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Hereโs a short overview of major funding agencies and their operations: 1. Sequoia Capital (USA) Invested In: Apple, Google, Airbnb, WhatsApp. Source of Funds: High-net-worth individuals, pension funds. Returns: WhatsApp investment generated $6.3 billion. 2. Benchmark Capital (USA) Invested In: Uber, eBay, Twitter. Source of Funds: Institutional investors. Returns: Uber investment earned $11 billion. 3. SoftBank Vision Fund (Japan) Invested In: Uber, WeWork, OYO Rooms. Source of Funds: Saudi Arabiaโs sovereign wealth fund. Returns: Uber provided $10 billion, but WeWork faced losses. 4. Andreessen Horowitz (USA) Invested In: Facebook, Lyft, Coinbase. Source of Funds: Wealthy individuals, institutional investors. Returns: Facebook gave $10 billion. 5. Accel Partners (USA) Invested In: Facebook, Dropbox, Flipkart. Source of Funds: Pension funds, institutional investors. Returns: Facebook investment earned $15 billion.
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โข Let's Understand: SoftBank an investment Giant ๐ค๐๐ โข SoftBank was started by Masayoshi Son in 1981. Key businesses:๐ โขTelecommunications (SoftBank Corp.) โขSemiconductors (Arm Holdings) โขMassive tech investments Vast Tech Investment Portfoli
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This is how the VC ecosystem works. - People from Canada and the USA contribute their money every month to a pension fund with the aim of receiving a pension once they retire - The pension fund, aiming to generate returns, allocates its money to v
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๐ต European VC and PE Fundraising in 2023: Resilience Amid Challenges โก๏ธ European private equity and venture capital fundraising in 2023 showed resilience despite a slight decline, reaching โฌ132.9 billion, 3% below the five-year average. Venture cap
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Meta, formerly Facebook, has unveiled two new open-source AI models called Llama 3 8B and Llama 3 70B, with 8 billion and 70 billion parameters respectively. ๐ These models outperform some rivals and spark debate over open versus closed source AI de
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I completely agree with Jeff in this. We often just look at people's net worth and think about how much money they made. But we don't consider how much money they made for others. For eg: 1) Sequoia's $12.5 million investment in Google in 1999, and
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๐จ Alert: 16 Billion Credentials Leaked-Is Your Account at Risk? A massive leak has exposed 16 billion credentials from past data breaches โ including accounts from Gmail, Facebook, Instagram, Apple & more. ๐ฐ Source: https://timesofindia.indiatime
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WhatsApp's $19 Billion Acquisition by Facebook Explained!! On February 19, 2014, Facebook acquired WhatsApp for $19 billion, making it the largest purchase of a venture-capital-backed company at that time. This acquisition followed WhatsApp's $1.5 b
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