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The Instacart Mafia
This week in Tech Mafia news: A look at the 13 most influential companies formed by previous employees of Instacart.
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The Google Mafia
The Google Mafia is here, and it's MASSIVE. Find out who the biggest stars are!
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The IBM Mafia
The IBM Mafia has founded 1,353 companies and raised $31.3 billion in total. Learn more about the top companies founded by former alumni.
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The Hubspot Mafia
The HubSpot Mafia has emerged as an influential force in the tech and business sectors, demonstrating remarkable innovation and entrepreneurial success. With a staggering 72 companies founded by its alumni, this dynamic group has collectively raised an impressive $740 million, showcasing their ability to not only envision but also actualize groundbreaking ideas.
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The Intuit Mafia
The Intuit Mafia has founded 238 companies and raised $12 billion. Check out which are the top companies and founders.
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The Instagram Mafia
Meet the ultimate social media tech mafia group - the Instagram Mafia.
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The Linkedin Mafia
Learn which are the top 50 companies of the Linkedin Mafia, including their investors and money raised so far.
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The Mastercard Mafia
We highlight the top 14 companies from the Mastercard Mafia, but a total of 60 companies have been founded and the alumni group has collectively raised $729 million as per Crunchbase data.
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The Lyft Mafia
A breakdown of the top 22 most innovative and successful companies founded by previous employees at Lyft.
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The Microsoft Mafia
This is one of the biggest mafia groups we've covered up to date, get the full stats right here.
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The McKinsey Mafia
McKinsey alumni have raised $84 billion in funding so far, and started 1,392 companies, making them the second most affluent tech mafia group after Google.
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The Nokia Mafia
The Nokia Mafia has founded 33 companies, raising $106 million in total. Find out who they are!
The N26 Mafia
Learn about the top 25 companies from the N26 Mafia!
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The Netflix Mafia
An overview of the badass Netflix Mafia. Find out which top 17 startups were founded by previous employees of Netflix.
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The NVIDIA Mafia
NVIDIA's former employees have raised $1.4 billion in funding, and are currently operating some of the biggest companies in the world. Learn more about the top companies from this trendy tech mafia group.
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The OpenAI Mafia
OpenAI was founded in 2015 in San Francisco. It has become one of the most coveted companies with the launch of ChatGPT. The company also has its own exclusive alumni group that has founded several tech companies.
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The Palantir Mafia
The Palantir Mafia is one of the most well known tech groups, and is often called the "Palantir Pack". We take a look at 101 of the best companies to come out of this mafia group.
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The Qualcomm Mafia
Learn about the Qualcomm Mafia and which former employees started successful companies.
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The Plaid Mafia
Plaid is one of the most impressive fintech success stories. Learn more about this emerging tech mafia group.
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The Pinterest Mafia
Find out which former employees of Pinterest started their own big hit companies like OpenSea and Color.
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The Revolut Mafia
This week we take a look at the powerful Tech Mafia group that has emerged from one of the most revolutionary finance apps - Revolut.
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The Reddit Mafia
Not to be missed - the rising stars of the Reddit Mafia! Check out what former of employees of Reddit are up to now and the companies they have started.
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The Slack Mafia
Slack pivoted from being a video game to being...Slack. And now, it's formed its own successful alumni group of former employees who've founded their own companies. Learn about their investors, capital raised, previous roles at Slack, and more.
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The Salesforce Mafia
The Salesforce Mafia is in the top 3 on our tech mafia leaderboard. Find out who the stars of this tech group are, and the companies they have started.
The Shopify Mafia
Check out the top companies and founders from the Shopify Mafia.
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The Shutterstock Mafia
The Shutterstock Mafia has landed. Find out what companies the this alumni group has started, and where they are at now.
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The Snapchat Mafia
Learn more about the top 37 companies founded by former employees of the Snapchat Mafia.
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The Skype Mafia
Meet the successful ex employees of messaging giant Skype, and learn about the companies they founded.
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The Robinhood Mafia
The Robinhood Mafia is full of incredible founders. Check out which startup is currently doing really well, as well as our favorite rising star.
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The SoundCloud Mafia
This week we're highlighting the top 14 companies from the SoundCloud Mafia, but a total of 25 companies have been founded and the alumni group has collectively raised $108 million as per Crunchbase data.
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The SpaceX Mafia
The SpaceX Mafia is not playing small - more than 46 companies founded and $1 billion in funding. That's a strong group! This week we take a look at the top organizations, their founders, investors, and more.
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The Stripe Mafia
Check out this week's list of phenomenal startups that have come out of Stripe's Mafia gigabrains.
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The Square Mafia
This week we take a look at one of the biggest Mafias up to date - the one and only Square Mafia. Square, as many will know, was co-founded by Jack Dorsey, one of the co-founders of Twitter. The Square Mafia has raised billions of dollars, and formed over 35 successful companies.
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The Tesla Mafia
This week's edition is an ode to none other than the man that is a symbol of technology and innovation - Elon Musk aka Tesla. We take a look at 25 successful companies founded by previous engineers and executives of Tesla.
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The Tinder Mafia
Meet the top 14 stars of the Tinder Mafia. A full breakdown of the founders, investors, capital raised, and more.
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The Twilio Mafia
Former employees of Twilio have collectively raised $1.5 billion in funding and started 74 companies. We cover the top 23 companies and their founders.
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The Twitch Mafia
This week we're highlighting the top 22 companies from the Twitch Mafia, but a total of 42 companies have been founded and the alumni group has collectively raised $15.4 billion as per Crunchbase data.
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The TIME Mafia
Ready to learn about the entrepreneurial alumni from TIME Mafia? Let's dive in - this is a real power group.
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The Twitter Mafia
A glimpse into the most influential and successful companies started by ex-Twitter employees in our weekly Tech Mafia Series.
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The Uber Mafia
This week we breakdown the top 66 startups that were formed by previous employees of the Uber Mafia.
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The Venmo Mafia
The Venmo Mafia has founded 15 companies, raising $537 million in total. Find out which spot they take on our tech mafia leaderboard, and see the top companies founded by Venmo alumni.
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The Udemy Mafia
For this week's tech mafia edition, we're taking a look at the popular edtech platform Udemy. It's amongst the top 10 most successful edtech platforms, along with Coursera, MasterClass, and Kahoot.
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The VMware Mafia
This week we have compiled a breakdown of the VMware Mafia. When we started researching this group, never in a million years could we have imagined that this would be the biggest tech mafia group we've covered so far, bigger than Tesla and Square! Check out the top 40 companies founded by former employees of VMware.
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The WeWork Mafia
In this article we list the top 34 companies, but a total of 119 companies have been founded by former employees of WeWork and $2.4 billion raised.
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The Yammer Mafia
The Yammer Mafia has raised more than $3 billion in funding from top investors. Find out who, when, and how.
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The Vimeo Mafia
In the tech world, there are some special groups that have a big impact on the industry, and the Vimeo Mafia is no exception to that.
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The Yelp Mafia
Yelp's alumni network has built some amazing companies. In this article we cover the top 31 companies that have raised a total of $8 billion according to Crunchbase data.
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The Zillow Mafia
A breakdown of the rising stars and top companies from the Zillow Mafia.
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Top 9 Pitch Deck Resources for Founders
For founders striving to make a lasting impression on potential investors and stakeholders, having access to the right resources is crucial. Learn about the top pitch deck resources.
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Angel Chronicles: How Tim Ferriss built a winning angel investing portfolio
Tim Ferriss is the most popular podcaster and author of "The 4-Hour Work Week". He's also an active and successful angel investor. Learn more about his portfolio and what he advices angel investors to look out for.
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The Zenefits Mafia
Make space - the Zenefits Mafia has landed. Find out which are the most successful companies and founders from this tech mafia group.
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The YouTube Mafia
Find out which are the biggest companies to come out of the YouTube Mafia.
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VC & founder of Modern Angels: Amanda Robson
in this interview with Amanda Robson we talk about why now is a great time to invest in startups, what kind of founders are going to get funded in the next few years, and how Modern Angels has grown into amazing community of women angel investors.
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What is angel investing?
Angel investing 101. Learn about the different angel investing options and how to be a successful angel investor.
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Travis Kalanick's angel investing portfolio
Learn about Travis Kalanick's angel investing portfolio and what he looks for in founders.
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Y Combinator '23 Batch: Top 10 Startups
Y Combinator’s latest startup batch was recently announced. From 20,000 applications, 282 were funded. Below is a list of our top 10 favorite startups, what they are building, and their founders.
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The Top 12 Female Angel Investors in the USA
Find out who are the top 12 female angel investors in the USA. Not only have they written plenty of checks, but they are also notable startup founders.
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Angel investor & founder: Cheryl Kellond
Learn about how this angel investor is re-inventing early stage capital, her investment strategy, and the verticals she is currently most excited about.
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The Linkedin Mafia
Learn which are the top 50 companies of the Linkedin Mafia, including their investors and money raised so far.
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