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11/22/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of November 22, 2021. Lacework Raised $1.3B Series D
View this email in your browser Hello from Sicily! I am working and spending Thanksgiving week in Sicily. Yes Sicily Italy, not Sicily Ohio. =) While I am trying relax a bit, tech investing is on fire.
11/15/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of November 15, 2021. Applied Intuition Raised $175M Series D
View this email in your browser Hello again from sunny Lisbon! This past week, I stayed in Lisbon and joined almost 3000 Solana developers. Thank you Anatoly Yakovenko and Raj Gokal for letting me
11/8/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of November 8, 2021. Nuro Raised $600M Series D led by Tiger Global
View this email in your browser After 23 months of hiding, I joined almost 50K Web Summit 2021 attendees in Lisbon this past week. Thank you Paddy Cosgrave and Casey Lau and the Web Summit team for
11/1/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of November 1, 2021.
View this email in your browser I tested PCR negative again and finally made it to Lisbon from Riyadh! Once upon a time the 10-year venture fund cycle made sense, but that's no longer the case for
10/18/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of October 18, 2021. Dexterity (Warehouse Robotics) Raised $140M Series B
View this email in your browser I will be heading to FII (Riyadh and Dubai), Web Summit and Breakpoint (Portugal). A bit nervous but excited about my very first international flight after 22 months!
10/11/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of October 11, 2021. Tekion (Automotive Retail Cloud) raised $250M Series D
View this email in your browser Happy Monday! 2021 is becoming a blockbuster year for venture and startup investing with over $158.2B in funding in just this quarter. I enjoyed reading this CBInsights
10/4/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of October 4, 2021. Perfect Day Raised $350M Series D
View this email in your browser In 2019, Alfred, Philip and I started a new non-profit called FoundersHK with the goal to support Hong Kong founders and connect them to Silicon Valley. Tonight, we are
9/27/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of September 27, 2021. Fivetran Raised $565M Series D
View this email in your browser Congrats to David, Philip and the NEX team for raising $25M Series B from Blue Pool. I am a proud investor and love this Silicon Valley + Hong Kong team! Chinese
9/20/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of September 20, 2021. Persona Raised $150M Series C led by Founders Fund
View this email in your browser Happy Monday! I just committed to speak at Web Summit Lisbon this year on November 1-4. Yes I am traveling! My very first international flight after almost 2 years.
9/13/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of September 13, 2021. Affinity Raised $80M Series C
View this email in your browser Congrats to team Solana (one of my portfolio companies) for climbing to seventh in the Crypto Top 10! Solana is slowly becoming the de facto standards for DeFi and NFTs.
9/6/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of September 6, 2021. Databricks Raised $1.6B Series H
View this email in your browser Congrats to Databricks for closing $1.6B Series H funding led by Morgan Stanley with participation from us - Race Capital! My partner Alfred first met Ion Stoica and Ali
8/30/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of August 30, 2021. Cribl Raised $200M Series C
View this email in your browser Hello from the smoky and still under COVID San Francisco! With over 300 projects now built on Solana, Solana is a radically different blockchain system architecture
8/23/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of August 23, 2021. Postman Raised $225M Series D
View this email in your browser 2021 is flying by... I cannot believe we are only one week away from September. Among its many indirect impact, Covid-19 has led to a startup boom in the US. The number
8/16/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of August 16, 2021. Talkdesk Raised $230M Series D
View this email in your browser Hope you are enjoying the warm summer days. America is still not COVID free and more shut downs are possible. Despite what's happening with Main Street, July was yet
8/9/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of August 9, 2021. Human Interest Raised $200M Series D
View this email in your browser Many of you know that I am originally from Hong Kong. Despite all the social unrest, eight Hong Kong companies have now crossed the $1 billion valuation unicorns status.
8/2/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of August 2, 2021. PsiQuantum Raised $450M Series D led by BlackRock
View this email in your browser I can't believe it is August 2021 already! A few weeks ago, I conducted a really fun workshop on the topic of Startup Investing 101 for angel investors. In this talk
7/26/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of July 26, 2021. FTX Raised $900M Series B
View this email in your browser Congrats to Sam Bankman-Fried and FTX team for raising $900M Series B at $18 billion valuation. It's been an honor to partner with the team since 2019 and happy to
7/19/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of July 19, 2021. Remote Raised $150M Series B
View this email in your browser I really like this report on the State of Venture Capital Q2 2021 by CBInsights Quick summary on how crazy things are: 🦄2021 has witnessed the birth of 249 new unicorns
7/12/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of July 12, 2021. Opaque Raised $9.5M from Race Capital and Intel Capital
View this email in your browser I am thrilled to announce that we at Race Capital have made a seed investment in Opaque Systems - Ion Stoica's (founder of Databricks) latest company. Opaque will
7/5/2021
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Silicon Valley Funding News - Week of July 5, 2021. Moveworks Raised $200M Series C
View this email in your browser Didi, the largest ride sharing company in the world, went public this past week. Four days later, China's cyberspace regulator ordered all major app stores to remove