Hints and tips:
Related Special Reports
...In 2023, Stripe raised $6.5bn from venture capital investors including Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital, Andreessen Horowitz and Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, in a private stock sale that was one of the largest...
...He had been a senior member of the team at PayPal, working alongside Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin and Reid Hoffman — a group later dubbed the “PayPal mafia” who went on to become some of Silicon Valley...
...It also marks a striking turnround for venture funds that were accused last week of fuelling a run on the bank after some — including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund — advised their portfolio companies to move...
...Jeb Bush, the son of George HW Bush and brother to George W Bush, the former US presidents, would have made media appearances as part of a marketing campaign for Gideon’s products, according to a draft term...
...Additional reporting by Mercedes Ruehl in Singapore, George Hammond in San Francisco and Ian Johnston in London Letter in response to this article: A venomous toad caught in the cat flap / From Mattha...
...Read more on Peter Thiel and SVB here...
...Thiel said he did not draw down from his account because he believed the bank would not fail....
...Elon Musk and Peter Thiel are much-cited. But the Santa Clara Valley, the world centre of ill-directed brainpower, has worse than them....
...The fresh cash was provided by existing investors in the payments processing company, including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, as well as new backers...
...The fresh cash to the payments processing company was provided by existing investors in the company including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital and Andreessen Horowitz, and new backers...
...Last week he tweeted that George Soros, the liberal billionaire, was a menace to civilisation: He “hates humanity”, said Musk....
...George Church has co-founded almost 50 companies based on experiments in his genetics lab, from tackling age-related diseases to creating pig organs to be used in human transplants....
...PayPal, the US-headquartered digital payments company co-founded by Peter Thiel, is laying off around 2,000 employees, the latest evidence of a sharp slowdown in the tech sector....
...The fresh cash to the payments processing company was provided by existing investors in the company including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, Josh Kushner’s Thrive Capital, and Andreessen Horowitz, and new...
...Over the previous few days, some VC funds had leaned on portfolio companies to retreat from the tech scene’s favourite bank, with Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund the most significant to do so, according to people...
...At the same time, some large venture investors, including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund, advised companies to pull their money from SVB....
...George Hammond is the FT’s venture capital correspondent Follow @FTMag on Twitter to find out about our latest stories first...
...One of them is Peter Thiel, the billionaire co-founder of PayPal, who splashed out millions on Republicans in recent cycles but reportedly said he planned to hold off on donations to 2024 candidates....
...A George Santos problem. The fabulist congressman posted 40 expenses for his campaign at $199....
...When concerns about SVB’s balance sheet rose last week, VC firms including Peter Thiel’s Founders Fund urged portfolio companies to act in their own best interests and remove funds....
...Just as Russian oligarchs got Boris Yeltsin re-elected in 1996, Peter Thiel backed Donald Trump in 2016....
...Twitter alternative, first announced the intent to sell itself to West in mid-October, shortly after the rapper appeared alongside rightwing commentator Candace Owens, the wife of Parler’s chief executive George...
...Parlement chief executive George Farmer said the deal would “change the way the world thinks about free speech” and means West “will never have to fear being removed from social media again”....
...full year revenue to rise 23 per cent to $1.9bn, below analysts’ forecasts of $1.96bn and less than the 30 per cent growth it had previously outlined.The company, led by Alex Karp and co-founded by Peter Thiel...
International Edition