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Khailee Ng

Managing Partner at 500 Global ($2.3B AUM, 2,500+ companies, 35+ unicorns). 2 exits including SAYS.com IPO. Seeded 16 SEA unicorns: Grab, Carsome, Kredivo.

https://marwanrefaat.com/khailee-ng-riding-shotgun-with-marwan

Here's How Your Startup Can Get Funded By One Of The Largest VC's In The World

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Sam Altman

CEO of OpenAI and former President of Y Combinator. Backer of Stripe, Airbnb, Reddit, and Helion.

Sam Altman biographer Keach Hagey explains why the OpenAI CEO was ‘born for this moment’

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Melissa Daniel

MD at Morgan Stanley Expansion Capital ($1.2B recent commitments). Co-Head of MS Venture Partners. 25+ years in growth equity.

https://youtu.be/dT_RyFrzro8

Melissa Daniel

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Amber Yang

Partner at Lightspeed (~$25B AUM), Forbes 30 Under 30, Intel Young Scientist Award winner, founded SeerTracking for space debris prediction with 10x accuracy.

https://youtu.be/9EtGWrVd6GU

Meet Amber Yang. She’s trying to prevent a space debris catastrophe | CNN

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Adam Draper

**Adam Draper -** Founder of Boost VC ($200M AUM), invested in 300+ startups including Radiant ($160M raised), Venus Aerospace ($39M raised), Deliverr (acquired by Shopify for $2.1B)

https://youtu.be/D5WoWpoWatE

BoostVC closes $40M fund as revamped ‘sci-fi’ accelerator preps for digital demo day

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Arielle Zuckerberg

https://x.com/MarwanRefaat/status/1953573858466050072

Arielle Zuckerberg, partners launch $181,818,181 fund for ‘magically weird’ startups

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Cyan Banister

Partner at Long Journey Ventures ($182M Fund IV), first female partner at Founders Fund, early investor in Uber, SpaceX, DeepMind, Postmates, Affirm, and Niantic. From homeless teen to Crunchie Angel of the Year.

[https://drive.google.com/file/d/1moZZcGCkIewzbuYmvPYP2HAjaF2dHatK/view?usp=sharing](https://drive.google.com/file/d/1moZZcGCkIewzbuYmvPYP2HAjaF2dHatK/view?usp=sharing)

Cyan Banister shares her journey from homeless teen to VC | TechCrunch

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Kevin Hartz

GP at A* ($600M AUM), co-founder of Eventbrite, early investor in Airbnb, PayPal, Pinterest, and Uber—portfolio companies have created $200B+ in enterprise value

https://x.com/MarwanRefaat/status/1930729952124776940

Kevin Hartz’s A* raises its second oversubscribed fund in three years

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Hunter Walk

Co-founder of Homebrew ($480M AUM, 80+ investments incl. Plaid, Gusto, Cruise), ex-YouTube product lead, co-founded Screendoor ($50M raised) to back emerging fund managers.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mw2KdWvl12s

One decade in, Homebrew says it’s becoming self-funded

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Pete Flint

Pete Flint - General Partner at NFX ($1B+ AUM), co-founder of Trulia (acquired by Zillow for $3.5B). Now backs network-driven startups in fintech, marketplaces, and AI.

https://youtu.be/hHv2PCIez7c

Trulia founder Pete Flint is now a VC with NFX Guild

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Trevor Martin

Trevor Martin - Co-founder and CEO of Mammoth Biosciences ($195M raised), Stanford PhD, built a CRISPR diagnostics unicorn valued at $1B+.

https://youtu.be/jB1KeuvUR7E

Mammoth Bio scores $195M top-up to supercharge CRISPR diagnostics, medicines

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Cindy Bi

Founder of CapitalX, a $30M solo GP fund with 53 investments, 5 exits, 12+ unicorns, and 25+ YC companies backed.

https://youtu.be/ixgTJWQmE18

These are 30 of the most successful early-stage startup investors in the world, according to a proprietary AI model known as 'Moneyball for VC'

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Masha Bucher

Masha Bucher - Founder & GP of Day One Ventures, recently closed a $150M Fund III—one of the largest solo GP raises by a female investor in the past year

https://youtu.be/1Oxqr6wqBH8

Masha Bucher’s Day One Ventures Raises $150 Million Fund III

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