Markets in Freefall

MUSK RAISES $7 BILLION FOR TWITTER PURCHASE

Markets fell over 5% Thursday the day Elon Musk announced he had raised $7 billion to help the purchase of Twitter. What are we to think? Bull market for tech, or bear market? Content from @danrose999 @elonmusk @mattturck @EricNewcomer @ttunguz @Samirkaji @sether

Contents

• Venture in Crisis?
• — Elon’s $7 bn bonus
• — The VC Pullback, Protocol
• — The Endgame, Matt Turck
• — 5 Key points about early Venture, Q1 2022, Angellist
• The Rest of Venture
• — Follow On Investing, Tomasz Tunguz
• — Allocate Series A, Samir Kaji
• — Growth of Micro Funds, Pitchbook
• — USVs new fund
• — April 2022, Most Active Investors
• — IRR is a Vanity Metric
• Essays of the Week
• — Freedom is for Nazis
• — American Venture Capital’s Importance
• Startup of the Week
• — Netflix
• Tweet of the Week
• — Dan Rose on how to navigate a downturn

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