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I'm a VC founder and busy boy mom. Here's a day in my life — and my 3 favorite AI prompts that help

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Headshot of Jesse Draper
Jesse Draper.

Halogen Ventures

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Jesse Draper, the 43-year-old founder of Halogen Ventures in Santa Monica, California. It's been edited for length and clarity.

Know an investor on the hunt for the 'next big thing' in social media? We want to hear from you.

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A young man uses a smartphone while walking across a zebra crossing in Frankfurt am Main, Hesse, Germany, on May 16, 2026. Smartphones and social media are part of daily communication and digital habits among young people. (Photo by Michael Nguyen/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
Business Insider wants to know the names of the top investors hunting for the next big internet hit.

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An Instacart founder shares his sneaker test for entrepreneurs

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Instacart cofounder Max Mullen
Max Mullen is the cofounder of Instacart.

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Legendary VC firm Sequoia just released the memo for its Apple bet in 1977 — and it shows how far the iPhone maker has come

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Steve Jobs introducing new iPod
Sequoia Capital has shared a relic of business history that centers on Apple and Steve Jobs.

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Why the frenzy to buy Anduril shares is like buying Taylor Swift tickets

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Palmer Luckey is pictured.
Palmer Luckey's Spotify includes heavy metal, Celtic punk, and lots of Kelly Clarkson.

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Eight ex-ServiceNow salespeople have been poached by upstart rival Serval as companies race to compete in the AI boom

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Serval founders (Jake Stauch, CEO is on the left, and Alex McLeod, CTO, is on the right).
Serval founders Jake Stauch (left) and Alex McLeod.

Serval

Lovable's revenue has jumped 33 percent in a month amid vibe coding frenzy

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Lisbon , Portugal - 10 November 2025; Anton Osika, Co-founder & CEO, Lovable during opening night of Web Summit 2025 at the MEO Arena in Lisbon, Portugal.

The billionaire founder of Palo Alto Networks started a new cybersecurity company. Here's why many people are calling it 'crazy.'

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The cofounders of Cylake, from left to right: Ehud (Udi) Shamir Nir Zuk, and Wilson Xu.
The cofounders of Cylake, from left to right: Ehud (Udi) Shamir Nir Zuk, and Wilson Xu.

Cylake

Why a former Khosla partner who was one of the first investors in Groq is striking out on her own

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Sandhya Venkatachalam is the managing partner of Axiom Partners.
Sandhya Venkatachalam is the managing partner of Axiom Partners.

Axiom Partners

Cybersecurity startup Lema has come out of stealth to raise $24 million

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Lema founders
Lema founders left to right: Omer Yehudai (CPO), Eddie Dovzhik (CEO), and Tomer Roizman (CTO).

Netanel Tobias

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