Here are the highlights of what we’ve been up to this fall:
- BioAge Labs debuted on Nasdaq under the symbol BIOA; Felicis founder and Managing Partner
Aydin Senkut
shared his thoughts on this amazing milestone. We led BioAge's Seed funding nine years ago, and now they are going public! This was an investment in frontier technology to build a platform for longevity. Congrats to the BioAge team on this incredible accomplishment!
-
Jake Storm
was promoted to General Partner, and
Tobi Coker
was promoted to Partner! Jake has led our security investments, including Dig Security (acquired by Palo Alto Networks), Tines, and ConductorOne. Tobi has focused on infra and health/bio investments, including MotherDuck, Cellino, and Metaplane
- We had nine Felicis companies featured on the Cloud 100
- We shared some videos featuring Felicis founders like Beyang Liu (Sourcegraph) and Ari Morcos & Bogdan Gaza (Datology)
- GP
Astasia Myers
talked to the Sourcery podcast about her approach to investing
- We built an AI-powered game where you have to guess which companies are real and which are generated; and here’s why we did it
- We led the first funding round in Letta. Astasia shared why we’re so excited about this space and how Letta will help developers bring AI agents to life. The news was also covered in TechCrunch, and CEO Charles Packer wrote about their mission on LinkedIn
- We participated in the funding of Exowatt, which is using renewable energy to power data centers for the AI era
- We led the seed round of funding in Depot, which helps speed up software builds by 40X or more, and VentureBeat shared more about the company
- We participated in the inception round for Entalpic, which uses AI for materials discovery, and Axios covered the news and Deal Partner Gabriella Garcia shared why this team is so impressive
- Supabase announced their $80M Series C round of financing, which we participated in
- Midi Health announced that Amy Schumer, Connie Britton, Brandi Chastain, Sheryl Sandberg, and other women leaders joined as investors in their Series B round of funding
- Cellino was awarded a $25M grant from ARPA-H to make personalized regenerative therapies
- Runway released their API, their impressive Video to Video Gen-3 model, and announced a deal with Lionsgate that gives them access to their library of content
- Origin released their new platform for wealth management
- Canva announced the latest version of their Apps SDK and a Premium Apps program for developers
- Notion released the latest version of Notion AI
- Felicis companies Tines, Midi Health, and Sona were named Top Startups by LinkedIn
- Operant announced their Series A, which we co-led, and Venture Partner Nancy Wang joined their board of directors
- "We promised Jarvis but delivered JavaScript instead." General Partner
Sundeep Peechu
details the massive opportunity AI presents after decades of software stagnation.
- Deal Partner
James Detweiler
shares why browsing the web could become as archaic as renting a DVD, and sooner than most people realize.
- A new kind of tech debt can potentially sabotage AI's future, which is why API hygiene is crucial.
