Startups & Tech - Issue #206: Race Capital Fund II, Startup People vs Big Company People, Venture Outlook

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A curated list of the top stories in technology, startups, and venture capital.

Gm. Someone leaked the news of our Fund II for Race Capital 👀

Also a huge congratulations to our portfolio company Opaque Systems, encrypted analytics started by the founder of Databricks, for raising their Series-A!

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Written by Chris McCann, General Partner @ Race Capital. More about me.

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🗞️ Interesting Reads

Elon Musk signed up to acquire Twitter, then tried to back out, then accepted, but is now pulling out again.
An employee compromise (via downloading a PDF) led to a $500M hack. Always be careful on what you click on / download.
Startup people vs. big company people.
More about the chapter 11 bankruptcy process and how it is affecting Voyager, and potentially other CeFi lenders.
Look into the near term venture/startup outlook. TLDR: Valuations will drop, extensions will be more common, investment processes will take longer. Confirm we have been seeing this as well.
Chainalysis report on the Web3 space. TLDR: Stablecoins are an overwhelming percentage of all transactions, illicit transactions are 0.15% of transfers (less than the banking sector), most NFT buyers are in Asia.
I shared some thoughts on CNBC about FTX/Sam Bankman-Fried recent acquisitions and moves in the market.

🔥 Startup Jobs

Race Capital: Investment Associate, Head of Content (Remote)
Hedge: Product Design, DeFi Degen (Remote)
Ottr Finance: Software Engineer (Remote)
Solend: Engineer, Smart Contracts, Product Design (Remote)
OtterTune: Product Manager, Software Engineer, Designer (Remote)
Opaque: Business Development, Backend, Core Platform (Berkeley, CA)
SocialChat: Customer Support (San Francisco, CA)
GoodNotes: Campus Ambassador (London, UK)
Databricks: Infra Eng, Product Manager
Lightning Labs: Head of Talent, Engineering Manager, Product Manager, Marketing (Remote)
Citcon: VP Engineering, Lead Architect (Remote)
Polysign: Software Engineer, Client Services (Remote)
Scarf: Social Media, Head of Growth, Engineer, Data Analyst (Remote)
Zeet: Head of Growth, Dev Experience, Customer Success, Marketing (SF, CA)
Zeta: Product Designer, Marketing Lead (Remote)
FTX: Full Stack Developer (Remote)

Browse more open roles across our portfolio at Race Capital’s Portfolio Job Board

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Chris McCann - General Partner @ Race Capital, former Greylock Partners
chris@startupdigest.com

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