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                   We hope you’re having a restful long weekend, courtesy of MLK. Things may get a *bit* busier later this week…
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                   Before we get into the news, we’ll leave you with these words from Reverend Dr. King:
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                    "If you can't fly, then run. If you can't run, then walk. If you can't walk, then crawl. But whatever you do, you have to keep moving forward.”
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                How much money did VCs drop in 2020?
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                A lot.
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                Per data from PWC and CB Insights, the
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                that US VCs deployed in 2020 (up 14% from 2019) is the highest total going back to 2000.
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                Here are a few notable takeaways from the data:
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                 Mega-rounds ($100m+) are on the rise
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                While total funding in 2020 hit an all-time high, there were actually 9% fewer deals YoY, which means larger rounds. In fact, 49% of the total funding -- across 318 deals -- was $100m or more (a record).
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                There were also 147 IPOs over the year, a big jump from 90 in 2019 (M&amp;A activity was down).
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                 There are more unicorns than ever
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                At the end of 2020, a record
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                US-based private companies were valued at $1B+, with a cumulative value of
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                .
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                Of these, 28 became unicorns in Q4 2020. That’s also a record (we think there’s a theme here). The most valuable among them:
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                 SpaceX ($46B)
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                 Stripe ($36B)
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                 Instacart ($18B)
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                 Epic Games ($17B)
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                 Chime ($16B)
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                These valuations -- particularly for Stripe (rumored at
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                ) -- will be much higher after the next round of funding.
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                 The most popular investing verticals in Q4 2020
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                 Biotechnology
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                 Accounting &amp; Finance SaaS
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                 Monitoring &amp; Security SaaS
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                 Automotive &amp; Transportation
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                 On Premise Software
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                 San Diego, Miami, Denver, and Atlanta…
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                … were 4 US metro areas that are seeing increased deal activity, with funding doubling from Q3 to Q4. Meanwhile, the top 3 metro areas remain the San Francisco Bay Area, New York, and Boston.
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                Miami -- which is rising in prominence (check our Q&amp;A with Mayor Francis Suarez
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                ) -- scored some notable deals:
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                 REEF Technology (investment = $700m)
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                 Shipmonk ($290m)
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                  Safer the second time around:
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                   Facebook
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                 is blocking the creation of DC events near the White House and US Capitol buildings for Inauguration Day (Jan. 20).
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                  Houston, we have an investment opportunity.
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                 Ark Invest -- with $17B under management --
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                 to add a “Space Exploration ETF” to its offerings. The fund’s focus is on “services that occur beyond the surface of the Earth.”
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                  Uber keeps slimming down.
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                 The latest move is to spin out the delivery robot arm of Postmates, which Uber acquired for
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                   $2.65B
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                 last year. (We wrote about the new, leaner Uber
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                  Charge me up.
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                   QuantumScape
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                 is attracting the eye of investors and car companies with its faster-charging EV battery. In fact, the ~$20B company was worth more than Ford for a time last year.
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                  Fitting.
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                   Virgin Orbit
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                 -- the small satellite launch company -- reached orbit for the first time with its hybrid rockery delivery vehicle (which is a modified Boeing 747).
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               This Entrepreneur Exits
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                Marc Lore every time a bit more of his $250m in restricted Walmart stock vests. (Source: Getty Images / The Washington Post)
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                Marc Lore, the David to Amazon’s Goliath, will step down as Walmart’s e-commerce chief
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                When the topic of “Amazon is a fierce competitor” comes up, one of the most famous case studies is Quidsi, which owned Diapers.com.
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                Co-founded by Marc Lore in 2005,
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                  Diapers.com
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                was an e-commerce trailblazer that figured out how to ship bulky, low-margin products like -- you guessed it -- diapers.
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                Amazon tried to acquire Diapers.com but was rebuffed.
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                What’s next? Lore tells the
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                CES attracts hundreds of thousands of visitors to check out the latest consumer tech from thousands of vendors. These vendors range from unknown Chinese manufacturers to the Amazons and Googles of the world.
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                While 2021 went fully digital, there was no shortage of hits. Here are a few, per the
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                 Samsung’s Bot Handy
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                CES is a venue for experiential tech that can often score some PR points but not be actually viable in the market.
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                vid is lit.
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                 Instant, soft- serve ice cream
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                Espresso machine meets Haagen Daaz.
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                is a soft-serve dispenser that can freeze ice cream in 60-90 seconds. It’ll be available later this year for $500 and will likely get mercilessly roasted on Twitter.
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                Source: Coldsnap
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                 Toto Wellness Toilet
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                Speaking of soft-serve ice cream,
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                is creating an internet-connected toilet that has sensors in the plumbing to examine your fecal matter… and provide you with a health analysis.
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                This is apparently many years in the future.
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                Source: Toto Wellness (via WSJ)
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                 A shower speaker powered by hot water
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                Overrated: singing in the shower.
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                Underrated: a Bluetooth shower speaker that is powered by the hot water you use to wash yourself (
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                  Shower Power
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                ).
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                Source: Shower Power (via WSJ)
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                 created a mask that has active ventilators and voice projection for your covered mouth.
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                 revealed a 56-inch “Hyperscreen” for its new luxury electric sedan.
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                  Camera drone:
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                   Sony
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                 made the smallest drone that is able to fit an “Alpha” camera; it’s is intended for professional photography and videos.
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                 times in the week after the WhatsApp privacy changes were announced,  compared to 250k times in the week before the announcement. The flood of users crashed the app on Friday, but now it's back up and running.
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                 Shell’s gas station network has 45k retail sites
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                Incredibly, over the next 5 years, Shell wants to add 10k more branded retail sites, per the
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                Why do this at a time when oil is on the downswing?
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                Well, the gas stations are very lucrative.
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                “Selling coffee, food and other household items at gas stations is an attractive business,” writes the
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                 WSJ
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                Each year, Shell sells 450m snacks, 350m cold beverages and 250m cups of coffee. These purchases flow to the bottom line, and Shell’s marketing division -- which includes retail sites -- earned $1.6B last quarter (50%+ of the company’s
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                 total
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                profit).
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