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Who is Newcomer?
Eric Newcomer
Founder / Lead Writer
Eric Newcomer founded and runs Newcomer, the startups and venture capital media and events company.
Having written about Silicon Valley for over a decade, Eric has established himself as a go-to voice for understanding what’s going on in Silicon Valley. He’s broken news on Uber, Databricks, Stripe, Andreessen Horowitz, Sequoia, and many more top tech companies and venture capital firms.
Eric quit his job as a reporter at Bloomberg in 2020 to start Newcomer. He covered startups and venture capital for Bloomberg for six years. Before that, he earned his stripes as a tech reporter as the first employee at tech news site The Information.
Today, he’s building Newcomer into a full-fledged media and events business with four full-time employees and several high-profile insider events a year. He’s the host of the Cerebral Valley AI Summit and additional vertical AI summits.
He grew up in Macon, GA, and graduated from Harvard in 2012 with a degree in philosophy. Today, he lives in Brooklyn, NY.
Riley Konsella
Business Lead
Riley joined Newcomer in 2022 and leads business initiatives and events. He graduated from Union College in 2017, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Madeline Renbarger
Journalist
Madeline is Newcomer’s first reporter hire, covering the business of startups and venture capital. Before that, she covered early-stage startup and VC news at Business Insider with a focus on the culture inside startups, accelerator programs, and VC careers. She earned her master’s in journalism from Columbia University in 2021 and currently resides in Brooklyn, NY.
Jonathan Weber
Editor at Large
Jonathan Weber was the Los Angeles Times’ first-ever Silicon Valley correspondent and was later the co-founder and editor in chief of The Industry Standard, The Bay Citizen and The San Francisco Standard. He launched the Web 2.0 startup NewWest.Net and served as West Coast bureau chief and global technology editor for Reuters News. His new book, City on the Edge, tells the story of San Francisco’s transformation in the tech era. He holds a B.A. in Philosophy from Wesleyan University.
Cain Hillier
Journalist
Cain is Newcomer’s first reporter in Europe, covering AI, startups, and venture capital on a 2026-2027 Tarbell Fellowship. Previously, he was a technical writer at Schneider Electric. He completed his master’s in global risk and resilience at Cambridge in 2026 and currently resides in London.
Tom Dotan
Senior Correspondant
Tom covers the business of AI for Newcomer. He previously worked at The Wall Street Journal covering Microsoft, OpenAI, and the cloud-infrastructure boom and before that was a reporter at The Information. He also contributes freelance features to magazines like Vanity Fair. He lives in San Francisco.
Sriram Mani
Contributing Writer
Sriram is a contributing writer for Newcomer covering the money and people behind AI. He has scooped hundreds of deals, written intimate profiles and unraveled fraud for Reuters, the LA Review of Books, and several top Indian publications. He has written on venture capital from three continents: Asia, Africa, and now North America, and currently lives in San Francisco.
Adanma Raymond
Community Lead
Adanma joined Newcomer in 2026 as Community Lead, building connectivity across Newcomer’s journalism, events, and broader audience. Before Newcomer, she worked in community building, talent, and venture initiatives at Endeavor, Amazon, and The Historic Fund, where she raised a $9M+ fund benefitting HBCU endowments. She lives between Brooklyn and the Hudson Valley.
Laurel Farr
Summit Operations Associate
Laurel Farr joined Newcomer in early 2026 as a Summit Operations Associate. Originally from North Carolina, she graduated from NC State University and now lives in New York City.
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