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Sunday, April 25, 2021

So what does a unicorn founder looking like?




Oversupply of Money are making valuations soar and unicorns Breed!

In the past week alone, investors valued five more startups at $1 billion or more, bringing the total this month to 26, PitchBook data shows. What was once a remarkable milestone worthy of special mention has become ever more common.


VCs are investing in clusters - with well funded Startups having warchests to make strategic acquisitions 


Cyber Security - Signifyd $1.34b

Remote hiring platforms - Deel $1.24b


A $ Billion Dollar fund needs $5b to move the needle 


How does a fund find a Unicorn Founder? 

Ali Tamaseb (pictured), a venture capitalist with the Silicon Valley deep-tech firm DCVC. Explores what a unicorn founder looks like - in his book “super founders” coming out in May


Is it

  • A Stanford graduate
  • An ex employee of Google , Amazon or Facebook?
  • Does Age, education, Ivy League matter 


“What matters is having a history of having generated value, even if that value was small." Says Tamaseb


Case study


The founders of Honey, a scrappy fintech company based in Los Angeles, turned out to be antiheroes with a great shot at unicorn stardom despite their seeming lack of a dream pedigree. George Ruan and Ryan Hudson bootstrapped Honey, a provider of coupon codes for online shoppers, because they couldn't get VC funding for the first couple years. After eventually getting backers from outside Silicon Valley's venture establishment, Honey took off and in late 2019 it was acquired by PayPal for $4 billion. Ruan and Hudson didn't have great connections or big names on their resumes, but they had produced a few small ventures along with their failures.


"These people are more likely to found billion-dollar companies compared with people who have the perfect pedigrees," Tamaseb said.

Thursday, April 08, 2021

@Aidocmed and @rad_partners complete the largest clinical deployment of AI in healthcare.

@Aidocmed and @rad_partners complete the largest clinical deployment of AI in healthcare. 

A great investment by Square Peg 



Canva founders Billionaires

Canva Reaches $15 Billion Valuation, Making Cofounders Melanie Perkins And Cliff Obrecht Billionaires




Less than a year after securing a $6 billion valuation amid a pandemic usage boost, Canva his now worth $15b  making two of its cofounders billionaires in the process.

$71 million in new funding was raised led by T. Rowe Price and Dragoneer at a $15 billion valuation. With Blackbird Ventures and Skip Capital joining this round 

85% of the 500 largest companies in the U.S. by revenue use Canva with 55m active users 

Canva, revenue is now  $500 million in annualized revenue, up 130% from the year before.... 

valuation 30 times revenue 

Wednesday, April 07, 2021

Bumble makes Whitney the youngest self made Billionnaire Woman

Bumble lists at an $8b valuation with 42 million users - now worth $14B - 
“This is day one in the next chapter of a Bumble! 


At the age of 23 Whitney Wolfe Herd  founded Tinder with  co-founder Justin Mateen, who she was dating .

When they broke up, he threatened, insulted and made her life a misery  and she was  forced to leave.


In 2014 she sued the company for sexual harassment and began receiving death and rape threats on social media causing  her severe panic attacks, blocking her in the house. That’s when she founded Bumble, a dating app where women make the first move.





Bumble is now the second most popular dating app in the USA and a few weeks ago listed on the stock exchange: its valuation reached 14 billion - and at 31 Whitney Wolfe Herd is a Billionnaire! ðŸ’¥ 


Took the pain - and created 

A painkiller - and a billion dollars ! 


The 10X Factors

  1. Solving a wicked Pain
  2. Having a clear vision and mission and chrystal clear focus


  1. Aligning Values of the Business to the stakeholders
  2. Diversity and Inclusion

Gender Diversity is a priority and has enabled Bumble to have a clear Vision Mission and Supportive Stakeholders!



BOOM