Banned from Y Combinator and Google's algorithm wiped out his company overnight. Neither stopped him
He's the man that invested $25K in Uber outside a bar which returned $100MMeet Jason Calacanis• 1970: Born in Brooklyn, NY• 1993: Psychology degree from Fordham University• 2003: Built Weblogs, Inc. from his apartment with Mark Cuban's backing• 2005: Sold to AOL for $25M• 2006: Recruited by Sequoia as a scout• 2007: Launched Mahalo to take on Google. Hit 15 million monthly visitors• 2010: Wrote a $25K check into Uber at a bar → $100M• 2011: Google's Panda update wiped Mahalo out overnight• 2016: Banned from Y Combinator Demo Day• 2020: Co-hosts All-In with Chamath, Sacks, Friedberg• Today: 350+ companies funded — Robinhood, Calm, Thumbtack, SuperhumanHis fund is still running today. Here's what it holds:Robinhood $Robinhood(HOOD.US): Retail trading app. Up 755%Meta $Meta Platforms(META.US): Social media empire. Up 287%Taiwan Semi $Taiwan Semiconductor(TSM.US): AI chip foundry. Up 292%Amazon $Amazon(AMZN.US): Cloud and commerce. Up 152%Google $Alphabet(GOOGL.US): Search and AI. Up 181%The Brooklyn kid Silicon Valley tried to kick out went no where @Jason
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