The founder of a tech company now valued at $14 billion told The Post that navigating the startup world of Silicon Valley is like dealing with a “boys club” full of “mob bosses.&#…
The founder of a tech company now valued at $14 billion told The Post that navigating the startup world of Silicon Valley is like dealing with a “boys club” full of “mob bosses.”
He told The Post that bigwigs of venture capital in Silicon Valley who had backed one of his biggest competitors,Stripe, acted like “mob bosses” and threw up obstacles when it came to investors interested in his company.Twitter post last week Stripe, Y Combinator and Sequoia didn’t immediately return requests for comment from The Post, but some tech observers took issue with Breslow’s comments and his characterization of the venture capital scene.
Bolt has a valuation of $14 billion and recently concluded a Series E funding round that netted the firm more than $350 million in fresh capital.permanently shifted to a four-day work weekMeanwhile, Breslow revealed to The Post that he plans to promote Maju Kuruvilla, Amazon’s former head of global logistics, to the position of chief executive officer just a year after hiring him away from the online retail giant.
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