Roelof Botha explains why Sequoia supports Shaun Maguire after COO quit
Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha defended his colleague’s controversial comments that sparked an online backlash, arguing that the VC firm needs “spiky” people.
Sequoia’s managing partner Roelof Botha defended his colleague’s controversial comments that sparked an online backlash, arguing that the VC firm needs “spiky” people.
Famed robotics Rodney Brooks recently sounded the alarm on the amount of money going into humanoid startups. He’s not the only skeptic.
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Tim Chen, solo VC at his firm Essence VC, just closed his fourth fund, a fresh $41 million, without even trying.
The robotics startup market has matured over the last decade and the cost to produce robots has gone down significantly.
Index Ventures partner Jahanvi Sardana has a reminder for all those founders worried about finding TAM for their product or service: many startups have emerged from markets that, at the time, were essentially nonexistent.
TRIC Robotics just raised a $5.5 million seed round for its tractor-sized robots that help eliminate bacteria and pests on strawberry plants.
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Catalio Capital Management announced the closing of its more than $400 million Fund IV. The fund will continue the firm’s thesis of backing healthcare and biotechnology companies.