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Venture fellowships are great for gaining real VC experience, while also receiving mentorship, access to events, and a network of peers. Here are our top 10 ones >>>> swipe to learn more about each one >>> Any others you'd add to the list? Drop them in the comments 👇 #venturefellowship #VC #investor #entrepreneur #startups

Top 5 funding rounds of the week: 📌 1. Revefi - automates tasks like monitoring data quality, controlling cloud data costs, and optimizing system performance Founded by: Sanjay Agrawal and Shashank Gupta Raised: $20 million in Series A funding. Investors included Icon Ventures, Mayfield, GTM Capital, and StepStone Group. 📌 2. Entalpic - generative AI platform designed to discover new catalysts that improve chemical reactions in an environmentally sustainable manner Founded by: Mathieu Galtier, Victor Schmidt and Alexandre Duval Raised: $9.4 million in seed funding. Investors included Breega, Felicis, and Cathay Innovation. 📌 3. Blitzy - AI-driven platform automating processes like data entry, document processing, and decision-making in industries such as finance, insurance, and real estate Founded by: Brian Elliott Raised: $4.4 million in funding. Investors included Link Ventures, Bessemer, Flybridge, NFX, Picus, and Asymmetric. 📌 4. Flex - enables businesses to accept HSA and FSA payments directly on e-commerce platforms like Shopify Founded by: Sam OKeefe and Miguel Toledo Raised: $3.2 million in seed funding. Investors included Y Combinator, SV Angel, Precursor, and Liquid 2 Ventures. 📌 5. Paradigm - uses AI agents to search the web and automate the filling of spreadsheet cells, processing up to 500 cells per minute Founded by: Anna Monaco Raised: $2 million in seed funding. Investors included Y Combinator, Soma Capital, and Pioneer Fund. Congrats to everyone on the fresh funding! 👏

OLX, valued at $3B, was founded in 2006 by Fabrice Grinda and Alec Oxenford as an online classifieds platform. Some fun facts: ☑ Fabrice Grinda has made over 700 angel investments ☑ Alec Oxenford has founded 3 other startups ☑ OLX is present in 30+ countries ☑ OLX alumni have raised $1B & founded 16 companies In this week's tech mafia series, we're taking a look at founders & startups from this alumni group: 📌 1. Wisewell Founder: Sebastien Wakim OLX Role: Regional General Manager OLX Middle East and Africa 📌 2. Cozero Founder: Tiago Taveira OLX Role: Frontend Developer - Freelancer 📌 3. Alma Health Founder: Tariq Seksek OLX Role: Head of Product at OLX Arabia 📌 4. IOMETE Founder: Vusal Dadalov OLX Role: Software Engineer - Core Services 📌 5. SuprSend Founder: Nikita Navral OLX Role: Product Lead 📌 6. Jüsto Founder: Fernando Beck OLX Role: Infrastructure Manager 📌 7. APLANET Founder: Johanna Gallo OLX Role: Senior Product Manager 📌 8. Swipe.bg Founder: Mihail D. OLX Role: Business Manager 📌 9. Facenote Founders: Mariano Costanzo, Kostya Kostyushko, Eduardo Rivara OLX Role: Development Project Leader, Senior Developer & Project Leader, Director - Partnerships & Integrations 📌 10. Mundi Founder: Martin Pustilnick OLX Role: Strategy & Innovation More companies are listed in the full article in the comments. If there's anyone we've missed, please tag them below! ❗Quick plug: Are you an OLX alumni member interested in bringing your community together to invest in innovative ventures (and enjoy potential profits and other perks along the way)? Or perhaps you're part of another dynamic group that could be a fantastic source of startup investments? 😉 Then sign up to our waitlist. https://www.getpin.xyz/ #startups #techmafia #OLX

In this week's tech mafia news we're covering the alumni group from OLX. Stay tuned to find out more about this group that has so far: →Raised - $1 billion →Founded - 16 companies

Ben Lang, former Head of Community at Notion, is a prominent figure in the tech and startup community space. He is a superstar when it comes to building and scaling communities. He is currently building next play and is an active angel investor, backing early-stage companies. Ben has made some great startup investments, some of which are: 🚀 Deel (valued at $12 billion) 🚀 Commsor 🦕 (raised $66 million) 🚀 Pocus (raised $23 million) 🚀 Budibase (raised $9 million) 🚀 Sapling (raised $4 million) 🚀 Quantia AI (raised $1.2 million) Those are some 🔥 investments right there!

Years with the most IPOs: ↳2021 - 1,000 IPOs ↳1996 - 677 IPOs ↳1999 - 486 IPOs ↳2020 - 480 IPOs ↳1997 - 474 IPOs ↳2000 - 406 IPOs ↳2014 - 275 IPOs ↳2013 - 222 IPOs ↳2006 - 198 IPOs ↳2007 - 160 IPOs

Top 5 funding rounds of the week: 📌 1. Cribl - helps enterprises manage, process, and route their IT and security data Founded by: Clint Sharp, Dritan Bitincka and Ledion Bitincka   Raised: $319 million in Series E funding. Investors included GV, CapitalG, GIC, IVP, and CRV. 📌 2. Supio - uses generative AI to automate the collection and organization of data for legal teams, focusing on personal injury and mass tort cases Founded by: Jerry Zhou and Kyle Lam Raised: $25 million in Series A funding. Investors included Sapphire Ventures, Bonfire Ventures, and Foothill Ventures. 📌 3. Viggle - creates AI-powered characters that users can customize to visualize ideas or create memes Founded by: Hang Chu Raised: $19 million in funding. Investors included Andreessen Horowitz and Two Small Fish. 📌 4. ZBiotics - creates genetically engineered probiotics designed to address health concerns such as hangovers Founded by: Zachary Abbott Raised: $12 million in Series A funding. Investors included Spring Tide Capital, Access Capital, Seamless Capital, Goat Rodeo Capital, Seaside Ventures, Garry Tan, and Evan Spiegel. 📌 5. Piramidal (YC W24) - developing an AI-powered model designed to analyze brainwave data from EEG scans Founded by: Dimitris Fotis Sakellariou and Kris Pahuja Raised: $6 million in seed funding. Investors included Adverb Ventures, Lionheart Ventures, and Y Combinator. Well done to all these founders and their fresh funding rounds!

Meet the alumni group that helped turn Faire into an online wholesale marketplace valued at $13 billion. 👀 Faire was founded in 2017 by Max Rhodes, Marcelo Cortes, Daniele Perito, and Jeffrey Kolovson. The company has seen major success, and it has a rapidly growing tech mafia group. They've raised $52M and founded 12 companies so far. Let's take a look at some of the top startups & founders from Faire's alumni group: 📌 1. Tatem Founder: Christopher LaFerla Faire Role: Strategy & Finance 📌 2. Slash Founder: Kevin Bai Faire Role: Frontend Engineer 📌 3. Demospace (YC W23) Founder: Cole Cable Faire Role: Operations 📌 4. Skyvern (YC S23) Founder: Suchintan Singh Faire Role: Manager, Machine Learning Infrastructure 📌 5. Blacksmith Founder: Aditya Jayaprakash Faire Role: Software Engineer 2 📌 6. Plura Founder: Lauren (Luna) Ray Vegter Faire Role: Product Lead 📌 7. Galileo AI Founder: Arnaud Benard Faire Role: Staff Machine Learning Engineer 📌 8. Doosty Founder: Puya Vahabi Faire Role: Head of Search and Personalization 📌 9. IYK* Founder: Ryan Ouyang Faire Role: Engineering Intern More companies are listed in the full article in the comments. If there's anyone we've missed, please tag them below! ❗Quick plug: Are you a Faire alumni member interested in bringing your community together to invest in innovative ventures (and enjoy potential profits and other perks along the way)? Or perhaps you're part of another dynamic group that could be a fantastic source of startup investments? 😉 Then sign up to our waitlist. https://www.getpin.xyz/ #startups #techmafia #faire

This week in tech mafia news we're diving into the alumni group of Faire - an online wholesale marketplace valued at $13 billion. Quick stats on Faire's alumni group: 📌 Number of companies founded: 12 📌 Money raised: $52M Stay tuned for the full breakdown!

Founders raise money from VCs and angels investors. But ever wondered who VCs raise those big funds from? Here are 15 types of limited partners that VCs raise money from >>> 📌 PS: If you're looking to start your own community fund, PIN (Power in Numbers) is the platform you need to know.