Niki Scevak

@nikiscevak

Co-founder . Creator of . Lover of long term thinking

Sydney, Australia
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Joined February 2009
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    18 hours ago

    Sequoia is raising a new fund that could top $6 billion, as pressure from SoftBank’s mega-fund increases

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    Dec 19

    The TC article is a bit -ve towards 🇦🇺 -- so I want to take a special moment to thank all the Aussies who have been incredibly kind and helpful, and without whose selfless deeds, Dgraph wouldn't be here at v1 today. , , ,

    Huge day for a great Aussie startup - and happy to have been an investor all along the way. Well done and crew. really is building part of the future of databases 🙌🏻
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    Dec 19

    We're thrilled to announce the release of production-ready, Dgraph v1.0. and a seed round of $3M, led by . Things couldn't get any more exciting than this!

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    Dec 19

    “Just a stunt” they said, yet it’s already affecting the whole Australian electricity market.

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    Dec 17

    21/ Da Vinci would sleep every 3 or 4 hours. People thought he was a weirdo, but maybe he's just alternating between diffused and focused mode.

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    Dec 16

    There are two types of people ... 🐊

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    Dec 16

    Stripe’s $3m initial investment in Stellar is worth about $554m today. many VCs will be envy of that return. 2,000,000,000 x $0.277 = ~$544m (181X return on $3m)

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    Dec 17

    “Oracle buys Aconex for $1.6b” - big win for Aussie tech! 🚀🎇 congrats & on a colossal journey of 17 years. And to local fundies who don’t believe in tech, 47% premium will hurt a lot? (Most shorted stock by cap on ASX, 10th today)

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    Dec 17

    Just landed in Aus. Did a fresh cut of the numbers here in Aus...plenty happening! Would love your thoughts ?

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  10. Dec 17

    QOTD: "Everyone is an outsider, and it’s all up for grabs"

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    Dec 16

    Haha the ton effect in full force yesterday at

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  12. Dec 16

    😂 Bitcoin Is A Bubble According To Ageing Property Investor

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    Dec 15

    Nasdaq bell? Rung! team? Kicking ass. Finishing out the week in NYC talking about with on ! 6pm ET 👊🏻🗽🧢

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  14. Dec 14

    +100! Amazing that most VCs position themselves in a teacher mindset vs a student mindset // “Learning as a VC” by

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  15. Dec 14

    From Morgan Stanley: "At its peak, the Dutch East India company was worth almost $8T in today’s money. The world’s most valuable company, AAPL only makes it to 11% of the peak value of the Dutch East India Company by itself."

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    Dec 13

    The sold the 144,336 bitcoins its confiscated from Silk Road for $48 million. They would now be worth $2.4 billion

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    Dec 7

    Rocket man likes the trajectory

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    Dec 8

    Great investors have: 1. Insatiable curiosity 2. High EQ 3. Deep empathy 4. Global exposure 5. Strong communication skills 6. High variety of experiences 7. Courage to avoid crowds 8. Self-confidence to be wrong 9. Ability to learn quickly 10. Unusual levels of optimism

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    Dec 8

    A boy asked his bitcoin-investing dad for 1 bitcoin for his birthday. Dad: What? $15,554??? $14,354 is a lot of money! What do you need $16,782 for anyway?

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    Dec 8

    Having talked to quite a few of my seed colleagues, it does appear that seed funds in SF and LA, on average, have invested at roughly a 25% slower pace this year vs last year.

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