The San Francisco Chronicle is running a series of citizen-proposed big idea solutions for some of the hardest hit parts of San Francisco. Ideas like how to bring a new university campus to revitalize office areas which will never regain their workers. Thoughtful, caring proposal by

The 9th annual RAISE Global Summit is returning to the Presidio in October. Our LP Selection Committee curates the emerging managers, from 100s of applications, to connect w/300+ forward-thinking LPs. LPs, request an invitation to join us in October. hubs.la/Q02yjWP10

#SFvsAZ San Francisco should just abdicate the season. Heal. Put their players in a bubble. Management should retire en mass.

🔦 RAISE LP Selection Committee 🔦 We are excited to announce that First Close Partners has joined this year's LP Selection Committee and are grateful for their ongoing support of the RAISE community. hubs.la/Q02zQHL90

🌟 Discover the Future of VC 🌟 Join the RAISE Global Summit 2024 in San Francisco. Connect with innovative VC managers and explore the investment themes that will define "what's next" in VC. hubs.la/Q02zh7Xh0

Super cool gig!

It’s hard to process that the roster on Day One has devolved into a team that is completely uncompetitive against some of the worst teams in baseball - Angels, Cubs and now STL. #SFvsSTL

🎉 We are thrilled to announce the 100 GPs selected to attend the 2024 RAISE Global Summit! Congratulations to all the selected GPs! To view the full list, visit: hubs.la/Q02SWlpt0

Looking at the Chime IP0. We can see what is takes for 2021 investors to realize 50%+ losses: founder control. The two founders have 70% voting control. So, they can go public even if the late stage investors get crushed. In most companies that have raised $Bs, the investors

ChatGPT has hit 800M users after 29 months. If the curve holds, ChatGPT could cross 1 B users before its 3rd birthday—3× faster than Facebook’s record. It took Google 12 years to get to 1B. I'll be making fun observations like this if you want to follow along..

With #circleIPO going to the moon, and CRWV up 4x, the secondary market has put some wins on the board (for now). Circle was trading at $4.17B privately in 2024, now $16B.

The IPO market is speaking loud and clear:
AI and crypto are eating SaaS & Fintech. Coreweave: +200% 
Circle: +600%
Hinge Health: +25%
Chime: –15%
Omada: –23% Investors want exponential platforms, not incremental products.

What happens when a fund loses over half its capital overnight… and still ends up a 2x DPI win? This week on the Ignite Podcast, we sit down with benjamindblack, co-founder and Managing Director at @AkkadianVC and the visionary behind the Raise Global Summit. With 20+ years in

I had such a good time talking with Brian, I forgot the cameras were rolling.

This should get the VC's hearts flowing! HeartFlow lost $32M last quarter and popped 50% on IPO day. Proof the IPO window is back: Wall Street saw red ink and said, “Huge TAM tho.”

Just a reminder: crime in SF is WAY, WAY down growsf.org/news/2025-04-1…

To my #sfgiants faithful, lets look at the bright side .. we are only one game out of second place in the NL West!!

Nice to see Zero Prime VC on this list!