A new startup has launched in the bitcoin ecosystem, backed by $ 9m of Series A funding from a number of
notable tech investors.
Not exact matches
Another detail that made me (and some of the VCs I spoke with) pause: While
notable investors have participated, including Goldman Sachs, Leonardo DiCaprio, and Promecap, not a single top - tier VC firm chose to invest in a
tech company valued at more than a billion dollars.
Gideon Yu is president and co-owner of the San Francisco 49ers and a
tech investor who has played an important financial role at several
notable tech companies: He has served as CFO of Facebook and YouTube; he's also been a venture capitalist and led Khosla Ventures» investment in Square.
One of the most
notable celebrity
tech investors, Kutcher has invested in more than two dozen companies through his venture capital fund A-Grade Investments, including mattress maker Casper, and e-commerce company Fab.
The fund comes during a tumultuous year for the venture capital and
tech industries as they deal with sexism scandals that have resulted in the ouster of
notable investors and executives at firms like Ignition Partners and startups like Uber and SoFi.