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Today’s highlights
Technology Brothers arrives
Secondaries funds top $100b
Summing up differences between the US, China, and Europe
Oura grabs fresh cash
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Technology Brothers officially launched yesterday.
In case you missed the announcement, it was good great, and the traffic surge led to their site crashing for a few hours.
A few thoughts on why this blew up:
“Sportscenter” for tech: Similar to what Sportscenter used to be for sports, they are covering the same amount of ground for the tech community. I’ve figured a show like this should have existed a while ago, but nobody else has been able to execute like them.
People are tired of All-In: Maybe this is just me, but it seems like everybody has stopped listening to the All-In pod, and a content gap opened (especially for the younger crowd)
Vibe shift: Nobody is interested in consuming generic tech / VC content anymore. People want raw / unfiltered thoughts
Elite short-form content: If you go through their Twitter and pod clips, you can understand why these guys got popular so quick (they’re elite at what they do)
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What else we’re reading 📖
Secondaries funds top $100B in all-time high (Pitchbook)
Robinhood backer Slow Ventures lowers sights in latest fund launch (Pitchbook)
5 Trends In Tech And Startups We’re Watching In 2025, From An M&A Rebound To A Defense Tech Boom (Crunchbase)
Oura closes $200M round, bringing its valuation to $5.2B (TechCrunch)
The VCs Set to Win Big in 2025 (The Information)
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RESULTS
Here are the results from our poll question in yesterday’s piece:
What do you think about the regatta analogy used by Sam in today's piece?
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Agree with it (4)
🟨🟨🟨⬜️⬜️⬜️ Don't agree with it (2)
🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Don't care - show results (4)
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