Matt Miller
@mcmiller00
Partner at Sequoia
Huge Congratulations to @antonosika and the entire team at @lovable_dev . Lovable is one of the most delightful experiences in software. Try it! So exciting to see you absolutely crush it!
Lovable just raised $200M at a $1.8B valuation led by Accel. This all started unexpectedly with me calling my friend at 6AM to go for a walk. I've never shared this story before: (thread)
If you don't yet know, @krisfredrickson, you will soon. No doubt that his new firm Verified will be a huge source of strength for founders.
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…
If you are starting your entrepreneurial journey there is no better place to begin than Arc. An army of great people @sequoia put this together. @zefi is the steward of the program and makes it even better each year.
For over 50 years @sequoia has partnered with visionary entrepreneurs. Twice a year we gather our early stage founders and run Arc, our company-building program for Sequoia’s pre-seed and seed stage startups. 1/5
Love it!!!!
EUROPE IS COMING BACK 🇪🇺 This September, Europe’s finest and most ambitious builders unite at a historic location in Berlin. Join us for a fresh dawn of European tech. All-in on Europe. europeanbuilders.com
I’m joining @saranormous, @prnvrdy and the team at @conviction! The past two years have been the best. I’ve enjoyed the freedom to travel with my family and (assistant) coach my son’s Little League teams, all while continuing to try to help some of the founders and companies…
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…
The iron will and grit @villigm has demonstrated in building @boltapp is one of the best success stories in Europe. He also has one hell of a poker face. Been a thrill to host both these guys regularly at The Legends Game. Go #TeamEurope
Bolt is one of the most insane stories in startups. 🥚 0 to €2M ARR in 18 months. 🚖 €10M ARR in the next 18 months. 🏎️ €100M ARR within the next 2 years. 🚀 €2BN ARR in the next few years. But still, every European VC turned them down. WTF! Today they are an $8BN company…
Funny how some of the best friendships you build are with the founders you don’t get to work with. @Bouazizalex is an absolute machine as a CEO and an even better human on the inside. @deel is a roaring success story for Europe. Excited to host the second edition of our Legends…
Go @LucianaLix! and @romanhoelzl! #TeamEurope
This is why we think the next global robotics company will come out of Germany. We have our money on Robco ;) @romanhoelzl @Robco_Robotics @sequoia
oh come on... We would be a mix of some @davidguetta a little @keinemusik and a dash of @TheChainsmokers
If VCs were DJs - no explainers. Sequoia: Kaskade Greylock: Dom Dolla Lachy Groom: John Summit Amplify: Bicep Benchmark: Four Tet Lux: Anyma Tiger: Grimes (@coachella) Index: deadmau5 Lenny Rachitsky: Fred Again a16z: DJ Khaled
When two heros of The Modern Data Stack meet at a bar... in Las Vegas... =)
I always learn something when I talk to @jthandy, and our Friends of Data fireside chat (with real fire!🔥) at @coalesceconf was no different. Thanks to everyone who came out! And for those who couldn’t make it, we distilled it all down into the post in the thread 🧵 below👇
SF is a great place to build no doubt, but London is also a great place to build an AI company. London has incredible talent. It benefits from incredible universities. All of the best VC firms are here now. It is also one of the best places in the world to live. It’s easy to get…
I was a bit surprised by this. London is great but let's not fool ourselves, it doesn't compare to SF when it comes to building a startup. The energy, the networks and the capital are just no match.
Was asked today whether the founders of a startup need to be involved in the early GTM efforts. All of the founders I get to work with know my answer. Great hungry and ambitious founders are what make early companies great!
And the other highlight was the answer from Matt on “should we send the commercial team to sell or we go out to sell as founders”? Have a listen:
Fun morning with @awscloud in London chatting with my good friend @vriparbelli of @synthesiaIO and Hugo from @elevenlabsio. Don’t listen to the haters, London is an awesome place to build a Gen AI company! We are here to help! Go #TeamEurope
Congratulations to @HarryStebbings on the new fund. The Anderson Cooper of the tech world flexing his inner Don Valentine. Another big winner for #TeamEurope. Go Harry! ft.com/content/7b553b…
What a way to start a stellar week of @BlackHatEvents ! @XBOW announcing incredible results of its AI Hacker/pentester. The AI arms race in security is just beginning!
The team that created GitHub Copilot has spun out and created an AI hacker that performs as well as a 20-year veteran penetration tester — and at superhuman speeds. We backed them from day zero. Why did Oege de Moor and his team at XBOW create an AI hacker? Because they knew…
Congrats to the @_hex_tech team on this new product launch. Now the power of Hex is available to everyone in the enterprise. A super compelling step forward for the future of analytics.
It's here! The team put an enormous amount of hard work into this release and I'm so, so excited to share it with everyone. The headline here is that we're – finally! – bringing end-to-end no-code workflows to Hex, including Spreadsheet Calculations! 🧮 I started my career as…
Tom (@thulme) is one of the Legends here in Europe. Another great one delivered by Mr Stebbings.
I’ve been doing 20VC for 10 years. There have been good times, there have been bad times. Through all of them, @Thulme has been there for me. He is one of the greats, and this show was a result of years in friendship. My top lessons 👇