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A Message from our Writers: What a week, a lot of new updates, 41 Job openings, a great podcast, and so many more treats! We have also added a what we’re listening to section, a little Jazzy vibe for your Wednesday!
Finally, I wanted to thank you for being a reader and being part of this journey, we have reached 1,100 subs! - From LinkedIn posts to your inbox, thank you ♥️
Much Love, Kev
This Week's Treats
🍔 The Venture Bite News
🥯 Two stories we liked
Meta unveils its new Oakley Meta glasses, at first they look impressive, with Kylian Mbappe starring, but then you start asking yourself if you are actually going to wear the bulky, reported, US$ 399 glasses. Source: Meta
Guess what? Sand can be used as a power source, and Finland has officially turned on the world’s largest sand battery which stores heat to help power the small town of Pornainen! Source: TechCrunch
🍯 Fundraising News
This week's funding rounds are serving up a huge round, acquisitions, and a little bit of cheating. From AI that helps you cheat to tech reshaping the energy grid, let's dive into the freshest capital infusions fueling tomorrow's game-changers!
🇺🇸 Base44 founded by solo-founder Maor Shlomo, a 31-year-old programmer and Forbes 30 Under 30 alum. The company, a “vibe‑coding” AI startup, built as a side project just six months ago grew to 250,000 users and turned profitable (approximately $189K profit in May) and bootstrapped with no external funding. This whirlwind success caught Wix’s eye, and the company agreed to acquire Base44 for a staggering US$ 80 million in cash, with $25 million earmarked as retention bonuses for Shlomo’s eight‑person team. Source: Wix
🇺🇸 Cluely, the company that helps students “cheat on everything”, secured US$ 15M in a Series A funding led by Andreessen Horowitz. The startup was co-founded by Columbia University students who were suspended for developing an undetectable AI powered tool. Source: TechCrunch
🇺🇸 Ramp, Ramp, Ramp, my goodness, after a down round Series D in April 2024, completes a US$ 150M secondary share sale (This is good for founders and early employees to cash out) and valued at a massive US$ 13 Billion with Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, and Lux Capital doubling and tripling down on the fintech superstar. Source: TechCrunch
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🍧 VC Must Reads & Podcasts
The 2025 landscape report showcases one massive thing. Augmented Investing, where engineers, agents, and internal data platforms support sharper sourcing, faster diligence, and real-time portfolio intelligence. Link
Venture Capital's Role in Financing innovation by Harvard University's Josh Lerner & Ramana Nanda. This paper is one of the most comprehensive academic examinations of VC's impact on innovation, a gem on its own! Link
Old but gold: How to miss by a mile: An alternative look to Uber’s potential market size by legendary investor Bill Gurley. Link
🎧 Podcast of the week
🍦 Open Venture Capital Jobs
Here's what you've been waiting for: exciting job opportunities! To maximize your chances, remember these key tips:
Apply early and tailor your application to each specific job posting.
Research the Venture Capital firm thoroughly, including their portfolio companies and investment thesis.
Customize your CV to highlight the strengths most relevant to the role.
Go the extra mile: Identify a startup that aligns with the VC's portfolio and investment strategy. Then, craft a two-page memo explaining why you believe it would be an excellent fit for their investment
🔥Must Apply | 🌱Impact Investing | 🧑💻Remote Role | 🥳Easy Apply (LinkedIn) |
🧑🏫Recruiting Agency
🇺🇸 | Toyota Research Institute | Venture Associate 🥳
🇺🇸 | Greylock Partners | Chief of Staff 🥳🔥
🇺🇸 | New Catalyst | Investor
🇺🇸 | Omers | Associate
🇺🇸 | Redesign Health | New Ventures Principal
🇺🇸 | Workshop Venture Partners | Associate
🇺🇸 | Paraform | Venture Growth
🇺🇸 | Samsung Next | AI Investor 🔥
🇺🇸 | Selby Jennings | Venture Capital Partner 🥳🧑🏫
🇺🇸 | Darmouth Partners | Investment Associate (Secondaries)
🇺🇸 | Long Ridge Partners | Investment Associate (Family Office) 🥳🧑🏫
🇺🇸 | Huntington National Bank | Strategic Investment Associate
🇺🇸 | Pegasus Angel Accelerator | Venture Fellow 🥳
🇺🇸 | Capital Factory | Venture Associate
🇺🇸 | Minfon Group | Venture Partner 🥳
🇺🇸 | American Centure Investments | Venture Capital Analyst
🇺🇸 | Applied Material | Senior Director
🇺🇸 | MSU Research Foundation | Venture Associate 🥳
🇬🇧 | Improbable | Venture Strategy Associate
🇬🇧 | Venture Beam | Senior Investment Associate
🇬🇧 | Episode 1 Ventures | Associate
🇬🇧 | Agora Talent | Investor 🥳🧑🏫
🇬🇧 | Greyhound Capital | Investment Associate 🧑🏫
🇬🇧 | Founders Factory | VC Investor 🔥
🇬🇧 | Rix Capital | Senior Investment Director 🥳
🇬🇧| Breega | VC Associate 🔥🔥
🇬🇧| Social and Sustainable Capital | Investment Director
🇪🇸 | GCO Ventures | Senior Analyst
🇩🇪 | Cherry Ventures | Chief of Staff 🔥
🇩🇪 | Deutsche Börse | Investment Associate
🇩🇪 | Planet A Ventures | Principal
🇩🇪 | Henkel | Venture Capital Analyst Internship 🔥🔥
🇩🇪 | xdeck | Venture Associate Internship
🇩🇰 | Antler | Investment Manager 🔥
🇸🇪 | CVX Ventures | Venture Associate
🇮🇹 | Algebris Investments | Venture Capital Associate
🇮🇹 | Reale Group | CVC Investor
🇮🇳 | Artha | Principal 🔥
🇮🇳 | SIDBI | Senior Vice President
🇦🇪 | efinancial careers | Venture Capital Analyst 🧑🏫
🇦🇪 | Crescent Enterprises | Associate
🍰 What We’re Listening To
New addition to the newsletter, this section will be to bring music to this letter, though you will probably be finished reading at this point, but hope you listen to this while reading or doing some work. Whatever you’re going through, good luck, keep your head down, grind it out. You’ve got this!
That’s it for today, hope you enjoyed this as much as I did curating it, see you next week!
-Kev