Fundraising advice for emerging GP’s
A few weeks ago, I put out this tweet…which kind of blew up. Since then, I’ve received 200+ inbound leads (and counting). While I was aware of many emerging GPs raising right now, I didn’t realize just how many were in the market. As one fellow VC said to me, “Raising a fund for an […]
The power of two: How AI can spark both technological and business model innovation
The most powerful disruptions occur when a technology disruption and a business model disruption go hand in hand. This ‘double disruption’ forces incumbents to get up to speed with a new technology and a new business model at the same time. It’s incredibly hard to invest lots of money in a new technology, while simultaneously […]
Announcing our investment in Dinari, a decentralized stock trading platform
We are excited to announce our investment in Dinari’s $7.5m seed round, alongside Third Kind Venture Capital, SPEILLLP, Sancus Ventures, 500 Global, and Balaji Srinivasan. The tokenization of real-world assets (RWA) is one of the most interesting use cases for the blockchain, gaining momentum inside both crypto and traditional finance communities. We have seen start-ups […]
Observations from my trip to India
I just returned from a weeklong trip to India, having spent a few days each in Delhi and Bangalore to meet with local entrepreneurs and investors. Noah Smith recently wrote about why everyone should get excited about India’s prospects. I shared his optimism going into this trip and came back even more bullish about the […]
Announcing Jobber’s $100m Series D: building a company for the long-term in an era of start-up hyper-growth
Over the last few years, the start-up market has focused almost exclusively on hyper-growth, quick valuation increases, raising large amounts of capital, and trying to take companies public in a premature way (SPACs). Building a generational company systematically for the long-term has almost completely gone out of fashion. In this context, it’s remarkable to see […]