FTX collapse spreads to other crypto companies 
The crisis sparked by the collapse of FTX crypto empire ensnared BlockFi, a troubled digital-asset lender once worth $3 billion.
Sequoia Capital
🔒 Sequoia Capital’s Roelof Botha predicts success for Elon Musk at Twitter
Mr. Botha said he thought Twitter could find better ways to make money beyond advertising and improve its product. Sequoia has committed $800 million for the deal.
Financial Times perspective: Flying SA flag high – Sequoia Capital’s new boss, Roelof Botha
Roelof Botha, a partner at Sequoia, will assume the firm’s leadership in July, taking over from billionaire investor Doug Leone, who will retire aged 65.
The late Pik Botha – one in a million? Here’s the proof.
Whatever his critics claim today, his progeny also suggests there was something in Pik Botha’s genes.
🔒 WORLDVIEW: Freshest star of Silicon Valley won’t move home – SA “makes me very sad.”
Exceptional talents are always likely to leave small ponds for bigger seas. They have a disproportionate influence on those they meet there.
Major difference between Ramaphosa and Zuma. One loves to read.
In Davos this year, Cyril Ramaphosa was like a fish in fresh water. He sparkled during half a dozen high powered sessions, fielded complex questions with aplomb.
SA prodigy, Pik Botha’s 43yo grandson, to lead Silicon Valley’s top VC firm
Roelof Botha has been promoted to one of three stewards of Sequoia Capital, whose winning early bets in Apple, Google and numerous others have made it the most famous venture capital firm in the tech heartland, Silicon Valley.
Airbnb expresses disappointment, asks: “How many Silicon Valley CEOs have visited SA?”
Alec Hogg says South Africans are punching far above their weight in Silicon Valley.
Hotel rooms of the future – Airbnb sure to take off in SA. Eventually.
By Alec Hogg I grew up in Newcastle, then a small town in Northern KZN. In those days before South Africa allowed television, the choice of entertainment was between the Flame Drive-In and a bughouse called The Plaza. It was months before movies made it off the circuit into the town – sometimes so old … Read more
Naspers: New CEO promises even faster growth, more internet investment
The departure of Naspers’ long-time CEO Koos Bekker came over a weekend, giving punters time to reflect before voting with their chequebooks. As a result, a message of a “second sabbatical” before his return as chairman, had sufficient time to be absorbed. As did the decision to appoint a 40-something Dutch ecommerce specialist as his … Read more