Top Weekly VC Deals & Startup Trends

Read by top GPs, LPs, Founders, Family Offices, Banks, Hedge Funds & more. From leaders at a16z, Founders Fund, Sequoia, USV, Superhuman, MongoDB, Snowflake, Stripe, Stanford, NYU, & more.

Published every Tuesday morning since 2020

Tuesdays → VC Deals & News

Fridays → Tech Interviews

How It’s Organized

→ VC Deals published every Tuesday morning since 2020

→ Podcast interviews with Founders, tech execs, & investors Friday mornings

Favorite Interviews:

• Base Power's $200M Series B | Co-Led by Lee Fixel of Addition, A16Z, Lightspeed, & Valor Equity Partners

• Delian Asparouhov, Founders Fund & Varda | Stranded Astronauts, Eric Schmidt, Varda, Hill & Valley Forum, Investing Strategy

• SpaceX, Stripe, X, Ramp, Anduril: Navigating Liquidity in Private Markets |

  Buckle up. Christian Garrett, 137 Ventures

• Exclusive: Chris Power of Hadrian: $10B or Zero, Revitalizing American Manufacturing

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Why read Sourcery’s VC deals & startup trends?

1. You’re fundraising 💰

   1. Fresh VC fund announcements at the bottom of each newsletter

   2. Follow active investors & themes around what’s currently being funded in the deal announcements section

2. You’re sourcing deals 🚀

   1. VCs need fresh leads, startup funding announcements are usually shared 6-12 months after initial funding, this is meant to be a signal to the market of an upcoming round

   2. Source through Fintech, Health, Enterprise & Consumer, HardTech, and Sustainability sections (yes, this includes AI & American Dynamism companies)

3. You’re looking out for competition 👀

   1. Watch for recently funded companies in your categories

4. You’re looking for sales leads ✨

   1. Big tech sales, real estate brokers, etc. all follow Sourcery to get leads on freshly funded companies to sell to

5. You’re looking for a new job 🕵️

   1. Companies releasing fresh press around a raise are usually looking to attract & add talent to their teams

6. You want to learn what’s currently trending in tech! 👨🏻‍💻

   1. Each week I provide updates on what’s new or currently being talked about in tech, following market trends & providing a POV of how to digest it all

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