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The Venture Firm That Put All Its Chips on Cybersecurity
Ten Eleven Ventures made a concentrated bet before cybersecurity became a boardroom obsession. More than a decade later, its edge is not simply capital - it is knowing how security products get built, bought and scaled.
The Firm That Turned One Man's Duty-Free Fortune Into a $118 Billion Growth Machine
It began as one billionaire's quiet family office. Today General Atlantic writes some of the biggest checks in private markets - and it still calls itself a partner, not a boss.
Norwest Built a 65-Year Venture Firm Around One Unfashionable Idea: Range
In a market built on specialization, Norwest sells breadth: one global fund, checks from $1 million to $200 million, and an operator bench designed to show up only when invited.
Gotrade
Gotrade is a Singapore-based, YC-backed fintech that lets people in 140+ countries buy fractional shares of US stocks and ETFs commission-free, starting from just $1. Often described as a 'Robinhood for Southeast Asia,' it uses nine-decimal-place fractional trading to make high-priced US equities accessible to first-time international investors on a mobile-first app.
Alpaca
Alpaca is a developer-first brokerage infrastructure company providing APIs and a self-clearing custody platform that lets fintechs, banks and trading apps embed access to US stocks, options, crypto and fixed income for customers in 40+ countries. Often called the AWS of finance, it powers more than 300 financial institutions and millions of brokerage accounts globally.