Ben Ling’s Bling Capital just raised $270M for its fourth fund, with half reserved for follow-on investments in standout startups. Known for backing unicorns like GitLab and Webflow, Bling leverages a powerful network of tech leaders from firms like OpenAI and Stripe to guide its portfolio.
This team invested in 170 startups, including Rippling and Vise, this seed-stage VC keeps proving its knack for spotting the next big thing.
Ben Ling’s Bling Capital just raised $270M for its fourth fund, with half reserved for follow-on investments in standout startups. Known for backing unicorns like GitLab and Webflow, Bling leverages a powerful network of tech leaders from firms like OpenAI and Stripe to guide its portfolio.
This team invested in 170 startups, including Rippling and Vise, this seed-stage VC keeps proving its knack for spotting the next big thing.
Despite Telegram's origins, its approach to users' security has privacy advocates worried. "Russians are really disconnected from the reality of what happening to their country," Andrey said. "So Telegram has become essential for understanding what's going on to the Russian-speaking world." On December 23rd, 2020, Pavel Durov posted to his channel that the company would need to start generating revenue. In early 2021, he added that any advertising on the platform would not use user data for targeting, and that it would be focused on “large one-to-many channels.” He pledged that ads would be “non-intrusive” and that most users would simply not notice any change. Some privacy experts say Telegram is not secure enough
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