If baseball cards seem like old hat, here's a new twist: venture capitalist trading cards.Whether you're a fan of Apple angel investor Mike Markkula or Kleiner Perkins partner Mary Meeker, you'll likely find a favorite tech visionary in these collectible cards from Touchbase. Each pack comes with an assortment of five cards that include late-stage investors, angel investors, seed investors and advisers who span multiple years of Silicon Valley's venture capital history.Various iconic investors such as Meeker, Markkula, Paul Graham, Marc Andreessen and Bill Gurley are randomly placed in each pack, so you never know which one you'll get."We carry vintage and rare cards from the 1994 Sand Hill Road Series, the 2010 Gig Economy Series, the 1992 Private Equity Series, the 2015 Unicorn Series, and more," the Touchbase website says.Each card includes a photo of the VC, stats and biographical information.I reached out to Touchbase to make sure the cards … [Read more...] about Collect Silicon Valley venture capitalists — as trading cards
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3 women accuse influential Silicon Valley venture capitalist of groping them
By Seung Lee | [email protected] | Bay Area News Group July 6, 2018 at 2:15 pm Before Kit Bridges sat next to venture capitalist Lucio Lanza in a restaurant in Mountain View on a September night in 2011, she knew Lanza only as an influential board member helping to guide the burgeoning tech firm where she worked. But Bridges said she soon found herself swatting Lanza’s hand away under the tablecloth, as he repeatedly touched her legs and groin. “It was like having a mosquito who I couldn’t get rid of,” said Bridges. Bridges never confronted Lanza or made an official complaint. But seven years later, in an era of intense focus on sexual misconduct in the technology industry and other fields, Lanza was sued by startup founder Rachel Danae Vachata, 29, who alleges a drunken Lanza groped and sexually harassed her in the summer of 2017 after sitting next to her on a red-eye commercial flight. Now Bridges is one of three additional women who have told … [Read more...] about 3 women accuse influential Silicon Valley venture capitalist of groping them
Here are the top 3 qualities you need to succeed, according to a high school dropout who became a venture capitalist at one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent firms
source Founders Fund Cyan Banister is a self-taught engineer, entrepreneur, and angel investor. Banister made early bets on companies like Uber, SpaceX, and Postmates. Now, she manages multi-millionaire dollar deals at Peter Thiel’s venture firm Founders Fund. But Banister didn’t have a traditional education: She dropped out of high school as a teenager amid issues at home, and learned through odd jobs and picking up books. Cyan Banister is a self-taught engineer, entrepreneur, and angel investor who made early bets on companies like Uber, SpaceX, and Postmates. Now, she manages multi-millionaire dollar deals at Founders Fund, Peter Thiel’s San Francisco-based venture firm. Banister’s path to success isn’t typical for a prominent Silicon Valley venture capitalist: As a teenager, she dropped out of high school to provide for herself after issues at home forced … [Read more...] about Here are the top 3 qualities you need to succeed, according to a high school dropout who became a venture capitalist at one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent firms
Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave
Supported by Technology By JACK NICASAPRIL 15, 2018 Continue reading the main story Share This Page Continue reading the main story SAN FRANCISCO — Jason Pressman spent Thursday morning cheering from the balcony of the New York Stock Exchange as shares of the software firm Zuora, which he backed in 2008, began trading.By the market’s close, Zuora’s stock had soared 43 percent, making his venture capital firm’s $17 million investment in the company worth roughly $150 million.“Not bad at all,” Mr. Pressman said by phone on Thursday night, before heading to a celebratory dinner with about 60 people at a pricey Italian restaurant in Chelsea. Mr. Pressman, a venture capitalist at Shasta Ventures, said he had been up much of the night before but still expected to raise a few glasses. “I’m running a little bit on adrenaline.”Mr. Pressman and many other Silicon Valley venture capitalists expect the windfalls to continue. Many … [Read more...] about Silicon Valley Venture Capitalists Prepare for an I.P.O. Wave
Heartland Tech Weekly: Distance shouldn’t keep Silicon Valley and the Midwest apart
For many Silicon Valley venture capitalists, the five-hour flight to the Midwest may seem five times that long, considering most of their portfolio companies may currently be within a 30-minute drive. But distance shouldn’t keep Silicon Valley and the Midwest from working together — and in fact, Silicon Valley venture capitalists are likely to miss out on killer deals if they only look at startups in their neighborhood. That was the message of a tour last week organized by Reps. Tim Ryan (D-Ohio) and Ro Khanna (D-California), who brought together more than a dozen venture capitalists to visit with entrepreneurs and investors in five Midwestern cities: Youngstown and Akron, Ohio; Detroit and Flint, Michigan; and South Bend, Indiana. “[Silicon Valley VCs] don’t necessarily have to pick up and go to Detroit, but [Midwest organizations] can certainly get on the phone and get on the video conference, to tap into the expertise of these people who have been … [Read more...] about Heartland Tech Weekly: Distance shouldn’t keep Silicon Valley and the Midwest apart