It was the day after the Fall Equinox, and we were partying on a rooftop, pulling tarot cards about our love lives. The location might surprise you: a venture capital firm’s office overlooking the Manhattan skyline. Wait, what’s astrology got to do with venture capital? We were at a launch party for a social-astrology app
Chemistry Ventures, the venture capital firm launched two years ago by Bessemer alumni Index Ventures and Andreessen Horowitz, is raising $500 million for its second fund, according to an SEC filing. Founded by Mark Goldberg, Ethan Kurzweil, and Kristina Shen, Chemistry launched with a $350 million fund and invests in early-stage startups building development tools,