inVest Ventures

🚀 Exciting news! Introducing inVest Ventures – a community-driven VC fund launched today to empower the next generation of LinkedIn alumni entrepreneurs. LinkedIn has an incredible history of incubating top talent who have founded amazing companies like Confluent, Notion, and Figma. inVest Ventures connects these LinkedIn alumni entrepreneurs with current and former LinkedIn employees ("inVestors") for funding, advice, and support to build the next generation of transformational companies. Our inVestors bring unparalleled expertise from building LinkedIn and founding, leading, or investing in other iconic tech companies. We're on a mission to empower the LinkedIn entrepreneurial ecosystem! Meet the inVest team: Glenn Borok, Karen Chi, Neil Khare, Lauri J. Moore, James Raybould, Erica Lockheimer, Lizzie Youshaei, Mia McConnell #VentureCapital #Entrepreneurship #LinkedIn #Founders #VC

Calling all LinkedIn alumni in the startup ecosystem in NYC! 🚀 Are you a former LinkedIn employee who's now a founder or working in the startup community? We have a few spots left for our inVest Ventures launch celebration in NYC next Wednesday! 🎉 What to expect: - Connect with fellow LinkedIn alum founders - Meet inVest LPs and team members (including Lauri J. Moore and Karen Chi) - Celebrate with new friends and rekindle old connections Interested? DM inVest Ventures for details.

💡 Did you know? Before co-founding Figma, Dylan Field interned for LinkedIn's Data Analytics team. In his Thiel Fellowship application, Dylan shared this story: During his internship, Dylan proposed "LinkedIn for Good," a project to match volunteers with non-profits using skills data. Initially turned down as it couldn't scale, Dylan persevered. He made it an InDay Hackathon project and in just one day, they created a product spec, mockups, a prototype, and a go-to-market strategy. A month after being told to stop, the company was buzzing about the idea. Fast forward to today. Figma just launched new features at #Config2024: 1. 🎨 Figma AI: AI-powered design in a new UI 2. 📊 Figma Slides: Real-time collaborative presentations 3. 👩💻 Dev Mode: Say goodbye to "Is this the latest design?" with new views and statuses for devs From LinkedIn intern to Figma CEO, Dylan's story shows how diverse experiences spark innovation. What was your most impactful internship? Share below!👇

🚀 Breaking News: Hyperplane has been acquired by Nubank! We're thrilled to share exciting news from our LinkedIn alumni community! Hyperplane, co-founded by LinkedIn alum Rohan Ramanath, is joining forces with Nubank, the largest digital banking platform outside of Asia. Key highlights: 💸 Hyperplane is a data intelligence platform helping banks leverage first-party data 😱 Founded in 2022, Hyperplane raised $6M in seed funding only 7 months ago 🇧🇷 Nubank provides access to over 100 million customers across Brazil, Mexico, and Colombia to accelerate hyper-personalized consumer banking Rohan explains Hyperplane's mission: "If banks across the world have a lot of first-party data, what does it take to build a data intelligence layer so that banks can plug in their first-party data?" Congratulations to Rohan and the entire Hyperplane team on this milestone! 🌟 🔗 Read the full story: https://lnkd.in/dUmSyQwC

📢 Hot off the press: Exciting updates from LinkedIn-alumni companies! Here's our first monthly roundup of milestones, product launches, and more from companies founded by LinkedIn alumni. 1. Superhuman revolutionizes email with its 2.0 launch, introducing collaborative features to make email "multiplayer by default" like sharing live views of any email with your team. This company is transforming how 1 billion professionals use this essential tool for 3 hours every day. 💌 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/edD8Pb5h 2. Notion expands globally, opening a new office in Tokyo to serve one of its largest markets. 🇯🇵 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eSa-3uCS 3. Color Health is developing a new AI tool in partnership with OpenAI, powered by GPT-4, to democratize access to cancer expertise in primary care settings. This tool aims to enable "healthcare providers to make evidence-based decisions about cancer screening and treatment"🎗️ Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gAVc7gn3 4. Ambient.ai announces an exciting new partnership with Grid Squared Systems! This collaboration enhances security operations with AI-powered technology, reducing false alarms and providing real-time forensic data. 🔒 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/ekUUAPkU 5. Daffy was named a finalist in the WealthManagement.com Industry Awards under the Specialized Planning Applications category! 🏅 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/epc9HX4q 6. Esusu unveils its 2.0 brand identity, introducing the tagline "Unlock Tomorrow" to further its mission of financial inclusion 🌟 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/gwVDhzJc 7. Merge was recognized as one of the "Best Places to Work in the Bay Area" by San Francisco Business Times. 🎉 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eaRjU-xc 8. Figma Config is this week! Explore the future of design collaboration June 26 & 27 ✨ 9. StarTree named one of Intellyx's Digital Innovators of 2024, joining tech leaders like Starburst, Zoho, and IBM 🌟 Learn more: https://lnkd.in/eg96JEQ5 10. Hiring Spotlight! 🔍 Enterpret is hiring for their Backend Engineering team in India! Help build leading customer feedback intelligence for product development teams. Apply for internships (https://lnkd.in/e_mvZUKe) and full-time roles (https://lnkd.in/ekbJgYER). What did we miss? Let us know in the comments below what companies founded by LinkedIn-alums are up to. See you next month 👋

🌟 Community Spotlight: Anomalo, co-founded by LinkedIn alum Elliot Shmukler, named Databricks Emerging Partner of the Year! Elliot, Co-founder and CEO at Anomalo, started as the sole Product Manager for Growth at LinkedIn in March 2008. During his 6-year tenure, he helped grow the site from 20M to over 200M members! 📈 Anomalo's platform automatically detects and explains data issues, enabling organizations to trust their data for decision-making. Roger Murff, VP of Technology Partners at Databricks, says, "Anomalo has demonstrated innovation and commitment to data quality which aligns perfectly with our mission to help organizations build data-driven cultures and democratize data and AI." This award from Databricks recognizes Anomalo's contributions to the Databricks ecosystem and its commitment to helping organizations leverage their data effectively. Anomalo was also named one of the 44 startups to bet your career on in 2024 by Business Insider - and they’re hiring! 🏆 Congratulations to Elliot and the Anomalo team on these achievements! 👏 #LinkedInAlumni #DataQuality #DatabricksPartner Learn more: https://lnkd.in/geqZQ6PN Open jobs at Anomalo: https://lnkd.in/eK6F2GNb

🚀 From LinkedIn to transforming kidney care: Arvind Rajan's journey Meet Arvind Rajan, co-founder of Cricket Health (now Interwell Health), who spent six years at LinkedIn from 2008 to 2014. In this video, Arvind shares how his time at LinkedIn laid the foundation for his entrepreneurial success. "Almost all of our early checks in the company came from our LinkedIn friends, who made a bet on me and the company at a time when we couldn't get a scintilla of interest from any healthcare investor in America," reveals Arvind. "The culture we built at Cricket, which was such an intrinsic part of our success, was heavily influenced by my time at LinkedIn," he adds. Today, Interwell Health is a leader in value-based kidney care with a growing network of over 1,600 nephrologists and cutting-edge technology. 🌟 #LinkedInAlumni #FounderFriday

🧠 Trivia Thursday! Can you guess the name of this company founded by a LinkedIn alum based on the clues provided below?🕵️♂️💡 AgentSync, Magical, Merge, Bluebirds

🌟 Founder Friday! Meet Annabel Liu, co-founder and CTO of Curated. Annabel shares how her eight years at LinkedIn prepared her to build a transformational company and how the community has supported her along the way.🚀 "It just does not get any better than this." - Annabel on the professional growth and support she's experienced thanks to her time at LinkedIn. If you're a LinkedIn alumni founder or prospective founder, we'd love to hear from you and to help you: https://lnkd.in/eXYCSNhU. #Founders #LinkedInAlumni #DreamBig

🧠 Name That (LinkedIn alum) Startup! Can you guess the name of this innovative company based on the clues provided below?🕵️♂️💡 Leland Kale Superhuman Truework