Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of January 10, 2022. Eikon Therapeutics Raised $518M Series B

Hello 2022!

Who says Silicon Valley is slowing down?  Over $1.5 billion was invested in the first week of 2022!  Including us =) I am so excited to lead Zeet's latest seed round and partner up with 19 year old Johnny Dallas and Zihao Zhang. Johnny started coding when he was 13 years old.  He was the youngest engineer to work at Twitch.

Great read for this week:

• Wall Street Loves China More Than Ever and want a piece of the World's second largest economy. Jamie Dimon took a 32-hour quarantine-waived trip to Hong Kong in November. Global purchase of Chinese stocks on the mainland account 15% in Q3 2021.
• Solana Ecosystem's 2022 predictions 
• Everyone from the NBA to Melania Trump are selling digital images and videos to fans via blockchain.  Forget T-shirts and tote bags. NFTs are the hot new political campaign swag.
• Elizabeth Holmes, one of TIME’s 100 Most Influential People in 2015 was found guilty. 
• What is a NFT according to South Park 🤣

P.S. Join me tomorrow Tuesday at 5 pm PST at this event  👉2022 Fundraising Outlook, Trends and Tips for Founders.

This week a total of 18 startups raised $1.51B in funding, 3 M&As:

• $665.9M goes to 8 Enterprise startups
• $45M goes to 1 AR startup
• $18M goes to 1 Robotics startup
• $2M goes to 1 Gaming startup
• $698M goes to 4 BioTech startups
• $83M goes to 3 Healthcare startups