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The quirky new VC being guided by Jewish values

JL;DR SUMMARY Long Journey Ventures, a quirky venture capital firm in San Francisco, has embraced Jewish values in its latest fund, totaling $181,818,181.80—a nod to the Hebrew word for life, chai. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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Jewish ValuesOctober 7 AttacksVenture CapitalSilicon ValleyInvestment StrategyArielle ZuckerbergLee JacobsLong Journey Ventures

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San Francisco, California, United States
"Long Journey Ventures, a venture capital firm in San Francisco, announced that it had raised a new fund totaling $181,818,181.80, that figure may have confused some fellow tech investors"
Israel
"The horrific attacks in Israel on October 7th awakened something dormant at my core a deep inner knowing of my purpose and what Im willing to fight for, wrote Jacobs."

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