Kris Fredrickson
@krisfredrickson
Founder of Verified Capital. Formerly @Coatue, @Benchmark, @GoldmanSachs. Co-founder @CurologyUSA.
Some news - I raised $175M for Verified Capital with a plan to back transformative technology companies at any stage of their journey. Thanks to @_IainMartin for the writeup in Forbes. forbes.com/sites/iainmart…
Been incredible watching the execution of this company - led by @ankrgyl from his Apple Vision Pro
Excited to share that we've raised $36m from @martin_casado at @a16z along with @saammotamedi @GreylockVC @eladgil @basecasevc to further our mission of helping developers build AI products that work. A bit more on what we're up to 🧵
Dropping out of my PhD to start Factory with Eno was the best decision I’ve ever made. We dream of a world where software engineering itself is an accessible, scalable commodity. If you’re as excited about this future as we are — and ready to work relentlessly to get there —…
Factory is bringing autonomy to software engineering. Excited to announce our $5M fundraise, led by @sequoia (@shaunmmaguire) and @Lux_Capital (@breeves08) Read more here: factory.ai/blog
Excited to be joining the effort
We're thrilled to announce that we've raised a $260 million Series E round of funding led by new investors Coatue Mgmt, Vitruvian Partners, @SparkCapital, Lone Pine, and @GeodesicCap. @TechCrunch’s @IngridLunden has details: techcrunch.com/2019/05/21/pay…
IN NEWS: @krisfredrickson raises $175M for Verified Capital. We spoke to him about the evolving tech landscape: "There was one winner in search and one winner in operating systems." "As markets got bigger, we moved from one to two to three player markets." "I think AI is…
Some news - I raised $175M for Verified Capital with a plan to back transformative technology companies at any stage of their journey. Thanks to @_IainMartin for the writeup in Forbes. forbes.com/sites/iainmart…
I'm going on @TBPN at 1:45pm PT to talk about my new fund - please tune in!
Morning. On today's stream: – Takeaways from the Windsurf chaos – Jensen meets with Trump, Nvidia gets China access – Richard Mille and the accidental pricing theory – Apple bets $500M on rare earth magnets – @zck (Lewis-Burke) on selling H200s to China – @BrianVenturo…
Congrats @mcmiller00 - incredible news. Excited for you - and thrilled to keep working together
I am excited to share a bit of news. After an incredible 12 years with Sequoia, I have made the decision to start my own fund focused on the great founders of Europe. It has been a dream of mine to be an entrepreneur again and I am excited to build something specific for this…
I'm excited to announce the completion of our Series C which triples our valuation to $15bn. It is a privilege to be building this company with an incredible team, brilliant merchants and supportive investors. Thank you for being part of our journey! checkout.com/blog/post/anno…
Always pushing forward - continuously impressed with the execution of @scale_AI
🚨 New @scale_AI product 🚨 Aggregate metrics in ML are not good enough. Better ML starts with understanding your qualitatively data in-depth. Scale Nucleus is the way to do it. scale.com/nucleus
Venture funds with structural advantages come along once a decade. @HarryStebbings is truly special - and what he’s building has the early makings of the next one. Excited to be a part of it. tcrn.ch/2CKZjri
Checkout.com triples valuation to $5.5 billion, making it one of Europe's top fintechs cnb.cx/2V7QwpN
On Monday, we heard that many small businesses had <5 days of cash before layoffs, and <30 days until bankruptcy. We now have a bill that can help, but it relies on a financial system that was not built to move this quickly. Let fintech help.
People need help immediately. The technology exists to get money to most people today (even to those without bank accounts). Square and many of our peers can get it done. US government: let us help.
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Digital bank Chime quadruples valuation in less than a year to $5.8 billion as it takes on megabanks cnb.cx/2YkawWC
👏🏼🎉 @eastdakota @zatlyn
Join us in welcoming @Cloudflare to the NYSE for their IPO!
Today is the perfect day to share our first tweet as we have announced the largest chip ever built to accelerate AI compute! Read all about the Cerebras Wafer Scale Engine (WSE) via @WIRED and @tsimonite wired.com/story/power-ai…
Thank you for having us aboard @alexandr_wang!
We’re proud of what we’ve built over the last three years. Today we’re pleased to announce our $100M Series C fundraise led by @FoundersFund, with participation from @Accel, @IndexVentures, @sparkcapital, @ThriveCapital, @kevin, @mikeyk and @adamdangelo. scale.com/blog/series-c
Excited to be joining team @Chime techcrunch.com/2019/03/05/u-s…
Welcome to the team @davidhahn - techcrunch.com/2018/05/15/ins…
Thrilled to partner with the team @Instacart
Instacart adds $200 million to defend against Amazon delivery bloom.bg/2sq1Bqr