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George Robson
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Partner , ex-Product , ENTJ, LSE Graduate, Tech & Finance Enthusiast
London, Englandlinkedin.com/in/georgerobsonJoined July 2016

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A really exciting moment for fintech in MENAP as Telda brings digital banking to the region for the first time. Congrats on your funding round and recent launch! we're excited to continue on this journey with you alongside our partners
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We’re thrilled to announce our $20 million funding round 💸 led by @Global_Founders with participation from @sequoia and @blocks. This exciting investment takes us one step closer to fulfilling our mission to evolve how millions of people interact with their finances.
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Shout out to roles helping build one of the most distinctive consumer financial brands from the ground up 🤙
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So we are back at hiring for one of my favorite roles : product designer/UX designer. If you want to join a company obsessed with design, if you are a believer in "one size fits none", please DM! PS: this is a remote role
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We have the joy of working with every day at , but now sharing her story from small town Romania to the US and back supporting some of Europe's most important founding stories.
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This conversation with @HarryStebbings was my most personal yet - from leaving Romania 20 years ago, to working with founders who shaped European tech over the past decade, and to launching @sequoia Arc, a seed catalyst for outlier European founders. thetwentyminutevc.com/luciana-lixand
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Come join us as our first PM!
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Featured role of the day: Product Manager at @mosdotcom "This role will be Mos' first PM, and have the opportunity to heavily shape Mos' product. We've seen incredibly rapid growth (hit #3 on the app store in just 2 months) and just raised our Series B." lennysjobs.com/jobs/86e76563-
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Looking forward to joining our friends at and tomorrow to share what we see at for how challengers are shake up existing markets.
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Industry giants might have established reputations — but that doesn’t mean you can’t take them on. 💪 At tomorrow’s Sifted Talks we'll discuss how startups can leverage their size and agility. 💥 See you there? 🔗 sifted.eu/sifted-talks-t In partnership with @SnowflakeDB
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Anyone close to is used to stories with wild endings. From the Tunisian Revolution to the streets of Paris to a NeoBank breaking down financial barriers for millions of Americans with ; what a journey it has been and it’s just getting started. Sorry Amira 😉
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Congratulations to and the Team at on their $40m Series B. In a just a few months they scoped, built and launched their banking product 🔥 and to top it off climbed to #3 on the App store, becoming the only financial product to have done so! More to come.
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Read all about it!
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Employee ownership is directly correlated with startup success. Check out ⁦⁦@Ledgy⁩ ‘s State of Equity and Ownership 2022 report! They have data from over 1,000 founders, executives and employees from 12 markets in Europe, the US and Israel. stateofequity.ledgy.com
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Looking to beat those January blues? Look no further than London's resident Californian & our friends on how we support our founders.
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"If you have to corral investors, you have the wrong investors. We are about enabling founding teams to do great things." 🎧 Tune in to hear @mcmiller00 discuss how Sequoia thinks about partnering with great companies and scaling a VC globally 🌍 soundcloud.com/seedcamp/why-s
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The Sequoia Fund is all about supporting our founders to be successful for the long term, and being there every step of the way. Read below for how we’re turning the traditional fund structure on it’s head 🙃
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Patience is a virtue. We believe it’s also smart business. The traditional 10-year VC fund cycle no longer makes sense for today’s world, or tomorrow’s founders. Introducing The Sequoia Fund. seq.vc/sequoia_fund (1/2)
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in case you didn't know, we're investing in crypto! 👀 and many more from 🌲🌲🌲
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25% of Sequoia's new deals this year were in crypto, several, @shaunmmaguire says, just haven't been announced yet. That includes @ParallelFi, which Sequoia & Founders Fund recently valued at $250M. More here on how Sand Hill Road is embracing crypto: theinformation.com/articles/no-lo
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