Nordic Bloom – Live from Silicon Valley: Meet Jared Heyman from Rebel Funds
Nordic Bloom – Live from Silicon Valley: Meet Jared Heyman from Rebel Funds
We are proud to introduce Jared Heyman, founder of Rebel Fund. One of Silicon Valley's newer, but best-performing VC funds with direct access to Y Combinator; the world's most successful incubator with over 100 unicorns since its inception in 2005.
US ventures have outperformed everything else when it comes to spotting and developing unicorns. For the past 25 years, Jared Heyman has been involved in the startup, development, and sale of venture-funded companies, including as founder of a company that was supported by Y Combinator and later successfully sold. In 2019, Jared founded Rebel Funds, which has since invested in over 300 startups, all selected from Y Combinator's own selected investments, quarter by quarter. This is done through a combination of AI and an investment committee, comprised of 10 individuals who have all founded a unicorn.
Hear Jared Heyman talk about:
– The market right now: What's happening in the venture ecosystem in 2026?
– Why are AI-based companies taking up so much space in the venture capital world right now – a bubble?
– The American venture capital market – history, success and failure
– Rebel fund's largest investments and developments
– Real-time insight into Silicon Valley right now, also seen in the context of the current administration in Washington.
See the full video interview here:
Nordic Bloom – Live from Silicon Valley: Meet Jared Heyman from Rebel Funds
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