Margaux MacColl - Business Insider

June 2024 · 5 minute read
Tech 2021-11-16T16:42:56Z

How a 1,200-member crypto group plans to raise billions, buy their own NBA team, and then collectively run it

The Krause House is a group of basketball fans raising money to buy an NBA team with crypto. If successful, the group plans to collectively run it. Tech 2021-10-29T09:30:00Z

How Gen Z crypto VCs are quietly rebuilding the internet — and making a fortune in the process

Gen Z VCs are leading the charge at important crypto funds. They are making money on crypto, while fixing their disillusionment with Big Tech. Tech 2021-10-24T12:17:00Z

A crypto VC known as 'SEVEN' founded a company that can prevent Big Tech from gathering data on you. Here's how he's trying to create an uncensored internet.

Dr. Steven "SEVEN" Waterhouse cofounded Orchid Labs with a host of big name programmers to provide a private, uncensored internet. Tech 2021-10-22T18:42:57Z

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck counterfeit detection startup MarqVision used to raise a $5 million seed round from SoftBank and Y Combinator

MarqVision uses AI and photo recognition software to scan online listings for counterfeit products. Its process has a 95% success rate. Tech 2021-10-17T12:40:00Z

Copy.ai can write your emails, website and love letters for you. Here's the pitch deck it used to nab $11 million from VCs like Wing, Sequoia, and Tiger Global.

Copy.ai raised $11 million Series A from firms like Wing Venture Capital, Sequoia, and Tiger Global. Here's the pitch deck they used to sway top VCs. Tech 2021-10-14T16:07:55Z

A 23-year-old analyst at Underscore VC made over $150,000 mining altcoins. Here's how he did it.

In the last two years, a 23-year-old VC made over $150,000 by mining Helium tokens. He says it's not too late for people to capitalize on the altcoin. Tech 2021-10-13T19:53:53Z

DoorDash ceased a pilot program to deliver free rape kits to college students. Here's the inside story.

The DoorDash cofounder Stanley Tang helped arrange the program. When DoorDash's communications and legal team discovered it, they suspended it. Tech 2021-10-05T16:53:07Z

Lux Capital's Deena Shakir has risen to become one of the few Arab American women in VC. She shares how 9/11 shaped her career and what investors are overlooking.

The Lux Capital partner Deena Shakir tells Insider about her path to becoming a top VC and what areas of healthcare she thinks VCs are overlooking. Tech 2021-09-22T19:57:04Z

A wild party and a COVID outbreak are forcing Launch House — where young founders pay to live and work in mansions — to face scrutiny over safety

Launch House operates luxury homes where founders live, work, and socialize. Prior cohorts describe rocky early days. Launch House says it's changed. Tech 2021-09-09T19:04:34Z

A crypto social club that costs $8,000 to join just got a $100 million valuation from Andreessen Horowitz and other top VCs. Here's why.

Friends With Benefits started as an informal crypto social club. But now, top VCs are taking notice and see huge benefits from backing the group. Tech 2021-09-07T18:47:06Z

Startups can now rent the 'luckiest' office in Silicon Valley: The site where Twitter and Instagram were born

The 6,400 square-foot office in San Francisco where Twitter and Instagram got their start has some "good juju," the building's leasing company said. Tech 2021-09-07T16:01:42Z

An Andreessen Horowitz partner explains why the firm is turning over major crypto decisions to college students

Andreessen Horowitz now has vast crypto organization influence with its huge investments. This new strategy allows platforms to remain decentralized. Tech 2021-09-02T15:52:03Z

Here's an exclusive look at the pitch deck startup Chili Piper used to land $33 million in 20 minutes led by Tiger Global

Sales software startup Chili Piper closed a $33 million Series B led by Tiger Global after a 20-minute call. Here's the pitch deck that won over VCs. Tech 2021-08-31T20:44:58Z

Interview: Y Combinator's Geoff Ralston on the 'superpower' that makes the accelerator successful as nearly 400 startups pitch investors on Demo Day

As hundreds of YC startups pitch investors on Demo Day, Ralston answers critics who say YC has become too big in this exclusive interview. Tech 2021-08-31T14:08:26Z

The 20 best seed-stage investors outside of Silicon Valley and New York who specialize in consumer tech

Tech entrepreneurs are raising money for their startups from investors beyond Silicon Valley, in cities like Philadelphia, St. Louis, and Chicago. Tech 2021-08-30T21:59:50Z

Venture capitalists say Y Combinator startups are getting expensive. Leaked fund data shows how YC valuations have shot up since 2018.

Y Combinator's upcoming Demo Day has brought the usual grumbles about rising startup valuations. Leaked data shows exactly how much more expensive startups have become. Tech 2021-08-30T19:06:11Z

377 startups and the largest Demo Day ever — How Y Combinator is super-sizing its startup school to become a global unicorn factory

Y Combinator was once an enclave where aspiring tech founders rubbed shoulders with billionaires. Then the coronavirus forced the accelerator online. Tech 2021-08-26T20:41:33Z

A partner at Andreessen Horowitz reveals some of the secrets behind its big strategy to take crypto mainstream

A16z has a huge $2.2 billion crypto fund. A partner tells Insider about the strategies it uses to get a leg up investing in crypto startups. Tech 2021-08-22T12:15:00Z

How a crypto startup raised $12.5 million in 31 seconds and won over Andreessen Horowitz

Yield Guild Games made $12.5 million in 31 seconds by selling YGG tokens. Famed VC firm Andreessen Horowitz believes it's the future of crypto. Tech 2021-08-18T14:15:00Z

Meet 9 Gen Z VCs who raised millions for their own venture funds

Gen Z VCs, age 26 or younger, are redefining venture capital. Here are nine who have raised millions for their own funds to invest in Gen Z founders.

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