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Fireside Project manifests a $200K fund to improve access to careers in psychedelic health

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I started having my own psychedelic experiences many years ago, the first one was in 2002 I think. To explore that career transition, I figured I should try to get a couple of volunteer opportunities to see if I actually liked providing emotional support to other people. But psychedelics became a bigger part of my life around 2010.

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Get to Know Richard de Silva of Highland Capital

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I took the opportunity this past week to publish summary notes of some of the VCs and entrepreneurs I had interviewed on This Week in VC. One of my goals in doing the show was not only to educate entrepreneurs but also to put a human face on many of the VCs in our industry as VCs can be hard to get to know. How did you get into VC? (9:30

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Tiger Global is raising a new $3.75 billion venture fund, one year after closing its last

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A spokesperson for the firm declined to comment on the letter or Tiger’s broader fundraising strategy when reached this morning. Another of its newest, biggest bets centers on the online education platform Zuowebang, in China. billion in capital commitments. New Enterprise Associates closed its newest fund with $3.6