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Abhi Arun

@abhi_VC

I'm a Venture Capitalist. Love Technology. The views expressed here are my own and no investment advice intended.

 San Francisco
Joined March 2008
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Football was the first sport I ever loved, Diego Maradona was my first ever idol. An absolute genius with a football. Mexico ‘86 & this goal will always be one of my stand out memories of watching sport. RIP to a true God of football. 🙏🏽 #maradona #football
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Congrats @UiPath and @danieldines for being in the top 10 of this esteemed list of companies! usatoday.com/story/money/202…
From Microsoft to PepsiCo, employees say these companies have the best leadership teams

From Microsoft to PepsiCo, employees say these companies have the best leadership teams

Microsoft, Zoom and Google have the best leadership teams, according to employees surveyed by culture and compensation platform Comparably.

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Outstanding this from Michael Holding on @SkyCricket / @FoxCricket & well worth a listen. Well spoken my friend and great to have international cricket back too ! #ENGvsWI
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@SkyCricket8 Jul 2020
"Until we educate the entire human race, this thing will not stop." Michael Holding delivers a powerful message, explaining why #BlackLivesMatter.
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Great news. Put them behind bars and let them rot in there ... what say? @KP24 bbc.com/news/world-africa-47…
Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Yang Fenglan jailed in Tanzania

Chinese 'Ivory Queen' Yang Fenglan jailed in Tanzania

The Chinese businesswoman was sentenced to 15 years in prison for operating an ivory-smuggling ring.

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Back in Africa. No matter where my body may be, my soul will always be here.
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Congrats @jasklabs !! Glad to be involved from Day 1. Welcome @kpcb ! Excited about what lies ahead .... techcrunch.com/2018/06/28/ja…

JASK nets $25M from Kleiner to build out autonomous security operations | TechCrunch

Cyberthreats are on the rise everywhere. Companies are facing a barrage of attacks from hackers near and far, and their security operations centers are

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Absolutely true! teapaw.org/itsneverthend/status/1…
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While the price is high, @Microsoft's purchase of @github makes so much sense! slate.com/business/2018/06/m…
Why Would Microsoft Pay $7.5 Billion for GitHub?

Why Would Microsoft Pay $7.5 Billion for GitHub?

For the same reason the Reimann family spent billions on Pret a Manger, actually.

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"SW Engineering roles in other sectors such as Retail, Manufacturing and Healthcare are growing 25% faster than the Tech sector itself" - @satyanadella
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@Suhail2 Jun 2018
1/ When I think about the process I had when starting a company for the first time, I realize how much luck was involved. I might've even benefited from my naivete but I didn't do nearly enough. Here are the things I wish I did...
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Future of tennis is in good hands!! Baller Zverev teapaw.org/tennistv/status/997926…
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@TennisTV19 May 2018
Half way to a second consecutive final at Rome. 💪 Alexander Zverev takes a VERY dramatic opener, 7-6(13) over Marin Cilic. #ibi18
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Congratulations to the team at @iZettle !! Proud and honored to have invested early and been a small part of their wonderful journey. Kudos to Magnus and the team! techcrunch.com/2018/05/17/pa…

PayPal confirms that it is buying payments startup iZettle for $2.2B in an all-cash deal | TechCr...

PayPal is taking its biggest bet yet on point-of-sale transactions, small businesses and markets outside of the U.S. as it looks to raise its game against

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Terrific news! Congrats to @NeerajVC and the @Glassdoor team! teapaw.org/NeerajVC/status/994023…
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.@Glassdoor to accelerate growth globally; Signs agreement to join together with Recruit Holdings. Congrats @bobhohman and team gldr.co/2FXSApW
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Now taking to the #CloudNY stage: @rbernshteyn of @Coupa + @dittycheria of @MongoDB. Ready to share #leadership lessons from early days to #IPO! #CloudCulture
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Congrats to my colleague @NeerajVC on making the 2018 #MidasList! forbes.com/profile/neeraj-ag…
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The future of AI in cybersecurity is right here! Congrats @jasklabs ! #cybersecurity #AI techcrunch-com.cdn.ampprojec…
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Great insights by Ali @databricks George @kespry Prasanna @machinify and Jon @PilotLabs youtube.com/watch?time_conti…
Battery Ventures AI Summit - AI Startups Share Commercialization Best Practices

Battery Ventures AI Summit - AI Startups Share Commercialization Best Practices

Panelists: Prasanna Ganesan, CEO, Machinify; Ali Ghodsi, CEO, Datab...

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Welcome @SapphireVC to the @InfluxDB family. Time series is huge and so are all the applications associated with it teapaw.org/SapphireVC/status/9634…
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@SapphireVC13 Feb 2018
Welcome @InfluxDB!! #InfluxData scores $35 million Series C to expand time series database business via @TechCrunch techcrunch.com/2018/02/13/in…
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