Top news of the week: 13.11.2022.
Sequoia Capital says it did proper due diligence on FTX
This is the first official communication between the firm and its limited partners, since the FTX collapse.
Crypto’s crown prince stumbles
We had to tear up our plans to cover pretty much anything else and turn our attention to the biggest story in crypto this year: the fall from grace of FTX.
Crypto VC David Pakman on FTX: an “entirely avoidable tragedy”
"This failure of the company was brought on by a bunch of flawed human decision-making . . . the core business was doing great."
Scroobious Helps Early Stage Founders Hone Their Investor Pitch
Scroobious is also developing an algorithm that would connect early-stage startups with like-minded angel investors.
Harmonic helps investors query the startup searches of their wildest dreams
Harmonic is coming after Crunchbase and Pitchbook as a smarter, savvier way to search for the next big startup.
Seattle startup that helps parents figure out what their kids are doing online lands $4M
BrightCanary, a new Seattle startup that gives parents a better understanding of their children’s activity on apps such as YouTube and TikTok, raised a $4 million seed round. Parents ...
Emerging VCs Struggle To Raise Funds As Nervous Investors Park Their Money In Big-Name Firms
VC firms have raised a record $151 billion from their investors this year. But for newer VCs, many of who are from underrepresented groups, fundraising has become paradoxically harder.