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NEA@NEA·5d

🎉 Congratulations, @DatabentoHQ--$97M Series B raised to power the market data platform for modern finance! "It's rare to encounter a company where the product, the traction, and the founding team all point in the same direction with this much clarity. Databento has built the modern foundation this industry has needed for a long time, and the fact that it's earned trust everywhere from students running their first strategies to the world's most sophisticated trading desks isn't by design—it's what best-in-class looks like in a category this fundamental. This is exactly the kind of company we back at NEA, and we're thrilled to be along for the ride." -@rickyang, @NEA 👀 More details from Databento CEO, @christinaqi, here: databento.com/blog/series-b

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Databento sits squarely within our excitement around data rails. The work that the team has put in to provide clean, accurate, real-time global data coverage for the most important markets has created a phenomenal company and business. We are thrilled to be a part of it!

Databento@DatabentoHQ

We're excited to announce Databento's $97 million Series B, led by @NEA, with participation from DRW Venture Capital, @Redpoint Ventures, @Tribecap, and more. In the last few years, Databento has become the market data provider of choice for many of the world's largest hedge funds, fintechs, and AI labs. If you've ever traded a stock in a mobile app or filled your tank at a gas station, you've almost certainly relied on a product powered by Databento. Market data is a $50B+ industry that underpins nearly every financial decision on the planet. Programmatic access is becoming the industry default — we believe that three years from now, more finance professionals will know how to use a Databento API than a traditional terminal. This round takes us one step closer, as we increase our storage footprint to over 100 petabytes and expand across asset classes and geographies. To our customers and community: Thank you for your enormous support over these past three years! We built this for you, and we can't wait to show you what's next.

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@christinaqi @NEA @DRWTrading @Redpoint @tribecap so excited to be partnering with you and the team!

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I'm excited to announce Databento's $97M Series B led by @NEA, with participation from @DRWTrading, @Redpoint, @tribecap & more.

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Thomas Joshi@thomastjoshi·18 Haz

As an AI researcher, I entered tech investing at one of the most opportune times. My wide ranging expertise including distributed deep learning for training large models across clusters, co-optimized ML systems, and electrical engineering just so happened to form the technological backbone of the largest capital raising cycle in human history. My background in software & semiconductor-focused investment banking came in handy to understand the financial engineering required to fund immense data center and power buildouts. And I just happened to have joined one of the maybe dozen Venture Capital & Growth Equity platforms in the world with sufficient scale and reputation to access these opportunities. What I found in the New World was an ecosystem that cast aside traditions of incremental financing and instead embraced Scaled Compute, Big Data, and Large Models. This is the story of my excitement and hesitations for the Neolab Wild West. Blog: nea.com/blog/the-ai-ne… Thank you to everyone at @NEA for making it possible! @maddiehfaulkner , @lilatretikov , @AndrewSchoen , @aaronej , @rickyang , @ScottDSandell , @lucktm , @neemustafa, and many more!

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NEA@NEA·16 Haz

🚀 LAUNCH DAY! Introducing @meetsol an agentic core HR system and full replacement for the HRIS, reimagined with AI from the ground up. Most HR systems were built for a workforce that no longer exists. Sol is built for how work is actually changing. Congratulations to @erinhyang @peteschlampp @StrattonJim @jonruggiero and all of the Solmates--we're thrilled to partner with you to build the next generation of HR platform for the agentic era. 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽 Details below 👇🏽

Sol@meetsol

Work changed. Your HR system didn't. Meet Sol. ☀️ An agentic core HR system designed for what's next. Built by the team that won the last generation, incubated by @shv and backed by @NEA. ✅ Self-maintaining platform ✅ Answers, not tickets ✅ Built for a dynamic workforce The first core HR system that frees organizations to run at the pace of human ambition. Sign up for early access or come build with us at meetsol.com @peteschlampp @jonruggiero @erinhyang @StrattonJim @LeighLevensaler

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Pete Schlampp@peteschlampp·16 Haz

The way we work has changed. HR systems haven't. We encoded our rules into software and ran against them. That worked when strategy shifted over years. Now it shifts daily. We need systems that work for us, then get out of the way. So we built one.

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@erinhyang @meetsol congrats on the launch! 🤩

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Erin Yang@erinhyang·16 Haz

Today I'm excited to introduce @meetsol - the company I've been building with an incredible team. Teams aren't just held back by their systems, they're working for them. That has to change. @meetsol is an agentic core HR system that finally works for you. Self-maintaining. Captures not just the "what" but the "why." Built for the workforces of today and tomorrow. Not just agentic by interface - agents are developing, implementing, and configuring it. I’m amazed by the team we’ve put together. My cofounders @peteschlampp, @StrattonJim, @jonruggiero are some of the best people I’ve ever worked with. HR leaders Courtney Ellis & Cara Brennan Allamano. Josh DeFigueiredo on security. Incredible engineers. Incomparable advisors in @LeighLevensaler & @annaebinder. And we are backed by @shv & @NEA, two legendary firms. If you lead people at a growing enterprise and are ready for a system that works for you, let's talk. And we're hiring! Find us at meetsol.com.

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rick yang@rickyang·16 Haz

Congrats to the @meetsol team on the launch today! So excited to see this team come together and what they’re building. We’ve seen how quickly companies have to adapt to the way work is changing today, and Sol is here to help. Thrilled that @NEA is partnering with @shv and the team! ☀️☀️☀️ @ScottDSandell @HilarieKM @theashleyjepson

Sol@meetsol

Work changed. Your HR system didn't. Meet Sol. ☀️ An agentic core HR system designed for what's next. Built by the team that won the last generation, incubated by @shv and backed by @NEA. ✅ Self-maintaining platform ✅ Answers, not tickets ✅ Built for a dynamic workforce The first core HR system that frees organizations to run at the pace of human ambition. Sign up for early access or come build with us at meetsol.com @peteschlampp @jonruggiero @erinhyang @StrattonJim @LeighLevensaler

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rick yang@rickyang·3 Haz

@jgreze @TownAI @arampell @a16z @kirstengreen @ForerunnerVC @firstround @altcap @conviction Congrats! 🚀

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Jean-Denis Greze 💡@jgreze·3 Haz

Today, we’re launching @TownAI: the AI assistant that learns you. We’re coming out of beta with a $55M Series A led by @ARampell at @a16z, with participation from @KirstenGreen at @forerunnervc and continued support from @firstround, @altcap, and @conviction. Right now, getting real value from AI means prompting, configuring, building workflows, managing agents. We think that’s backwards. The future of AI is a companion that already knows you and how you work. Town connects across your inbox, calendar, Slack, docs, messages, and workflows to understand what you need, then starts doing the work with you. Drafting. Scheduling. Project tracking. Follow-ups. Context gathering. Multi-step tasks. And it only acts when you say so. All adapting to your voice, priorities, routines, and relationships over time. Your Townie is the AI assistant you actually need.

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Victor Cardenas Codriansky@victorcardenas·27 May

Introducing Slash for Startups. > Up to 2% cashback.* > Up to 3.77% annualized yield on the balance.** > No domestic wire or ACH fees.* That's what founders get on day one. If you're a part of @ycombinator, @speedrun, @fdotinc, or one of our 20+ partners, there's more waiting on their respective pages. Trusted by @usebland, @dualentry, @superpower, and over 10% of the P26 batch, Slash is one of the fastest growing startup banking platforms. To become a Slash partner and make our lucrative sign-on bonuses available to your community, DM @veer_ukrani

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rick yang@rickyang·27 May

@maddiehfaulkner @matanSF @FactoryAI @NEA Congrats! Going to miss you here but so pumped for what you're doing @FactoryAI!

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Madison Faulkner@maddiehfaulkner·26 May

When @matanSF called me and said it's time to come build at @FactoryAI, I had to answer the call. Today, I'm announcing that I'm transitioning from Partner at @NEA and Board Director at Factory to leading Strategic Initiatives at @FactoryAI full time. I will be staying at NEA as a Venture Advisor. Read more on my conviction in this team, company, and moment below. And come build with me! We need engineers, deployed engineers, gtm, strategy, bd, marketing, devrel and more: #careers" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">factory.ai/company#careers

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rick yang@rickyang·15 May

@Plaid 🤝 @ChatGPTapp Excited to see this out in the wild! 👏

Plaid@Plaid

Chat, it’s time to talk money 💭 Now, in @ChatGPTapp people can securely connect their financial accounts directly with Plaid and get answers tailored to their own financial context.

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ChatGPT@ChatGPTapp·15 May

A preview for Pro users: a new personal finance experience in ChatGPT. Pro users in the U.S. can securely connect financial accounts, see where their money is going, and ask questions based on the information they choose to connect. Your full financial picture, now in ChatGPT.

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Kevin Bai@kevinbai0·25 Nis

we’re hiring two engineers on our growth team. this team is our company’s finding-PMF engine and you’ll get to make bets building features to find PMF in new markets. this is a technical role in which you’ll be rapidly building on top of our core product / platform and ship new features within hours to days. our growth engineers deeply understand the business and interface with customers every day. you’ll work with a world class growth org that has scaled to 300M in revenue with a team <10. you’ll specifically work directly with our best AEs to build, iterate, and ship vertically integrated features for customers or potential prospects. we’re specifically looking to find people with an incredible amount of hustle / drive and a natural curiosity of how the world works. if you're interested or know someone who might be a good fit, shoot me a DM.

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rick yang@rickyang·17 Nis

@victorcardenas @slashapp Who is your favorite investor 🫣?

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Victor Cardenas Codriansky@victorcardenas·17 Nis

My company @slashapp: > Just raised 100M > Does over 250M annual revenue > Banks 5k of the fastest growing cos in the US > Only 70 Employees I'm 24 years old, and an immigrant. Ask me anything about fundraising, business growth, or AI and I will answer with everything I know.

We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹ The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap. And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.

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Kevin Bai@kevinbai0·16 Nis

Five years ago, I dropped out of college to build a subscription splitting app. Fast forward to today, we're building the best-in-class banking platform for entrepreneurs, and we're just getting started. Over the next few months, our AI agent, twin, will enable our customers to accelerate in the way we have internally since the start of this year. The next five years of Slash will look radically different than the first, and I've never been more excited than now to build the future.

We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹ The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap. And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.

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Most investors passed on Slash early because it felt too niche. That was just the wedge. No company starts big. They earn the right to expand. Victor and the Slash team understood this. Now Slash is mainstream. They are about to cross $300 mil ARR. Proud first investor 🐣

We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹ The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap. And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.

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What a fun ride, and there is so much more to go. Still remember meeting @victorcardenas and @kevinbai0 while they were still in @ycombinator. I'm surprised that application got them into YC 😅. It was clear that there was something special about these founders then, and I've continued to be blown away by the relentlessness and drive of the team that they've built around them. What @slashapp is showing here with Twin is just scratching the surface. Spending time with the team at their office is like seeing the future. The full scope of what Twin can do today is incredibly powerful, and it's at the heart of what equips this small and mighty team to ship with the quality and velocity that they deliver. I get giddy thinking about more and more of the full Twin functionality being released to their customers over time. 🚀🚀🚀

We (@slashapp) raised a $100M Series C at $1.4 billion valuation to build the world's most powerful business banking platform.¹ The round was led by @RibbitCapital, and co-led by @khoslaventures & @GoodwaterCap. And we're releasing Twin: the world’s first AI private banker.

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