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Our first-ever tweetstorm

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We launched Board of Directors Search last week and today, we use it to highlight 15 of the VCs who are on (or have been on) on the most digital health / health IT boards.


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In our first-ever tweetstorm, we highlight pictures of 8 micro-VCs we're watching. If you can identify who each VC is and their firm, we'll give you an insanely stylish, super comfortable, grass-fed CB Insights t-shirt.

And these pictures ain't normal boring VC pictures. They look like this.



Q: Want to raise a big Series A?
A: Raise a big seed round.  Yes - the amount you raise in your seed round directly ties to the amount you raise in your Series A.

The Eye of the Tiger
The spawn of famous hedge fund Tiger Management are doing lots of private market deals. We analyze how frequently the Tiger Cubs co-invest with each other and where they compete


He speaketh the truth


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Anand
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The Blurb

A curated mix of articles on tech, media, what's next and recent news.

The Chinese billionaire who spins research into investment gold. Zhang Lei went from a Yale endowment intern to a billionaire investor.
NY Times

Scotch is on the rocks while bourbon is booming. Based on global exports, Bourbon is in a bit of a renaissance. 
WSJ

Why Stanford students are turning down $150K salaries. As Silicon Valley roars, an entertaining read by BI's Nicholas Carlson on life at Stanford University.
Business Insider


The healing power of your own medical records. Some of the most advanced medical centers are starting to make medical information more available to patients.
NY Times
 
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