Xoogler.co: YC Q&A (8/25) | Demo Days | Xoogler Fund at 89% | 19+ events
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🗞 News
Qasar Younis and Michael Ma are giving Xooglers insights on the best way to get into Y Combinator (application due Sep 8) join them on 8/25 and request Xoogler YC alums to review your application.
Join our upcoming Fireside Chat with Tyler Maloney, Founder of Faves with Lightspeed’s Jeremey Liew on 8/26. Learn about Faves here and skip the 65,000+ person waitlist here.
Thank you to all the Limited Partner investors that invested in Xoogler Ventures Fund I, we raised it to use the proceeds to support the Xoogler community. Please refer any ex-Google founders that are looking to raise funds. We’ve made 27 investments since November 2020. 89% of Fund I has been raised. Read more about the history of Xoogler.co and the fund here.
After the success of Xoogler Demo Day Blockchain on July 21 we would like to help more startups by hosting more Demo Days around themes such as Autonomous Vehicles, Blockchain, Climate, Consumer, Deep Learning, FinTech, GovTech, Hardware, Infrastructure, NGOs, RPA, SaaS and regions like EMEA, India etc. Express your interest to present here. Investors express your interest to attend here.
Review or watch (please do not post the video publicly) Chris O’Neill’s Go To Market best practices that he shared with the community in July.
Congratulations to Raghu Yarlagadda on raising $210M for FalconX, now valued at $3.75B! Check out their 39 job openings. Email talent@xoogler.co for a warm intro.
Congratulations to Devin Finzer on OpenSea’s volume in August, going past $1B and surpassing Etsy! Check out their 20+ job openings. Email talent@xoogler.co for a warm intro. Sign up for the Xoogler blockchain group.
Hiring or searching for a new job? Sandeep Jain built Workrise (now valued at $2.9B). He’s now helping Xooglers find jobs by building the Talent Platform and the new Jobs & Product Betas Newsletter. Sign up for customized job listings.
🗓 Upcoming Events
Clubhouse with Bader Hamdan. Email clubhouse@xoogler.co if you need an invite.
Tuesdays at 2pm PT: Mentoring by Kazuki & Yiğit. RSVP
Thursdays at 4:30pm PT: TGI-AI. RSVP
8/22 2:30pm ET (In-Person): Miami Tech Meetup. RSVP
8/25 5pm: Y Combinator application prep with Qasar Younis & Michael Ma. RSVP
8/26 6pm SGT: 🇸🇬 Singapore Xoogler Drinks. RSVP
8/26 1pm PT: Fireside Chat with Tyler Maloney, Founder of Faves. Moderated by Jeremy Liew, Partner at Lightspeed Ventures Partners. RSVP
9/1 12pm CEST: Berlin virtual meetup. Hosted by Daniel Gilgenmann. RSVP
9/1 6pm PT: Autonomous meetup. Hosted by Mohammad Musa. RSVP
9/8 5.30pm AEST | 3.30pm SGT | 12.30pm IST: APAC virtual meetup. RSVP
9/15 4pm BST: 🇪🇺 🇬🇧🇨🇠Founders Meetup with Will Prendergast, Partner at Frontline Ventures. RSVP
9/15 7pm TRT (In-Person): 🇹🇷 Social, İstanbul in Turkey. RSVP
9/16 12pm PT: Founder meetup with Julian Shapiro. RSVP
9/22 5pm London | 6pm Paris & South Africa | 7pm Israel: EMEA Womxn's Happy Hour. RSVP
9/22 8pm ET | 5pm PT: Womxn's Happy Hour. RSVP
9/23 6pm ET (In-Person): NYC Rooftop BBQ Rescheduled! RSVP
9/25 2:30pm ET (In-Person): Miami Boat Tour. RSVP
9/29 6pm ET (In-Person): Raleigh / Durham Happy Hour. RSVP
10/7 5pm PT: Global TGIF by Yiğit and Kazuki. RSVP
10/21 5pm PT: Google Acquired Founders Meetup by Remi, Yiğit, Kazuki featuring Brett Crosby. RSVP
🚀 Talent
If you are looking for a job, sign up here. Sign up here to list a role for a Xoogler company. Complete list of job opportunities. Submit an open role.Â
Remote: Stealth well funded YC startup is hiring a founding engineer.
US / Remote: Warmly for Zoom recently launched. Openings for Growth, Engineering roles.
SF / Remote: CoScreen is looking for a Head of Product Marketing and Technical Community Manager / Developer Relations.
SF: Mage backed by Gradient Ventures is looking for a Front End Engineer, raised $5M+ with under 10 employees.
SF: Faves, curated content from Silicon Valley's greatest minds is hiring in product, data science and engineering.
San Mateo: Mezli is hiring a mechanical design engineer for designing and building multiple subsystems for their auto-kitchen.
Venice, CA: Marvin provides digital mental health services over telemedicine to healthcare professionals is hiring a Senior Recruiting Manager.
Australia: Patrick Donelan co-founded EQL. He’s hiring for Software Engineers for a SDR. His co-founder James Boysons would welcome speaking to any Xooglers working at brands or retailers with hype demand regarding partnership opportunities.