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Some news - I raised $175M for Verified Capital with a plan to back transformative technology companies at any stage of their journey.
Thanks to @_IainMartin for the writeup in Forbes.
forbes.com/sites/iainmart…
Kris Fredrickson
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Kris Fredrickson
@krisfredrickson
- Morning. On today's stream: – Takeaways from the Windsurf chaos – Jensen meets with Trump, Nvidia gets China access – Richard Mille and the accidental pricing theory – Apple bets $500M on rare earth magnets – @zck (Lewis-Burke) on selling H200s to China – @BrianVenturo
- Replying to @krisfredricksonAnd thanks also to the founders, LPs, and friends who’ve supported me - @winstonweinberg, @AravSrinivas, @apoorva_mehta, @brian_armstrong, @FEhrsam, @eladgil, @saranormous, @matthuang, @chadbyers
- Thrilled to partner with the team @InstacartInstacart adds $200 million to defend against Amazon delivery bloom.bg/2sq1Bqr
- Excited to share that we've raised $36m from @martin_casado at @a16z along with @saammotamedi @GreylockVC @eladgil @basecasevc to further our mission of helping developers build AI products that work. A bit more on what we're up to 🧵
- Congrats @mcmiller00 - incredible news. Excited for you - and thrilled to keep working togetherI am excited to share a bit of news. After an incredible 12 years with Sequoia, I have made the decision to start my own fund focused on the great founders of Europe. It has been a dream of mine to be an entrepreneur again and I am excited to build something specific for this
- Excited to be joining the effortWe're thrilled to announce that we've raised a $260 million Series E round of funding led by new investors Coatue Mgmt, Vitruvian Partners, @SparkCapital, Lone Pine, and @GeodesicCap. @TechCrunch’s @IngridLunden has details: techcrunch.com/2019/05/21/pay…
- Always pushing forward - continuously impressed with the execution of @scale_AI🚨 New @scale_AI product 🚨 Aggregate metrics in ML are not good enough. Better ML starts with understanding your qualitatively data in-depth. Scale Nucleus is the way to do it. scale.com/nucleus
00:00 - We’re proud of what we’ve built over the last three years. Today we’re pleased to announce our $100M Series C fundraise led by @foundersfund, with participation from @Accel, @IndexVentures, @sparkcapital, @ThriveCapital, @kevin, @mikeyk and @adamdangelo. scale.com/blog/series-c
- Replying to @sarahtavel and @ericvishria
- Digital bank Chime quadruples valuation in less than a year to $5.8 billion as it takes on megabanks cnb.cx/2YkawWC
- Venture funds with structural advantages come along once a decade. @HarryStebbings is truly special - and what he’s building has the early makings of the next one. Excited to be a part of it.
