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We're excited to announce the promotion of @dfkoz to Partner. Under Dan's leadership, we've built a world-class Platform to accelerate founders through community, recruiting, customer connections & more - an effort we are deeply committed to for the long term. Congrats, Dan!
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Announcing our latest funds, FirstMark V & OF III. We are grateful for the support of our investors and our community of entrepreneurs. medium.com/@FirstMark/announ…
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Welcoming the incredible @dataiku team to the FirstMark family: venturebeat.com/2016/10/25/d…
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Congrats to these four from the FirstMark family who've been named to @Forbes' #Cloud100 list. The companies on the list "stand out for their growth, sales, valuation & culture." 🚀
@InVisionApp (@ClarkValberg)
@Pendoio (@TOlson)
@Dataiku (@FDouetteau)
@Dashlane (@ESchalit)
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Don't miss this week's Crypto Driven event featuring @amirhaleem, CEO of @helium & @KyleSamani, founder & managing partner at @multicoin, one of the best investors in crypto. 🌐
Open & free to all!
🎟️ RSVP here: fmc.vc/cryptodriven
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Proud to see FirstMark's @amishjani and @rickheitzmann on the @cbinsights/@nytimes's Top 100 VC list alongside so many great friends and co-investors.
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We’re thrilled to announce Beth Ferreira, an experienced investor and operator, is joining FirstMark as our newest partner. fmc.vc/2At7VzH
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Congrats to the FirstMark Family for representing across the board! 🎉
Overall: #12 (@Shopify)
Wellness: #2 (@Ro) + #4 (@Parsley_Health)
Retail: #4 (@Shopify)
Design: #7 (@InVisionApp)
Consumer Electronics: #6 (@StarryInternet)
Beauty: #8 (@Pinterest)
bit.ly/2GFlDUj
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Congratulations to FirstMark Partners @rickheitzmann and @amishjani for being named as two of the most important VC's in New York 🥂
Check out the whole list here 👇
businessinsider.com/the-most…
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Starting this Friday, Juneteenth will be an official annual company holiday at FirstMark.
The team will dedicate the time to reflection, action and service.
Just one step as part of a broader and deeper conversation, which needs to happen throughout the year.
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We're now live with our 2nd speaker of the night, @amirhaleem, Co-founder & CEO of @helium, at #CryptoDriven.
Join us: fmc.vc/cryptodriven
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Congratulations to @8en and the entire @Pinterest team! Today's IPO is an enormous milestone, and one more step on the long road ahead. @RickHeitzmann and @FirstMarkCap have been proud to be a part of the journey.
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Congratulations to FirstMark Cofounder & Managing Partner, @Rick, for being named to a third consecutive Midas List, this year at #26!
An impressive testament to over two decades of venture investing and continued stewardship of New York's tech ecosystem.
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Congrats to @amirhaleem & the entire @Helium team on the $15M Series C and their online store launch! "Built to power the world's first peer-to-peer wireless network, the Helium Hotspot rewards owners for connecting a new class of devices to the internet." techcrunch.com/2019/06/12/he…
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2/ Congrats to @lisaaxu, who is being promoted to Principal on our investing team in recognition of her thoughtful approach as an investor and relentless commitment to founders
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669 companies are listed in this year's Big Data landscape from FirstMark's @mattturck mattturck.com/2016/02/01/big…
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Excited to share that for the 5th year in a row, FirstMark's @rick has been named to the @Forbes Midas List, which recognizes the top 100 investors with the best returns!
Not only did Rick make an early seed bet on Pinterest, but he went on to invest in Airbnb, DraftKings, Discord, and healthcare leader @ro, which was most recently valued at $7B.
Rick continues to invest today in Marketplaces, Consumer, Gaming, and Digital Health, and with $1B+ in recent funds, we at FirstMark couldn't be more excited to back the next generation of founders making their mark on the world.
Full 2024 #MidasList: forbes.com/lists/midas/?sh=6…
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3/ We also congratulate @itsjackcohen, who is now a Vice President on our Platform team. Our Platform, and particularly the @FMGuilds, create compounding network effects that drive extraordinary reach and impact for our portfolio companies
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“Instead of building its network itself, @helium would make it fully decentralized and let users build it themselves by buying and connecting their own hot spots…
The new model, which was released in 2019, worked like a charm.”
nytimes.com/2022/02/06/techn…
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"AI has gone in the wrong direction and here are a few lessons as to why:
1. Stop looking for silver bullets, cognition is complicated.
2. There's no substitute for common sense.
3. Learning isn't just about big data & number-crunching."
- @GaryMarcus at #DataDrivenNYC
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"Code is becoming a fundamental topic of education." @ryanbubinski, co-founder of @Codecademy at #CodeDrivenNYC
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Congratulations to @ClarkValberg and the entire @InVisionApp team on the $115M Series F! techcrunch.com/2018/12/11/in…
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We're incredibly excited to welcome @rahulvohra (CEO of @Superhuman) and @najjmahal (CEO of @EthelsClub and @somewhere__good) to speak next Thursday (9/24) at #DesignDrivenNYC.
The event is free to join, virtual, and open to all!
RSVP here today: fmc.vc/designdriven924
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Congrats to @ZReitano, @rob, @saman, & the @Ro team on their $150M raise! 🎉
Ro is the only company to combine nationwide telemedicine, in-home care, diagnostics, labs, & pharmacy services with a powerful goal of improving how healthcare is experienced. medium.com/ro-co/new-funding…
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Q: “When do you know your culture is failing?” -@mattturck of @FirstMarkCap
A: “When people’s behavior surprises you.” -@bhorowitz of @a16z
#DataDrivenNYC
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1/ We're proud to announce our newest funds, FirstMark VI and OF IV, with $1B+ in commitments
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We're growing our team! Apply to join FirstMark as an Associate here in NYC. Full description of the role & requirements below.
medium.com/@FirstMark/were-h…
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🚨 New event! 🚨
The data world is converging towards a suite of tools for analytics, known as the "modern data stack."
Join #DataDrivenNYC on 11/11 for a conversation with two key emerging players, @jthandy (@GetDBT) & @jlowin (@PrefectIO).
RSVP→ fmc.vc/datadriven84
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Today is a special day for the FirstMark family as we kick off our annual CEO Summit at the iconic @NYSE
Then tonight, we are honored to welcome over 200 founders and investors to our Annual Founder Dinner for an unforgettable night celebrating the incredible tech ecosystem that is New York City.
Huge thank you to the NYSE, @SiliconVlyBank , @RiviTeam, and @GundersonLaw for helping make today possible 👏
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Becoming a manager for the first time is a big step in anyone's career—with many exciting (and daunting) challenges. So we asked seasoned leaders to share their best advice for first-timers and here's what they had to say.
What advice would you give?
medium.com/@FirstMark/the-co…
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Phenomenal panel today at the VC Platform Summit with FirstMark Partner & Head of Platform @dfkoz, @noahbreslow from @BainCapVC, @tiffanypchao from @EmCollective, and Kyle Holm from @sequoiaTPI 🚀
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As deep and early believers in the incredible potential of AI, we are proud to support the upcoming GPT/LLM Hackathon in partnership with @LererHippeau @OpenAI @AnthropicAI @BloombergBeta, and @645ventures
Click here to RSVP: buff.ly/3GKJOOo
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Congratulations to @ckanojia and the entire @StarryInternet team! Today, as they join the public markets, this powerful milestone is one more step towards bringing better, faster internet to all. @AmishJani and @FirstMarkCap have been proud to be a part of the journey. ✨
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Congratulations to FMC family company @ro on their announcement that they're working with @HealthNYGoc to bring vaccines to the homes of vulnerable New Yorkers -- an incredible partnership of hope and leadership 👏
Announced today – Ro is working w/ @HealthNYGov to vaccinate vulnerable New Yorkers, including the elderly, disabled and homebound, directly in their homes for free. Read more about this first-of-its-kind program: fastcompany.com/90610161/ro-…
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All-star lineup for next week's CTO Summit! ⭐️
@LloydTabb, Founder/CTO @LookerData
@Rands VP Eng @SlackHQ
@AustinFish, CTO @DigitalOcean
@Awadallah, Founder/CTO @Cloudera
@MBelousova, CTO @Grubhub
@DougGaff, VP Eng @Zapier
@HydnBrwn, CPO @Upwork
@JasoncWarner, SVP Tech @GitHub
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1/ At FirstMark, our people are our greatest asset. So it is with great pride that we celebrate the promotions of two FirstMark team members
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From unlocking access to millions via telehealth to stepping up during COVID and so much more, @ZReitano & the entire @Ro team continue to inspire us every single day. We're proud to support their vision of building a patient-centric healthcare system.
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AI coding is in full-blown gold rush mode, and @github sits at the epicenter. In this episode, @mattturck sits down with CEO @ashtom:
* Why $7.5B was a cheap price for GitHub
* Bull/bear case for Cursor
* Rise of vibe coding
* Future of coding agents
ALL LINKS in reply 👇
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Last night we were honored to welcome 200+ investors and founders to the iconic @NYSE for our Annual Founder Dinner 🏛️
This is always our favorite event of the year, and we're so grateful to all the friends of FirstMark who joined us, and to our friends at @RiviTeam, @GundersonLaw, and @SiliconVlyBank for their support.
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Introducing our new blog series, where we interview exceptional entrepreneurs and CEOs. Get to know @Zola Founder/CEO @shanlynm: medium.com/@FirstMark/10-que…
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We're growing our team! Apply to join FirstMark as an investor. Full description of the role & requirements below.
firstmark.medium.com/firstma…
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"New York ecosystem will continue to thrive. It's become a very full and rich tech ecosystem, and real-world network effects have been building for a while." - FirstMark's @MattTurck on our home city's resilience amidst Covid-19.
techcrunch.com/2020/06/23/9-…
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Looking for a great new job opportunity? Check out hundreds of open positions across the FirstMark portfolio: firstmarkcap.com/careers/
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Congratulations to FirstMark portfolio companies @dataiku and @HyperscienceAI for being recognized in @CBinsights's AI 100, the list of the 100 most promising private AI companies in the world🌎
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FirstMark: Your Full-Stack Technology Partner
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GIFs enable "a lot of information to be communicated very quickly." - @giphy's @jnhasty fmc.vc/1Wv8MUj
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Congrats to the FirstMark family companies appearing on this list of best places to work in NYC:
@ro
@Frame_io
@HyperscienceAI
@JustworksHR
@CockroachDB
@Bluecore
@ActionIQinc
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Congratulations to FirstMark-backed @Sketchfab on joining the Epic Games family! 🚀
We are happy to share that Sketchfab is joining the Epic Games family! Together we will make 3D content more accessible.
Read more here 👉 bit.ly/3Brcw2r
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Some amazing historical metrics from @Foursquare: 10B+ check-ins, 100M+ venues #DataDrivenNYC
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Deeply grateful to all of our speakers, sponsors, and attending CEOs who made the inaugural #CloudNY an enormous success @BatteryVentures
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"NY is turning out to be a pretty interesting place for tech..." - @dittycheria from @MongoDB at #DataDrivenNYC on the success of NY tech companies like Datadog, MongoDB, and UiPath
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Announcing our investment in @JustworksHR with inspiring NYC founder @ioates. Read @bethferreira’s thoughts on the opportunity here: fmc.vc/2FwJvIM
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Apps consist of three critical layers: data, logic, and a user interface. Softr enhances all three. ✨
Thrilled to welcome @mariam_hakobyan & @softr_io team to the FirstMark family as they create the world’s largest ecosystem for building no-code apps.
venturebeat.com/2022/01/18/s…
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We're thrilled to announce that Adam Nelson (@adamn) is joining FirstMark as our newest partner. Welcome, Adam!
Our full announcement: fmc.vc/2XYhDqV
In Adam's words: fmc.vc/2JP1Dih
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Deal prices are down significantly and there is an abundance of dry powder.
Yet, instead of a buying frenzy, VC spending has hit a six-year low. Why?
@adamn shares his thoughts below.
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We're thrilled to welcome Kathryn Weinmann to the FirstMark team, who is joining us as a principal to focus on consumer tech alongside @rick and @derek_chu!
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We're proud to see @firstmarkcap founder & Managing Director @rickheitzmann in some great company on @cbinsights/@nytimes "Top 100 VCs": cbinsights.com/research/top-…
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"We've invested in 1,400 companies, we run 46 accelerators." -@jefielding, Managing Director at @Techstars. "We really just look for that incredible founder spark." #HardwiredNYC
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Honored to have the @celtics @Wyc_Grousbeck stop by our office today! 🏆
(FirstMark’s Knicks fans not pictured)
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Thrilled to welcome @abimbhet to the FirstMark team! 👏
Arnav has joined us as a Partner to lead our growth investing efforts, working with exceptional founders at all stages of scale.
He’s spent the last decade investing in companies like Miro, Datadog, Snowflake, Fivetran, Hightouch, Collibra and so many more.
We’re honored to have him join the FirstMark family in NYC 🗽 and look forward to an incredible chapter ahead!
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What everyone at the FirstMark office has seen for the last month walking by @mattturck's office...
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Packed house tonight for Data Driven NYC at @tryramp with @mattturck!
Kicking off the night is @Get_Writer Cofounder & CEO @may_habib 👏
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Excited to announce our investment in @getroman! 🎉 Please join us in welcoming Zach (@ZReitano), Saman (@saman325), Rob (@NeverSchutzUp), and the entire team to the FirstMark family! techcrunch.com/2018/09/18/ro…
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Lots of FirstMark family companies in the list of "Best Places to Work in NYC 2020":
* @HyperScienceAI
* @Bluecore
* @CockroachDB
* @dashlane
* @JustworksHR
* @Conductor
* @orchardhomesco
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Congratulations to @ioates and the entire @JustworksHR team! 🎉
"We are strong believers in Justworks as they continue to push forward to revolutionize the HR industry." - @bethferreira, Partner at FirstMark.
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Congratulations to Spencer and the entire @CockroachDB team on their $87M Series D! We're incredibly proud to back a company that's had resiliency at their core since day one.
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Starry, a next generation licensed fixed wireless technology developer and internet service provider announces plans to go public via a merger with FirstMark Horizon Acquisition Corp [1/3]
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FirstMark is growing our team! We're looking for a talented IR & Operations Associate to work closely with our COO and help us accelerate the success of our firm and our exceptional founders🏎
Know anyone? Send them our way 👀
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Excited to have @pushmatrix, Head of VR @Shopify, discussing the intersection of VR and commerce at #HardwiredNYC
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Today’s GPT/LLM Hackathon is kicking off with some phenomenal talks!
Amazing to see 150+ AI engineers in the room today and hundreds more joining to hack remotely 🔥
@davederiso @LererHippeau
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🚨 FirstMark is hiring! 🚨
We're looking for two Talent Associates, focused on Executive and Engineering recruiting, to help Founders build exceptional teams.
Learn more here: firstmark.medium.com/were-gr…
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Congrats to FirstMark family company @synthesiaIO on their $50M Series B! 🚀🚀
Big milestone in the company’s vision to become the platform for AI synthetic video
👏👏 @vriparbelli @Stjerrild @LourdesAgapito @MattNiessner and team!
🙏 @jordanrcrook
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We're pumped for tonight's premiere of Fintech Driven, the latest FirstMark community organized around themes we're passionate about
Thank you to @eglyman @tryramp for sharing company-building lessons with NYs best fintech founders and VCs
cc @adamn @DezFleming
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How do you effectively manage remote teams? We sat down with @DougGaff (VPE at @Zapier) to hear his top tips including:
+ Promoting emotional sharing
+ Defining organizational productivity metrics
+ Focusing hiring on company values
and more.
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Please welcome @WorkitHealth to the FirstMark family! @RobinaMcintosh, @lmclaug, and the entire team have built a powerful, digital-first platform for recovery with hopes of reaching as many people in need as possible.
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Congratulations to Emmanuel (@eschalit) and the entire @Dashlane team on their $110M Series D! 🔐 And we're thrilled to welcome their new CMO, @JoyEHoward, to the FirstMark family. 🚀 fastcompany.com/90356612/das…
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A hearty congratulations to FirstMark Partner
@rickheitzmann for being included on the 2021 edition of the Midas List, the list of the world’s best venture capital investors🏅
Check out the whole list by @Forbes
forbes.com/midas/
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Incredible crowd at tonight’s #DataDriven event featuring @williamfalcon of @LightningAI, @YouveGotFox of @AssemblyAI and @awadallah of @vectara - hosted by @mattturck 🚀
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"Parsley Health is not slightly better primary care, it is 10x better."
@kit_ulrich shares her perspective on our investment in @robinberzinmd and @parsley_health:
medium.com/@kit_ulrich/parsl…
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Fresh capital for Frame.ai, congrats to @georgebdavis and team, and welcome @G20Ventures.
Understanding customer conversations at scale is more important than ever, and a great task for AI. Proud to have been involved since the seed round @Greycroftvc
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1/ We've partnered with @Ro to provide free, online Coronavirus assessments here: covid.ro.co/firstmark/
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A first of its kind, the new #DesignOps Handbook is "a guide to understanding how DesignOps will enable your team to scale design."
It's yet another fantastic resource in the #DesignBetter.Co library from the @InVisionApp team. 👏🏽
Get insights from design leaders @daveixd, Meredith Black, @CollinWhitehead, Kate Battles, and @greggcorp—in the new DesignOps Handbook!
Read it on DesignBetter.Co invs.io/2y27n4t #DesignBetter
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Thrilled to announce that @ezrainc has been acquired by @function, the leader in comprehensive wellness testing!
It's been an incredible journey together since we first backed @emigal in 2020, and this next chapter is going to be the most exciting one yet!
firstmark.com/story/mri-scre…
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We’re excited to welcome Catherine Ulrich, a world leading product and technology executive, as our newest partner: fmc.vc/2xk1bPH
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We’re here at the @NYSE to kick off our 2018 CEO Summit! Excited for an incredible lineup of speakers.
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Thrilled to welcome @Sastrify to the FirstMark family! 🎉
As IT spend hits $500B+, most is still managed via antiquated spreadsheets & silos. Sven, Max, and team have built a seamless solution for orgs to select, buy, & manage SaaS subscriptions through one simple platform.
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Great things happen when you bring great people together.
Our CFO Summit yesterday, NYCFO, brought together 100+ CFOs representing nearly $500 billion in private and public company value for an incredible day of inside stories, key learnings, peer networking, and more.
Massive thank you our speakers...
➡️ @nishaq of @checkr
➡️Rohan Sivaram of @confluentinc
➡️ @eglyman of @tryramp
➡️ Andrea Blankmeyer of @cityblockhealth
➡️ @pbouaziz of @deel
➡️ Jake Kornreich of Own Company
And to our amazing partners, for helping make the day possible: @HSBCInnovation, @tryramp, @KPMG_US, and @Newmark
Already pumped for next year!
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Huge news out of @Ro today! Exciting launch of @HelloRory—their brand new end-to-end women's health platform focused on ~43M women in the US experiencing menopause. Congratulations to @ZReitano, @RachelHBlank, and the entire team! fortune.com/2019/03/20/menop…
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"If a product manager isn't spending a lot of time with customers, they aren't doing a good job" - @AppDynamics @jyotibansalsf #CloudNY
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.@clementdelangue, Founder/CEO of @HuggingFace, the creator of the most popular open-source NLP library, talks about why NLP is the most important field of machine learning. #DataDrivenNYC
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We’re excited to announce that @DavidWaltcher has joined FirstMark as a Principal focused on enterprise software!
David will be based in New York and work closely with @Amishjani to partner with early-stage entrepreneurs building products that serve developers and technical use cases in the enterprise.
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We're still glowing from last week's CEO Summit - thanks to all of our founders/CEOs who joined us for an incredible day at the historic @NYSE!
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