Decomposing Venture: Pervasive Impact

Venture Capital (VC) is All Around You, And You Don't Even Know It (Probably).

Pervasive Impact

TLDR

We've all benefited from VC; you just might not know it.

Unaware

Many companies you interact with daily, or are unaware of, that make your experiences seamless are backed by VC.

The Everyday Apps You Can't Live Without

• Uber: Backed early by Benchmark, First Round Capital

• Airbnb: Early investors include Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator

• DoorDash: Early investors include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, CRV, Y Combinator

• Instacart: Early investors include Sequoia Capital, Khosla Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Canaan Partners, Y Combinator

• Spotify: Backed by Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV), Kleiner Perkins, DST Global

• Netflix: Early investor: Technology Crossover Ventures (TCV)

Powering Your Digital World (Behind the Scenes)

• Stripe: Early investors include Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Peter Thiel, Elon Musk

• Coinbase: Early investors include Y Combinator, Union Square Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz

• Datadog: (monitoring software for IT infrastructure)

• Snowflake: (cloud data warehousing)

• UiPath: (robotic process automation)

• Miro: (online collaborative white-boarding)

• Canva: (graphic design tool)

The Tools Behind the Businesses You Interact With

• Toast: (restaurant point-of-sale and management systems)

• Mindbody: (software for gyms, salons, and wellness studios)

• ServiceTitan: (software for plumbers, electricians, HVAC pros)

• Procore: (construction project management software)

• Veeva Systems: (software for pharmaceutical and life sciences companies)

Shaping How We Live, Eat, and Move

• Flexport: (digitizing global freight and supply chains)

• Impossible Foods / Beyond Meat: (plant-based food alternatives in grocery stores and restaurants)

• Samsara: (fleet management and industrial IoT for trucks, buses, equipment)

• Gusto: (payroll and HR software for small businesses)

• Relay Therapeutics / Generate Biomedicines: (companies developing new drugs and therapies)

Conclusion

The next time something in your life feels incredibly convenient, efficient or simply modern, consider this: there's a strong chance VC was involved in bringing that innovation to scale. It's truly all around you, making our world a little faster, smarter and often, more surprising.

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