Silicon Valley is not a milieu known for glamour and charisma. Still, Peter Thiel has cultivated a mystique. A billionaire several times over, Thiel was a co-founder of PayPal, the digital-payment service, and the first outside investor in Facebook.

Link: https://www.newyorker.com/news/letter-from-silicon-valley/what-is-it-about-peter-thiel

This is part one of a two-part essay diving into the future of fintech. Read part two. Nearly 20 years ago, I decided I was going to spend my venture investing career focused on the intersection of financial services and technology, what today has become widely known as fintech.

Link: https://www.forbes.com/sites/matthewharris/2019/11/19/fintech-the-fourth-platform-part-one/

The Facebook company is now Meta. Our company’s vision is to help bring the metaverse to life, so we are changing our name to reflect our commitment to this future.

Link: https://about.facebook.com/meta

The creative spirits. The underdogs. The resolute. The independent thinkers. The fighters and the true believers. This ethos describes the founders we partner with, as well as Sequoia’s relentless drive to help them succeed.

Link: https://medium.com/sequoia-capital/the-sequoia-fund-patient-capital-for-building-enduring-companies-9ed7bcd6c7da