And here's the Selected Notes & Quick Takes from February referenced in today's LinkSV-WITI webinar. Enjoy! #LinkSV #ThePulse #startups #VC #venturecapital #fundraising
Link Silicon Valley
Technology, Information and Internet
Saratoga, CA 477 followers
Connecting people, capital and companies
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Link Silicon Valley (LinkSV.com) connects people, capital and companies in the startup ecosystem. The Pulse of the Valley weekday email delivers the latest news in fundings, job hires, investors and exits in Silicon Valley and the greater Bay area., while Flexible Fundraising and Fundraising Assist helps startups around the country find the investors they need.
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- Saratoga, CA
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- 1999
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- online database, prospecting tool, venture capital, startups, new fundings, newsletter, new job hires, senior executives, M&A, IPO, B2B, SaaS, angel investors, fundraising, entrepreneurs, early stage funding, and funding alert
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Fundraising Assist is an AI-driven process that proactively identifies likely angels and micro-VCs specific to your startup’s industry and stage, creates customized introductions and delivers your pitch deck for their review, generally 2500 to 3000 investors in the first two months. Your application is also submitted to 600 to 800 angel groups out of a database of more than 2000 who only accept online applications. Plus, you own the investor CRM for follow-up and your next round.
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Employees at Link Silicon Valley
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Bob Karr
CEO/Founder LinkSV, angel investor
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mario chaves
Advisor to startups | Technologist, Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Traveler. Have lived in the Greater Silicon Valley area for most of my life…
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Dawn DeBruyn Novarina
Cofounder & COO, LinkSV Connecting people, capital and companies in the startup ecosystem, fingers on the Pulse of the Valley.
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Here's the slide deck from today's LinkSV-WITI webinar. Selected notes and Quick Takes in the following post. #LinkSV #startups #ThePulse #VC #entrepreneur #fundraising
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Today's the day, it's our monthly webinar at noon to look at February and money in and out of the SV startup ecosystem! Here's the link, join us if you're free: https://lnkd.in/e4uRrq-r February was a short month BUT so much packed 🚀into it.In AI, DeepSeek continued to roil the landscape 💥 , but AI infrastructure companies still collected 💰 more than $2B, with $1.5B going to one company. AI-driven legal and customer service apps dominated but security, medical and biotech participated too. We'll unpack it all & revisit VC fundraising (still tough but new funds 💰 + new VCs) plus two narratives on VC: the VC model is broken⚠️ OR the golden age of VC is starting now. Register below and grab the link! hashtag #siliconvalley hashtag #startup hashtag #venturecapital hashtag #VC hashtag #ThePulse hashtag #AI hashtag #AIinfrastructure https://lnkd.in/gGGqbawk
2025 started out with a spike of activity in funding and acquisitions over early 2024 - we're looking to February to tell us if that was temporary or a sustained change. And watching for the IPO market to return and return some liquidity to founders, investors and their LPs. Join us on March 7 as we break down the numbers and look at what's inside them. More details, register below.
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February was a short month BUT so much packed 🚀into it. Details at the LinkSV-WITI webinar tomorrow @12PM Pacific time - mark your calendar! In AI, DeepSeek continued to roil the landscape 💥 , but AI infrastructure companies still collected 💰 more than $2B, with $1.5B going to one company. AI-driven legal and customer service apps dominated but security, medical and biotech participated too. We'll unpack it all & revisit VC fundraising (still tough but new funds 💰 + new VCs) plus two narratives on VC: the VC model is broken⚠️ OR the golden age of VC is starting now. Register below and grab the link! #siliconvalley #startup #venturecapital #VC #ThePulse #AI #AIinfrastructure https://lnkd.in/gGGqbawk
2025 started out with a spike of activity in funding and acquisitions over early 2024 - we're looking to February to tell us if that was temporary or a sustained change. And watching for the IPO market to return and return some liquidity to founders, investors and their LPs. Join us on March 7 as we break down the numbers and look at what's inside them. More details, register below.
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Great discussion with @rogerroyse on VC, 💰 funding trends, 💥2025, micro VCs and more. 😊 Thanks for having us, Roger Royse! Roger Royse Bob Karr Vineet Jain https://lnkd.in/gMn9hxBf
VC Trends and Micro VC's - how is venture doing and what does 2025 look like? What is a micro VC and what kinds of companies are they looking for? My chat with Bob Karr Vineet Jain and Dawn DeBruyn Novarina https://lnkd.in/g8WDeXyi
Micro VCs with Bob Karr, Vineet Jain and Dawn DeBruyn
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The Pulse of the Valley is free 😊 to folks looking for a new position, just sign up at LinkSV.com and enter "jobseeker" in the "Other" for how you learned about us. 👍 June Curtis used LinkSV to find a semiconductor startup for her 💥 new position. From: June Curtis Sent: Saturday, February 8, 2025 2:39 PM Linksv helped me find a semiconductor startup in AI (my target market), and research whether they were in the right series + funding (my target company size). The formal part of the LinkSV-WITI monthly roundup meeting provided perspective on the sector, and future funding prospects. The networking part of the meeting (" bury the lead") radically improved my elevator pitch and willingness to let my expertise and experience be seen. Dawn demoed a kick-ass woman. Heck yeah!!!! The overall group contained a lot of seasoned pros, making my seasoned pro self feel welcome. And Bob, your 1-1 help in developing a presentation to introduce myself gave me serious confidence in my value. All wonderful!!!!! Thanks to all! June Bob Karr David Leighton Daleen DuPlessis #siliconvalley #transition #jobseeker #ThePulse #LinkSV
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2025 shaping up to be very active on new fundings.
February funding is shaping up to total $2B or more ABOVE the February 2024 number - and that could easily jump to 💰$4B or more if any of almost a dozen AI company funding rounds in progress close before the weekend. The 💥 big funding today though was NOT AI but... biotech - Eikon Therapeutics Series D for $305.7M. #startup #venturecapital #VC #SeriesD #siliconvalley #biotech #ThePulse
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February funding is shaping up to total $2B or more ABOVE the February 2024 number - and that could easily jump to 💰$4B or more if any of almost a dozen AI company funding rounds in progress close before the weekend. The 💥 big funding today though was NOT AI but... biotech - Eikon Therapeutics Series D for $305.7M. #startup #venturecapital #VC #SeriesD #siliconvalley #biotech #ThePulse
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2025 started out with a spike of activity in funding and acquisitions over early 2024 - we're looking to February to tell us if that was temporary or a sustained change. And watching for the IPO market to return and return some liquidity to founders, investors and their LPs. Join us on March 7 as we break down the numbers and look at what's inside them. More details, register below.
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AI and more AI fundings this week 💥 almost half of the $2.1B in deals this week went into AI infrastructure, and most of it in 💰 megadeals. Starting with $480M for Lambda Labs, $300M for Together AI, $75M for Baseten and $70M for Arize AI and another four companies, for a total of almost $1B. Add the verticals using AI to supercharge their applications - like Mercor for sourcing, vetting and paying employees - and you have another 💰 $700M+ in funding - 80% of the total. And that's been the norm so far for 2025... #AI #startup #funding #investors #angel #VC #venturecapital #siliconvallley #ThePulse
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