Apr 1, 2019 - Economy & Business

These venture capitalists may win big ahead of tech IPO wave

CB Insights analyzed deals from 2010 through last month (weighted toward recent performance) and found these venture-capital winners, per the New York Times.

What to watch: A swarm of technology IPOs expected this year and next year are slated to have big returns for venture capitalists involved.

  1. Neil Shen — Sequoia Capital China
  2. Lee Fixel — Tiger Global Management
  3. Bill Gurley — Benchmark
  4. Alfred Lin — Sequoia Capital
  5. Jeffrey Jordan — Andreessen Horowitz
  6. Peter Fenton — Benchmark
  7. Brian Singerman — Founders Fund
  8. Mary Meeker — Bond
  9. Matt Cohler — Benchmark
  10. Ravi Mhatre — Lightspeed Venture Partners
  11. Joshua Kopelman — First Round Capital
  12. Bryan Schreier — Sequoia Capital
  13. Allen Zhu — GSR Ventures
  14. Mike Volpi — Index Ventures
  15. Sameer Gandhi — Accel
  16. JP Gan — Qiming Venture Partners
  17. Ann Miura-Ko — Floodgate
  18. Hans Tung — GGV
  19. Aydin Senkut — Felicis Ventures
  20. Ben Horowitz — Andreessen Horowitz

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Updated 6 hours ago - Politics & Policy

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  3. Politics: House Democrats prepare new $2.4 trillion coronavirus relief package.
  4. Health: Cases are surging again in 22 states — New York will conduct its own review of coronavirus vaccine.
  5. Business: America is closing out its strongest quarter of economic growth.
  6. Technology: 2020 tech solutions may be sapping our resolve to beat the pandemic.
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9 hours ago - Sports

Pac-12 will play football this fall, reversing course

A view of Levi's Stadium during the 2019 Pac-12 Championship football game. Photo: Alika Jenner/Getty Images

The Pac-12, which includes universities in Arizona, California, Colorado, Oregon, Utah and Washington state, will play football starting Nov. 6, reversing its earlier decision to postpone the season because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Why it matters: The conference's about-face follows a similar move by the Big Ten last week and comes as President Trump has publicly pressured sports to resume despite the ongoing pandemic. The Pac-12 will play a seven-game conference football season, according to ESPN.

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Global coronavirus vaccine initiative launches without U.S. or China

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A global initiative to ensure equitable distribution of coronavirus vaccines now includes most of the world — but not the U.S., China or Russia.

Why it matters: Assuming one or more vaccines ultimately gain approval, there will be a period of months or even years in which supply lags far behind global demand. The COVAX initiative is an attempt to ensure doses go where they're most needed, rather than simply to countries that can produce or buy them at scale.

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