Vishnu S.

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders, focused on software. Weve invested seed in +20 unicorns worth ~$100b combined often 1st check including Deel, Rippling, Ramp, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Lambda School among others. Soma Cap partners and advisors have built billion dollar software cos, for example Vivek Ranadive is the founder of multi billion dollar enterprise software company Tibco ($4.3 billion exit to Vista Equity Partners). Tibco services include big data, analytics, event processing, among others, generating over $1bn in yearly revenue and powers 80% of Fortune 500 companies. This gives Soma CEO-level relationships with many of the biggest brands in the world. Vivek has also been involved early investing and mentoring all time great tech companies including google, yahoo, salesforce, ebay and apple. Soma Cap partners also own the Sacramento Kings NBA team and are developing over 200 acres of land in downtown Sacramento including hotels, condos, restaurants, malls and more.

Sequoia helps daring founders build legendary companies from idea to IPO and beyond. We aim to be the first true believers in tomorrow’s most valuable and enduring businesses. We partner with a few outliers each year and go all-in, providing them with the hands-on help required at every stage of the company building journey. Our expertise comes from 50 years of working with legendary founders like Steve Jobs, Larry Page, Jan Koum, Adi Tatarko, Brian Chesky, Jensen Huang, Anne Wojcicki, Eric Yuan, Patrick Collison, Julia Hartz, and Sebastian Siemiatkowski. In aggregate, Sequoia-backed companies account for more than 25% of NASDAQs total value. Since our inception, the vast majority of the money we invest has been on behalf of nonprofits and schools like the Ford Foundation, Mayo Clinic and MIT, which means most of the returns we generate benefit these great causes.

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Founded in 2009 by Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz, Andreessen Horowitz (known as "a16z") is a venture capital firm that backs bold entrepreneurs building the future through technology. We are stage agnostic: We invest in seed to late-stage technology companies, across the consumer, enterprise, bio/healthcare, crypto, fintech and games spaces. a16z is defined by respect for the entrepreneur and the entrepreneurial company building process; we know what it’s like to be in the founder’s shoes. The firm is led by general partners, many of whom are former founders/operators, CEOs, or CTOs of successful technology companies, and who have domain expertise ranging from biology to crypto to distributed systems to security to marketplaces to financial services. We aim to connect entrepreneurs, investors, executives, engineers, academics, industry experts, and others in the technology ecosystem. We have built a network of experts including technical and executive talent; top media and marketing resources; Fortune 500/Global 2000 companies; as well as other technology decision makers, influencers, and key opinion leaders. a16z uses this network as part of our commitment to help our portfolio companies grow their business, so our operating teams provide entrepreneurs with access to expertise and insights across the entire spectrum of company building. https://a16z.com/portfolio/ https://a16z.com/podcasts/ https://a16z.com/videos/ http://a16z.com/subscribe See Disclosures: https://a16z.com/disclosures/

Contrary is a talent and research-driven investment firm. We back a small number of exceptional people and the companies they build, from seed to scale.

Soma Capital is a fund built by founders for founders, focused on software. Weve invested seed in +20 unicorns worth ~$100b combined often 1st check including Deel, Rippling, Ramp, Cruise, Rappi, Ironclad, Human Interest, Razorpay, Lambda School among others. Soma Cap partners and advisors have built billion dollar software cos, for example Vivek Ranadive is the founder of multi billion dollar enterprise software company Tibco ($4.3 billion exit to Vista Equity Partners). Tibco services include big data, analytics, event processing, among others, generating over $1bn in yearly revenue and powers 80% of Fortune 500 companies. This gives Soma CEO-level relationships with many of the biggest brands in the world. Vivek has also been involved early investing and mentoring all time great tech companies including google, yahoo, salesforce, ebay and apple. Soma Cap partners also own the Sacramento Kings NBA team and are developing over 200 acres of land in downtown Sacramento including hotels, condos, restaurants, malls and more.