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Sentinel Global Reunites Senior Investment Team Behind Affirm, DoorDash, Databricks, Coinbase, Chainalysis, Zoom, Snowflake, Uber
SAN FRANCISCO, February 17, 2026--Sentinel Global, a multi-stage venture capital firm investing in enterprise technology founders who are reshaping the systems underpinning global markets, today announced a major expansion of the firm, reuniting a senior investment team that invested in companies such as Affirm, DoorDash, Airbnb, Chainalysis, Databricks, Zoom, Uber, Snowflake and Coinbase, and expanding Sentinel Labs, the firm’s AI-powered research arm, which helps limited partners and founders
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