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HVF stands for "Hard Valuable Fun". It was founded in 2011 as the umbrella project for all of Max Levchin's data-focused undertakings. Its core thesis is that data is becoming our most plentiful, and most under-exploited commodity. The insights mined from it will unlock enormous productivity gains, create efficiencies where none existed before, and meaningfully improve lives. HVF is the catalyst of that transformation.
Building on the core thesis, HVF searches for opportunities that create value by leveraging data. This takes form of rapid prototyping of internally-generated ideas, getting together with the brightest minds in the many industries that will benefit from the data explosion, looking for (and at) interesting data sets and sources, and developing companies that will shift industries forward.
Building on the core thesis, HVF searches for opportunities that create value by leveraging data. This takes form of rapid prototyping of internally-generated ideas, getting together with the brightest minds in the many industries that will benefit from the data explosion, looking for (and at) interesting data sets and sources, and developing companies that will shift industries forward.
Overview
Location
United States, California, San Francisco
Employees
11-50
Founded date
2002
Mentions in press and media 8
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| Oct 9, 2018 | Divvy, an interesting new fractional home ownership startup, just raised a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz | Tech startups have found all kinds of ways to lend money to those hampered by either too little or not very good credit. The approach of a nearly two-year-old, 15-person San Francisco-based startup called Divvy Homes is among the more creat... |
| Dec 14, 2016 | Suiteness raises $5M to expand their hotel suite booking platform | Suiteness, a YC company that makes it easy to book hotel suites for groups, has raised $5M in Series A funding. The round was led by Bullpen Capital & Global Founders Capital, with participation from HVF (Max Levchin’s personal fund), Y... |
| Sep 29, 2016 | Lystable adds Max Levchin to the list of investors backing its gig economy SaaS | Helping businesses better manage gig economy workers is turning out to be a pitch with serious pulling power for Lystable, the UK startup which closed an $11 million Series A this summer, led by Peter Thiel’s Valar Ventures — following fast... |
| Mar 22, 2016 | Thinking up World Changing Ideas with Max Levchin at SXSW | |
| Jun 10, 2014 | How Max Levchin Plans To Reinvent Consumer Finance Again, With His New Company Affirm | Max Levchin is one of the founders of PayPal, a company that made it easier for consumers to transfer funds to one another and provided an easy-to-install payment processor for businesses. Now he’s seeking to once again reinvent consumer fi... |
| Feb 3, 2014 | StumbleUpon and Uber Founder Garrett Camp Is Raising $75 Million For Company-Building Venture Expa | Garrett Camp, co-founder of both StumbleUpon and Uber, is looking for help in funding his new company-building venture Expa. According to an SEC filing, Camp is looking to raise up to $75 million to bring about a portfolio of innovative new... |
| От Skype к робокурьерам, от Oculus — к военным дронам: стартапы предпринимателей после крупных проектов Статьи редакции | Янус Фриис, Макс Левчин, Палмер Лаки и другие строят новых «единорогов» — и некоторые уже построили 4 4 комментария 2920 просмотров Слушать Стартап, который сделал сооснователя PayPal миллиардером Макс Левчин известен как сооснователь платё... |
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FAQ about HVF Labs
When was HVF Labs founded?
HVF Labs was founded in 2002.
What has the press written about HVF Labs?
Parsers VC has collected 8 articles mentioning HVF Labs, among them “Divvy, an interesting new fractional home ownership startup, just raised a Series A round led by Andreessen Horowitz” (Oct 9, 2018) and “Suiteness raises $5M to expand their hotel suite booking platform” (Dec 14, 2016).
Is HVF Labs still active?
Yes, HVF Labs is active; its latest activity on Parsers VC dates from Jul 2, 2021.