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Aydin Senkut
Felicis
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Founder @Felicis | 12x Midas List | 10 IPOs | lucky husband & proud father
Menlo Park, CA
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Aug 24, 2025
    The hardest thing in venture is reinvention. You’d think success should naturally lead to more success, but more often, it traps you. Success makes investors complacent, convinced they’ve “found the winning formula.” But the truth is, consistent great returns only come from
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    Aydin Senkut
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    Aug 18, 2021
    Big day: new @felicis $900M Fund 8, betting on super trust in the era of super capital + excited to welcome ⁦@vivfaga⁩ as our newest GP cc ⁦@weschan⁩ ⁦@speechu⁩ ⁦@victoriatr⁩ ⁦@nikipez⁩ ⁦via ⁦@Cookie⁩ ⁦
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    Felicis Ventures grows along with its returns, gathering up $900 million across two new funds |...
    Fifteen years ago, Aydin Senkut, a former Google exec, was an outsider in venture circles that didn't take seriously his ambitions to become a top VC.
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Feb 24, 2020
    I’m so proud to see @kennethlin & @creditkarma vision reach this incredible scale from when we first invested in their seed round to result in the $7.1B acquisition by @Intuit
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    Intuit confirms that it is buying Credit Karma for $7.1B in cash and stock | TechCrunch
    The week is kicking off with a major piece of M&A in the world of financial technology startups. Today Intuit -- the accounting, tax filing and
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Sep 10, 2023
    Key learnings for us: 1. Markets matter, pick big incumbents (MS Office) or follow big demand (devs require better access to FinTech) 2. Generalist approach broadens access to more winners (not a single unicorn or decacorn investment we made was led by an expert) 3. Some of our
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    Harry Stebbings
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    Sep 9, 2023
    7 Unicorns and 3 Decacorns in one Fund 👇 insane! Felicis Ventures III ($71M), @asenkut @speechu invested in the seed rounds of: Adyen ($24.4BN Market Cap) Plaid ($13.4BN Latest Valuation) Notion ($10BN Latest Valuation) Credit Karma ($7.1BN Acquisition) Ginkgo Bioworks
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Jan 25, 2020
    Anybody who is in VC business or interested in it, this is a must read piece by @CamAssociates (Cambridge Associates) with plethora of great stats (LP allocations up 2-3x / loss ratio down from 50% to 20% / new managers consistently in top 10): cambridgeassociates.com/research/ventu…
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Mar 11, 2020
    Even amidst these turbulent times, we are doubling down on our quest to find the most iconic companies & partnering with amazing founders: wsj.com/articles/felic… via @ychernova @WSJ
    Felicis Ventures Raises $510 Million Fund
    Felicis Ventures Raises $510 Million Fund
    From wsj.com
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Sep 10, 2018
    Big day @felicis as we announce our Founder Development Pledge: committing 1% in non-dilutive capital on top of every 1st check we write to be used towards personalized founder development - great work by @dashamaggio coverage by @alexrkonrad @forbes forbes.com/sites/alexkonr…
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    May 2, 2019
    Go out of your way to say “thank you, I’m grateful” in as many different situations as you can - you might be surprised with an unexpected jolt of happiness.
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Aug 15, 2019
    To amplify, we @felicis found that revenue, capital efficiency is one of the most reliable predictors of future success. I wish we paid more attention to what startups did with $ raised vs size of rounds...
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    Harry Stebbings
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    Aug 14, 2019
    Level of funding correlated to success, correct? Incorrect. Of 50 biggest exits since 2012, 32% raised sub $100m. 6 of 9 most valuable IPOs raised sub $100m. 6 of 11 companies which raised most pre-IPO now negative change in value since IPO. Funding is not always king. 🤷‍♂️
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    May 23, 2019
    Big day today: our first LP board meeting in our new SF office, 4 Series A term sheets signed in last 6 weeks (2 already closed), so much more to come and it’s not even summer yet !
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Aug 1, 2018
    Super excited about our latest fund & welcoming our newest partner @victoriatr to our team; we are so privileged to join journeys of so many amazing companies, look forward to adding many more ! Captured nicely by @Cookie
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    Felicis Ventures has a new, $270 million fund, and a new managing director: Victoria Treyger |...
    Felicis Ventures, the early-stage, San Francisco-based venture firmed founded a dozen or so years ago by former Googler Aydin Senkut, has closed its sixth
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Feb 28, 2019
    Honored for ⁦@Felicis⁩ to be a nominee for Venture Firm of the Year at ⁦@nvca⁩ Annual Gala !
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Oct 2, 2024
    When we led the Ser A of @poolsideai , pre product, we felt, it is going to be one of the boldest investments we ever made at @felicis - partnering w @jasoncwarner & @eisokant is so special because they're so ambitious & assembled a stellar team more swiftly than we have ever
    poolside closes $500 Million Series B to build the world's most capable AI for software development
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    Aydin Senkut
    Felicis
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    Jan 19, 2015
    Immigrant Founders started 52% of all new Silicon Valley companies between 1995-2005 on @Inc inc.com/magazine/20150… via @davemcclure
    The Most Entrepreneurial Group in America Wasn't Born in America
    From inc.com