Category: Draper-Fisher-Jurvetson

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Playing the global game, Sequoia can cut checks for up to $1 billion

sudshr47 September 6, 2018

As the shadow of SoftBank (and its $100 billion fund) looms large over the investment landscape, Sequoia Capital is pushing the upper limits of the checks it’s willing to write to global growth-stage companies up to $1 billion. With a B. That’s the word from Sequoia’s global managing partner Doug Leone speaking onstage at Disrupt […]

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From humble beginnings, 645 Ventures founders find validation in new $40 million fund

sudshr47 August 28, 2018

Nnamdi Okike, a first generation American whose parents immigrated from Nigeria, and Aaron Holiday, whose mother worked in the collections department of Sears and whose father was a substance abuse counselor in New Orleans, are not typical venture investors. And their firm, 645 Ventures, which just closed on $40.6 million for its second fund, is […]

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