Welcome back to Found, where we get the stories behind the startups. This week Darrell and Becca are joined by Michael Chime, the co-founder and CEO of Prepared, a startup […]
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Back to news homeSolo GP Nichole Wischoff raises $20M fund backed by Peter Thiel to invest in ‘unsexy businesses’
Despite shrinking investment into startups in 2022, venture capital funds of all sizes are still being raised. However, not many of these are led by solo general partners (GPs), and […]
First we SPAC, then we take down AWS
If Donald Trump can do it, surely it’s easy. Right? Alex Wilhelm 10 hours The plan is simple: First, we create a knockoff of a popular digital service. Second, we […]
Should Mark Zuckerberg be scared of Peter Thiel?
Unless you’ve been in a cave over the last week, you’ve likely read a review or some discussion about The Contrarian, a new book about billionaire investor Peter Thiel by […]
Olsam raises $165M to buy up and scale consumer and B2B Amazon Marketplace sellers
On the heels of Heroes announcing a $200 million raise earlier today, to double down on buying and scaling third-party Amazon Marketplace sellers, another startup out of London aiming to […]
VC Lindy Fishburne on the seemingly sudden democratization of science
Deep science investor Lindy Fishburne cofounded the seed- and early-stage venture firm Breakout Ventures several years ago, after cofounding Breakout Labs within the Thiel Foundation back in 2011, and she […]
Brex applies for bank charter, taps former Silicon Valley Bank exec as CEO of Brex Bank
Brex is the latest fintech to apply for a bank charter. The fast-growing company, which sells a credit card tailored for startups with Emigrant Bank currently acting as the issuer, […]