Creator Economy
Whop: The Digital-Product Marketplace at $500M+ Annualized Volume
Founded 2021 by Cameron Zoub, Steven Schwartz, and Jack Sharkey. $20M+ from Founders Fund. $500M+ annualized volume. Acquired Tether in August 2024.
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Founders Fund
Defense & Defense-Tech
How Defense VC Reshaped the Industry
a16z American Dynamism, Founders Fund, Lux, 8VC, Caffeinated, AEI Capital. Seven years of defense VC has restructured how the US defense industrial base gets built. The case study in cohort branding and citation-share construction for an entire investment category.