video chat startup Ubiquity6 for an undisclosed price Babafemi ...

2021-06-10
Congrats @Amplitude_HQ! @GradientVC is happy to be part of the journey through @iteratively! https://twitter.com/...
2021-06-10 View on X
Bloomberg

Data analytics startup Amplitude raises $150M led by Sequoia Capital at a $4B valuation, up from $1B last year

2021-05-05
Congrats Oura on raising $100MM! Another markup for @GradientVC! https://techcrunch.com/...
2021-05-05 View on X
Forbes

Sleep and health tracking ring startup Oura raises $100M Series C, valuing the company at $800M, and says its ~$30M in 2019 sales doubled in 2020

2021-02-27
Long overdue https://twitter.com/...
2021-02-27 View on X
New York Times

FCC approves a $50/month high-speed internet subsidy for low-income households and a one-time discount of up to $100 on a computer or tablet for eligible homes

Cecilia Kang / New York Times :

2020-08-22
Not sure why people are saying these numbers are a “warning”, the financial profile of Palantir looks very similar to DocuSign which trades at $38B right now, 2x Palantir's last preferred price and P has more growth/fewer competitors... https://techcrunch.com/...
2020-08-22 View on X
TechCrunch

Leaked Palantir S-1 shows the company had 2019 revenue of $742M, up ~25% YoY, and a net loss of $580M, about the same as in 2018

Palantir filed an S-1 confidentially to the SEC in early July, but we have so far been waiting for the final doc to be published for weeks now with nary a murmur.