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by memossy 11y ago
> What leads you to believe the syndicate leads are doing real due diligence? Never said real due diligence, just most of the due diligence that is actually done However, if one is investing in 1,000 startups then due diligence is actual
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by memossy 11y ago
It looks to be a pretty smart strategy, take the top 50 syndicate leads, put avg $400k behind them in year 1 ($20m investment). This grows platform, in year 2 put $500k behind top 100 syndicate leads ($50m investment) as more money availabl
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by memossy 11y ago
It is a combination of liquidation preferences & far more money going into the private market as there are fewer "investable" options in the public market & asset allocation becomes broader (a trend I see continuing: http
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Asset allocation, not share prices, will drive VC funding(medium.com)
1 points by memossy 11y ago|0 comments
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by memossy 11y ago
London | REMOTE Ananas - Various Ananas is an early-stage semi-stealth company focusing on the intersection of religion and technology. We have an array of private investors from celebrities to family offices across a range of faiths. We be
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by memossy 11y ago
Sorry, was looking at last summers amount http://blog.ycombinator.com/yc-portfolio-stats A run rate of $2-300m if its a $1bn fund (suppose you'll let everyone know soon!) would make sense
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by memossy 11y ago
To put this in context YC is pro-rating its 7% to maintain that level until companies have $250m valuation. YC companies to date have raised $3bn in total so far, with a couple dozen above $100m out of just over 800. Therefore at most YC wo
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by memossy 11y ago
Modelling religion and extremism using a combination of behavioural economics/psychology, AI and a few other snazzy buzzwords. We believe that if we build on this framework correctly it is possible (maybe not probable) to eliminate maj
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by memossy 11y ago
The book "The Reason I Jump" is another excellent take, translated by the author of Cloud Atlas. He wrote this via independent typing (not RPM) when he was 13: http://www.amazon.co.uk/The-Reason-Jump-silence-autism
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by memossy 11y ago
Saving $2.4m on $500m traded implies that typical trade < $300.. Looks like they want to make back the money they lose on margin trading, margins for them will likely not be that great as a result - a good corollary is spread bet provide
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by memossy 11y ago
They got rid of most of the IPO pricing restrictions ages ago, now the primary driver is liquidity and margin lending, with official margined shares making up around 30% of the current free float and the Shenzhen market turning over its fre
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by memossy 11y ago
Bloomberg starts at $1,750 a month At that level of cost there is an expectation of almost perfect up time and multiple redundancy - the only reason people pay that much is they believe they can get more value than that out of it..
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by memossy 11y ago
The funny thing is that Atlassian, whose HipChat had a few years lead on Slack, was only (?) valued at $3.3bn last year for their whole suite of products https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7554904
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by memossy 12y ago
The money influx won't stop, it will get worse over the next few years. Consider the case of Europe. Negative yield curves but trillions in pension funds that need a positive nominal return (5% or so). If they invest even a portion of
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by memossy 12y ago
We (Ananas) are working on the challenge of using technology to eliminate extremism amongst other things. We will be hiring in a few months.
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by memossy 12y ago
The more degrees of separation there are between the order to kill and killing, the easier killing becomes. This can cause all sorts of effects, including a fear of the sky itself, as can be see by the comments of this 13 year old who short
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Why health insurers will subsidise the Apple Watch(medium.com)
4 points by memossy 12y ago|1 comments
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by memossy 12y ago
The specs for these phones are basically somewhere between that of the Moto E and Moto G with removable battery. No reason it shouldn't be below $50 in a few years.
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by memossy 12y ago
Be careful displaying your Casio F-91W if you visit an Arab country.. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casio_F-91W#Claimed_use_in_terr...
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by memossy 12y ago
I remember this deal from when I was a hedge fund manager at a similar company, seemed very off indeed so refused to be a part. Some very odd African mineral companies on AIM, very few I felt comfortable investing in (did turn down joining
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by memossy 12y ago
It's no mystery at all. Funds aren't allowed to invest in anything they want, but typically have investment mandates. Somewhere in the region of $3 trillion (my estimate) is in pension funds/endowments in the US that have a 7
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by memossy 12y ago
I use the larger Lenovo LT1421 USB monitor here: http://www.amazon.co.uk/T52DEEU-ThinkVision-LT1421-Backlit-M... About the same price, weighs 1 lb. AOC and Asus also do USB Monitors that are larger, but this would be nice f
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by memossy 12y ago
The most interesting component of this was the healthcare drag in the revisions taking it down from the initial ones. While a large element of this was the affordable care act, it is also notable that healthcare inflation went negative for
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by memossy 12y ago
Moving from being a investment strategist to a startup founder next week, here are the thoughts on all of this sent to clients earlier.. "As widely expected the ECB has moved to negative deposit rates in the latest attempt to look usef
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by memossy 12y ago
Somaliland is one of the more interesting countries in the world, became independent back in 1991 and has been a regional success story with a complete absence of foreign aid or intervention, yet still are not recognised internationally. Fa
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by memossy 12y ago
We will be launching our summer intern program next week, July 7th to mid September based in London (will fly in non-UK based interns). Project just funded but still under partial wraps, deals with Religion (almost all of them), technology,
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by memossy 12y ago
You get to say you were lead developer and employee #1 of a startup that sold for x when doing your own startup (this can actually be useful!) You can also now negotiate market level salary or a loyalty bonus to stay and ensure smooth takeo
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Ask HN: Megaunicorns (Twonicorns?)
1 points by memossy 13y ago|0 comments
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by memossy 13y ago
I was rather surprised when LinkedIn synced all of my LinkedIn contacts' email addresses into my address book via the Android app. Not as bad as this, but strange default behaviour.
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by memossy 13y ago
The purpose (as I see it) for SAFE, just like convertible notes, is that early stage startups are hard to value. At Series A you have a value and subsequent raisings can use that as a benchmark for up/down rounds. You also tend to have

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