Peter Thiel
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Pull Money From SVB: Advice From Peter Thiel’s VC Fund
Startups began to explode as doubts grew about Silicon Valley Bank‘s (SVB) financial stability. The bank’s CEO has called for…
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Clearview said its facial recognition app was only for law enforcement as it courted private companies
After claiming that it would only sell its controversial facial recognition software to law enforcement agencies, a new report suggests…
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Meet the Texas startup that wants to decarbonize the chemical industry
Solugen, a startup that has set itself up with no less lofty a goal than the decarbonization of a massive…
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Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures targets $350M for new funds
Valar Ventures, one of the three venture funds co-founded by Peter Thiel, has filed paperwork with the U.S. Securities and…
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STARTUPS
Summersalt raises $6M for its direct-to-consumer line of eco-friendly swimsuits
Founders Fund has led the $6 million Series A for Summersalt, an early-stage e-commerce startup embracing the next-gen consumer’s penchant…
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Finance
How the 22-year-old founders of Brex built a billion-dollar business in less than 2 years
When Brazilian-born Henrique Dubugras and Pedro Franceschi met at 16 years old, they bonded over a love of coding and…
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Mithril Capital Management, cofounded by Ajay Royan and Peter Thiel, is leaving the Bay Area
From its glass-lined offices in San Francisco’s leafy Presidio national park, six-year-old Mithril Capital Management has happily flown under the…
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