Tag: Peter Thiel
Brian Singerman to take a step back from Founders Fund
Today longtime Founders Fund partner Brian Singerman announced on X he would be taking a step back. He will be transitioning from partner...
Thiel’s Gawker takedown could be coming to a theater near you
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have acquired a screenplay called “Killing Gawker,” which presumably delves into billionaire VC Peter Thiel’s campaign to bury...
Melinda French Gates Says Elon Musk, Peter Thiel and Other Billionaires Are Not Philanthropists
Melinda French Gates says there is a new generation of billionaire activists who aren’t really philanthropists.Speaking to The New York Times, the ex-wife...
Lavish parties and moral dilemmas: 4 days with Silicon Valley’s MAGA elite at the RNC
It was an eventful week for the Silicon Valley moguls who have vowed to support Donald Trump in his bid to return to...
Why it made sense for an online community college to raise venture capital
When Tade Oyerinde first set out to fundraise for his startup, Campus, a fully accredited online community college, it was incredibly difficult. VCs...
Trump’s VP candidate JD Vance has long ties to Silicon Valley, and was a VC himself
Former President Donald Trump picked Ohio Senator J.D. Vance as his running mate on Monday, as he runs to reclaim the office he...