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a16z says ‘WeBack’ to WeWork’s Neumann with its biggest check ever

Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) seems determined to keep the capital flowing to controversial WeWork founder Adam Neumann. The storied venture firm wrote its largest individual check ever, at $350 million, to […]







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Will once-bootstrapped startups turn to venture during a watershed moment?

Bootstrapped startups, or companies that use their own revenue or existing cash flow to fund growth instead of relying on external capital sources, sit in a very separate box than […]




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Fundraising in turbulent markets: Why we moved up our Series B

Mahyar Raissi Contributor No matter the stage your company is in, raising growth funding is stressful, unpredictable and enormously distracting from actually running the business. And it’s become even worse […]




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Growth cheat code: Use fractional hiring to stay on plan when cutting costs

Teja Yenamandra Contributor Venture funds are clear: Given the uncertainty of the coming few years as the Fed seeks to unwind its decades-long monetary policy, the mandate for CEOs is […]




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The art of the pivot: Work closely with investors to improve your odds

Marjorie Radlo-Zandi Contributor Marjorie Radlo-Zandi is an entrepreneur, board member, mentor to startups and angel investor who shows early-stage businesses how to build and successfully scale their businesses. More posts […]




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Ring ring ring ring Solanaphone

Welcome back to Chain Reaction. Last week, we talked about the NFT community being down bad but still down to party. This week, we’re looking at the desperation of web3 […]




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These four iconic European founders plan to kick the asses of VCs who never started a company

Until recently, Taavet Hinrikus, co-founder of Wise, and Sten Tamkivi, co-founder of Teleport, had banded together as a sort of “mini Angel brand” known as “Taavet+Sten.” Tamkivi has done around […]




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Proptech still has fundamental problems for entrepreneurs to solve

Jake Fingert Contributor Jake Fingert is a managing partner at Camber Creek, a strategic venture capital firm investing in real estate technology companies. Lionel Foster Contributor Over the last decade, […]