GSB Class Funds, New Deals, Funding Announcements
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Welcome back. Just one year after launch, this newsletter is going out to thousands of subscribers - founders, investors, and general startup enthusiasts - and has facilitated countless connections. If you know someone who would enjoy it, please pass it along. Thanks for being part of the GSBuilds community!
Read on for some exciting updates, including new fund structures, GSBuilder funding & acquisition news, founder groups, and more...
GSB Class Funds
GSBers have always been the earliest supporters of their classmates’ entrepreneurial endeavors. Beginning in 2020, however, classes began to institutionalize this support in the form of class funds, which represent some of the first investments into companies started by GSBuilders. Two classes have wrapped up fundraising - for the 2020Fund and the 2021Fund - with plans for the 2022Fund well underway. Learn more about the funds or get involved here.
Funding & Acquisition News👏💰
Since our last newsletter, a number of incredible GSBuilders have fundraised or been acquired…
DataFleets (Acquired by LiveRamp) - Nick Elledge (MBA ‘20) and David Gilmore (MBA ‘20)
Praxis Labs (Seed) - Elise Smith (MBA ‘20)
Hallow (Series A) - Alex Jones (MBA ‘20)
Flock (Seed) - Ari Rubin (MBA ‘21) and Jake Sparkman (MBA ‘21)
Lucra Sports (Seed) - Dylan Robbins (MBA ‘21)
The Landing (Seed) - Ellie Buckingham (MBA'19) and Miri Buckland (MBA '19)
OnLoop (Seed) - Projjal Ghatak (MBA ‘14)
Viz.ai (Series C) - Chris Mansi (MBA ‘16)
Clubhouse (Series C) - Paul Davidson (MBA ‘07)
Nephrosant (Series A) - Josh Yang (MBA ‘21)
1275 (Seed) - Denis Houles (MBA ‘01)
Weavegrid (Series A) - Apoorv Bhargava (MBA ‘17)
Aurora Solar (Series C) - Sam Adeyemo (MBA ‘13) and Chris Hopper (MBA ‘13)
If you’re interested in connecting with any of these incredible founders, you can contact them directly through the GSBuilds website’s “Contact Founder” feature.
Are you a GSB Founder who recently raised money or has been acquired? Share your funding news here to get a shoutout in the next newsletter.
Founder Groups
This quarter, GSBuilds piloted Founder Groups. With over 100 founders in the program, we were able to assemble a dozen unique Founder Groups. These groups - capped at 8 founders - have provided GSB founders with an intimate, confidential forum in which to discuss difficult issues and lend support. If you are interested in joining the next iteration of these groups, keep an eye out for our next newsletter. (A huge thank you to Tony Levitan (MBA ‘93 ) for giving his time to train the peer facilitators for these groups).
Startup Deals & New Jobs
If you’re a GSB Founder and haven’t already done so, take a minute to add any open roles at your startup and share exclusive deals to incentivize early adopters in the GSBuilds community. Special shoutout to Tony Xu (MBA ‘13) on an exclusive DashPassforWork deal for all GSBuilds founders.
We want to again thank our incredible friends at Symphony (Muamer Cisija MBA ‘13), GSBuilds’ exclusive tech partner.
Lastly, congratulations to the Class of 2021! We can’t wait to see what you build in the coming decades.