
Peter Fenton
@peterfenton
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Joined April 2007
My sister’s been diagnosed with a rare sarcoma, motivating this search for look-a-like cases if you know anyone please let @wgibson know, his lab at Dana-Farber looks and feels like the best startups in the silicon valley they will change the future of cancer.
Seeking patients with myxoid leiomyosarcoma featuring a PLAG1 fusion. We're forming a major foundation with the best minds including @drsarcoma to find treatments and a cure for this rare disease, including developing in-vitro tumor models. Know someone affected? Pls reach out!.
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At @Benchmark we wholeheartedly entrust our board interactions to @zoom_us, sadly for us we are not investors in zoom so we have no agenda here beyond bearing witness to the integrity of @ericsyuan and his team.
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Witnessing @milesgrimshaw entry into the venture business at age 21 and his meteoric rise over the last 8 yrs stands out without equal in my 20+ yrs practicing: curiosity, insight, and passion to serve - he expands our definition of excellence, welcome our newest GP @benchmark.
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As is @benchmark we remain committed to supporting this vital institution in whatever constructive form emerges.
.@svangel and I are proud to join this group of investors supporting SVB for a timely resumption of business.
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Overjoyed for @EmmanuelMacron and France, the smartest, most progressive leader I've met in Europe, transformational for France!
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OH from a @benchmark founding partner on @jack: "probably the greatest act of selfless leadership I've seen in 35 yrs in the valley".
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For the AI Curious don't miss this trip into the pragmatic brilliance of @btaylor in this wide ranging interview with @HarryStebbings I predict we'll be able to listen to this in 10 years and say "WOW. if only i acted on the insights here!".
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The lag time between a radically new technology (blockchain) and the killer apps feels unknowable — but when lightening strikes a universe opens: NFTs, passionate football community, and fantasy play all collide @sorarehq vividly — follow your curiosity to
We are excited to announce a Series A funding of $50M! 🚀 . Backed by a world-class team of investors & footballers. Read @ni2las blog to find out how we will propel the game to new heights! #OwnYourGame⚽.
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my partner @sarahtavel illuminates so much in this post on what's happening in the AI startup world
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with 3+ months of the remote work experiment behind us that can't be unseen, leadership teams can ask: now what? this is the best essay I've read on the topic, thanks @adamdangelo:
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The book I most heartily recommend to everyone I work with is now properly available on Amazon thanks @mattmochary for contributing this immensely valuable guide for entrepreneurs
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Nothing compares to the sense of possibilities at the beginning thrilled to be back in business with @jeffseibert @Wayne.
Announcing our $10.5M Series A led by @benchmark and 72 angels. Welcome, @peterfenton, to the Digits board!
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A brilliant move by GV and a great day for the dozens of future breakout successes @jess will enable!
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When we think about Silicon Valley as an ethos, egoic firms seeking to “win” don’t come to mind for me, the service and abundance mindset of @RonConway does, he elevates us all to a higher level of service without making anyone feel less-than, thanks for spotlighting @bchesky.
I've been reaching out to many of the people who supported Airbnb in our earliest days to say thanks. While there are a number of people who believed in us, without Ron Conway, Airbnb wouldn't be what it is today.
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From the moment I met him on the @elastic board @chetanp stood out as a once-in-a-generation investor and partner to entrepreneurs, welcome our newest partner @benchmark!.
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Actions define us, @jack leadership shows us once again anything is possible when you sublimate self interest
🐥⚡️ I'm giving ~1/3rd of my Twitter stock (exactly 1% of the company) to our employee equity pool to reinvest directly in our people.
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Thank you @loganbartlett for asking such refreshing engaging questions 😊.
Ep 40: .- a conversation w @benchmark’s @peterfenton about his path into venture, mentors, investing in what can go right, what makes great founders & the current market.- plus Rahul Ligma & @corporayshid has a podcast. Apple: YT:
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Feel blessed to work with @btaylor and now on the Twitter board!!! One of the truly great thinkers in our world at so many levels.
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Perfect day to run a marathon,. matched my time pre knee surgery to the minute at 3:01 #bigsurmarathon
http://t.co/Yba8LiLClB.
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Inspired by the energy and clarity of purpose for Twitter that @jack brings as permanent CEO, even more so after a full search.
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Must read post from @elastic Founder/CEO if you have any curiosity about opensource and its evolution in the cloud.
I wrote my thoughts on what made us all, our company and our community, successful over the years, and keeping true to it
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Thrilled to serve the clarity of purpose of @sketch to unlock the potential of a design and designers and the worlds of joy they create.
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best business article in ages, simplify until it hurts around your unique model, complexity kills http://t.co/Nxe9EAWJ.
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Thinking at the edge of software investing, our partner @chetanp – Go Slow to Go Fast: Software Building and Investing – [Invest Like the Best, EP.156]
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Thanks Twitter Ireland for hosting me today, vibrant energizing culture @stephenpmc
http://t.co/d4OgmL9RE0.
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Thanks to @quora for the opportunity to answer questions last week -- such a vibrant engaged community
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Excited to join @aikarjal on the board at Robocorp!.
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If you haven’t heard this I urge you to listen to it today in honor of @repjohnlewis what an inconceivably great soul
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Genuine passion & interest in entrepreneurship from @fhollande, making positive changes, big thanks to @Xavier75
http://t.co/ZuDTeKHcgF.
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To @btaylor @kevgibbs @molly_g and the entire @quip team congrats and onwards to the next 500m dau!!!
Salesforce buys word processing app Quip for $750M by @ingridlunden.
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Ouch 😣 The salience of this $3b mistake remains as fresh as ever — as with @tobi — the compounding magnitude of my gaffe creates (unexpectedly) more admiration and positive motivation thank you for quantifying it 😉 @scottfarkas and @mcannonbrookes
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Developers now have a way to create RPA with the freedom of open source and cloud-native technology @RobocorpInc,
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Twitter's new Exec Chair @omidkordestani unparalleled in his ability to attract/motivate the best, he's passionate about the future @twitter.
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the biggest innovation in engineering education in our lifetime @42born2code now in the US *thx* @Xavier75
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For the nearly all data that is timeseries data. a compelling new offering from Timescale.
So excited to announce Timescale Cloud: the first fully-managed time-series database service that works on AWS, GCP, & Azure. Fully production-ready with built-in HA. Starts at $2.64/day (less than a cup of coffee). Sign up today and get $300 in credits!.
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My partners and I @benchmark have dreamed of working with @ryanspoon for 15 years, he defines excellence in everything he does and seeks (with great success) to raise everyone to their full potential, welcome to @SorareHQ !!!.
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The free TON phenotype of the brilliant TON genotype now coming to life — major validation of the scalability and integrity of @tonlabs and @communityTon.
FIDE proudly announces a landmark partnership with @tonlabs, the core developer of the Free TON Network, to launch - a new, holistic chess non-fungible token (NFT) ecosystem. Details:
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Thrilled to be working with @acoustik and @michaelfreedman - meteoric adoption over the last 9 months of @timescaledb. Postgres, SQL, timeseries data.
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Twitter feels electric on #GSWvsOKC filter, ensures I stay wide awake in Paris - the best seat in the house!
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Wild, @WillFenton learned chess this week and challenges this guy in the jardin du Luxembourg http://t.co/DeuffLYJox.
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ICYMI a Great White ate a seal by Alcatraz yesterday -- and to think we swim there 😬 http://t.co/ivsROXDShx.
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Worth reading if you’re building or curious about the future of micro services and infrastructure software @wm.
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🐥⚡️ Some news: I'm going back to @Twitter! I believe completely in this team. I love this company. And I’m in for the next chapter!.
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Congrats to @jimgoetz & all @sequoia on the epic recognition http://t.co/G4UckeCYRX culture ensures they will stay on top for generations.
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@adambain from day 1 you've inspired us to serve twitter: selfless, authentic, and aspirational, and you're just getting started :-).
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Thanks for inviting me @mikkelsvane and being a joyful conversationalist — if only your editor was with me at your board meetings I would have said more with less words over the years 😉.
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The tension and opportunity in the tenderloin -- great analysis by @levynews
http://t.co/Vr3L4q3IyN.
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