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A ton of startup investors gave me permission to share their contact details in this thread.
The venture capitalists below said you're welcome to DM/email them your pitch decks!
They look forward to it.
Hopefully this helps with fundraising:
The venture capitalists below said you're welcome to DM/email them your pitch decks!
They look forward to it.
Hopefully this helps with fundraising:
Investor: Lenny Rachitsky
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @lennysan
β’ Interests:
"Marketplaces, Platforms, Bottom-up B2B SaaS, and remarkable consumer experiences"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @lennysan
β’ Interests:
"Marketplaces, Platforms, Bottom-up B2B SaaS, and remarkable consumer experiences"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Ryan Hoover (@rrhoover)
β’ Contact: ryan@weekend.fund
β’ Interests:
"Drop @rrhoover from @weekendfund a note if you're building something new and truly weird, even if you're not fundraising yet."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: ryan@weekend.fund
β’ Interests:
"Drop @rrhoover from @weekendfund a note if you're building something new and truly weird, even if you're not fundraising yet."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Marie Rocha (@MyDailyPosts)
β’ Contact: marie@realistventures.com
β’ Interests:
"Industry agnostic focused on biotech (drug safety, discovery, and delivery) and software."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Note: Marie resumes investing in 6 weeks from now π
β’ Contact: marie@realistventures.com
β’ Interests:
"Industry agnostic focused on biotech (drug safety, discovery, and delivery) and software."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Note: Marie resumes investing in 6 weeks from now π
Investor: Julian Shapiro. Me!
I've been investing/growing startups for a while. I bring the growth expertise of DemandCurve.com
β’ Contact:
airtable.com
β’ Interests:
All stages/sectors/geos, ideally with traction
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
I've been investing/growing startups for a while. I bring the growth expertise of DemandCurve.com
β’ Contact:
airtable.com
β’ Interests:
All stages/sectors/geos, ideally with traction
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Maria Salamanca (@MariaSalamancaM)
β’ Contact: maria@unshackledvc.com
β’ Interests:
"Interested in consumer (social, health, fintech), gaming, future of work, and femtech"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: maria@unshackledvc.com
β’ Interests:
"Interested in consumer (social, health, fintech), gaming, future of work, and femtech"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Austin Rief (@austin_rief)
β’ Contact: austin@morningbrew.com
β’ Interests:
"Sector agnostic Seed through series B"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: austin@morningbrew.com
β’ Interests:
"Sector agnostic Seed through series B"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Courtney Guertin (@courtstarr)
β’ Contact: courtstarr@gmail.com
β’ Interests:
"Open to any sector & stage. Tend to be heavy in SaaS, enterprise/B2B, no-code, dev tools, and crypto"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: courtstarr@gmail.com
β’ Interests:
"Open to any sector & stage. Tend to be heavy in SaaS, enterprise/B2B, no-code, dev tools, and crypto"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Shaan Puri (@shaanvp)
β’ Contact: shaan@shaanpuri.com
β’ Interests:
"Investing a lot in video, crypto, and dev tools"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: shaan@shaanpuri.com
β’ Interests:
"Investing a lot in video, crypto, and dev tools"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Greg Isenberg (@gregisenberg)
β’ Contact: frontdesk@latecheckout.studio
β’ Interests:
"I invest in community based companies. If community makes your company better or community is your product, Iβd invest"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: frontdesk@latecheckout.studio
β’ Interests:
"I invest in community based companies. If community makes your company better or community is your product, Iβd invest"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Simeon Iheagwam (@siheagwam)
β’ Contact: simeon@noemisventures.com
β’ Interests:
"We focus on Fintech, Marketplaces, and AI/ML"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: simeon@noemisventures.com
β’ Interests:
"We focus on Fintech, Marketplaces, and AI/ML"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Nikita Bier (@nikitabier)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @nikitabier
β’ Interests:
"Specialize in helping founders grow consumer products, especially ones with network effects"
β’ Background:
crunchbase.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @nikitabier
β’ Interests:
"Specialize in helping founders grow consumer products, especially ones with network effects"
β’ Background:
crunchbase.com
Investor: Brianne Kimmel (@briannekimmel)
β’ Contact: brianne@worklife.vc
β’ Interests:
"Bottom-up SaaS companies. Previously Zendesk, now @worklifeVC"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: brianne@worklife.vc
β’ Interests:
"Bottom-up SaaS companies. Previously Zendesk, now @worklifeVC"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Amit Vasudev + Alex MacCaw (@apv_tweets)
β’ Contact: team@earlgrey.capital
β’ Interests:
"We want to meet the best early-stage product-first founders in the world "
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: team@earlgrey.capital
β’ Interests:
"We want to meet the best early-stage product-first founders in the world "
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Neil Devani (@neildevani)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @neildevani
β’ Interests:
"Early-stage startups doing impactful work, especially in health tech, ed tech, and fintech"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @neildevani
β’ Interests:
"Early-stage startups doing impactful work, especially in health tech, ed tech, and fintech"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Leo Polovets (@lpolovets)
β’ Contact: leo@susaventures.com
β’ Interests:
"Lead/co-lead $2m-$6m seed rounds in post-launch companies in healthcare, fintech/insurtech, logistics/supply chain, enterprise SaaS"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: leo@susaventures.com
β’ Interests:
"Lead/co-lead $2m-$6m seed rounds in post-launch companies in healthcare, fintech/insurtech, logistics/supply chain, enterprise SaaS"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Coyne Lloyd (@coynelloyd)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @coynelloyd
β’ Interests:
"Mortgage tech or dusty vertical-specific SaaS and Marketplaces"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @coynelloyd
β’ Interests:
"Mortgage tech or dusty vertical-specific SaaS and Marketplaces"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Sheel Mohnot (@pitdesi)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @pitdesi
β’ Interests:
"We lead seed rounds in fintech companies."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @pitdesi
β’ Interests:
"We lead seed rounds in fintech companies."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Nir Eyal (@nireyal)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @nireyal
β’ Interests:
"Companies at any stage that use his book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, to build healthy habits in users' lives."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @nireyal
β’ Interests:
"Companies at any stage that use his book, Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products, to build healthy habits in users' lives."
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Natalie Sandman (@natsandman)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @natsandman
β’ Interests:
"Seed and Series A SaaS and API-first companies"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @natsandman
β’ Interests:
"Seed and Series A SaaS and API-first companies"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Avichal Garg (@avichal)
β’ Contact: avichalgarg@electriccapital.com
β’ Interests:
"Anything crypto related"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: avichalgarg@electriccapital.com
β’ Interests:
"Anything crypto related"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Hadley Harris (@hadley)
β’ Contact: hadley@eniac.vc
β’ Interests:
"Eniac leads seed rounds across SaaS, developer, consumer & deep tech. Hadley has particular interest in data/ML, developer tools and healthcare"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: hadley@eniac.vc
β’ Interests:
"Eniac leads seed rounds across SaaS, developer, consumer & deep tech. Hadley has particular interest in data/ML, developer tools and healthcare"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Sahil Bloom (@sahilbloom)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @sahilbloom
β’ Interests:
"Fintech, Consumer tech, B2B SaaS"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @sahilbloom
β’ Interests:
"Fintech, Consumer tech, B2B SaaS"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Sari Azout (@sariazout)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @sariazout
β’ Interests:
"Investing in the future of work and the intersection of crypto x creator economy"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @sariazout
β’ Interests:
"Investing in the future of work and the intersection of crypto x creator economy"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Some investors shared this advice for pitch calls:
Donβt make investors work to pull the vision out of you.
Share a concise explanation of:
β’ What you do
β’ What's special about it
β’ Why now's the time
β’ Why itβs likely to succeed
β’ What the big vision is
β’ Who you are
Donβt make investors work to pull the vision out of you.
Share a concise explanation of:
β’ What you do
β’ What's special about it
β’ Why now's the time
β’ Why itβs likely to succeed
β’ What the big vision is
β’ Who you are
If you have followers who are looking to fundraise, bookmark/retweet and let 'em know.
This thread has 24 people anyone can contact right now.
They write checks from ~$25K-$30M.
This thread has 24 people anyone can contact right now.
They write checks from ~$25K-$30M.
Investor: Turner Novak (@turnernovak)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM or turner@bananacapital.vc
β’ Interests:
βOpen to any sector, stage, and geo, tilt consumer"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM or turner@bananacapital.vc
β’ Interests:
βOpen to any sector, stage, and geo, tilt consumer"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Julian Weisser (@julianweisser)
β’ Contact: julian @ weisser.io
β’ Interests:
βHave invested in everything from @RoamResearch to dog longevity, underwater drones, and @Clubhouse"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: julian @ weisser.io
β’ Interests:
βHave invested in everything from @RoamResearch to dog longevity, underwater drones, and @Clubhouse"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Chris McCann (@mccannatron)
β’ Contact: chris@race.capital
β’ Interests:
"Developer platforms, Open Source, Crypto, DeFi Infrastructure, Financial Infrastructure"
β’ Background:
chrismccann.com
β’ Contact: chris@race.capital
β’ Interests:
"Developer platforms, Open Source, Crypto, DeFi Infrastructure, Financial Infrastructure"
β’ Background:
chrismccann.com
Investor: Alex Lieberman (@businessbarista)
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @businessbarista
β’ Interests:
"Sector agnostic, all stages. Specific expertise in media, marketing, community"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: Twitter DM @businessbarista
β’ Interests:
"Sector agnostic, all stages. Specific expertise in media, marketing, community"
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Todd Goldberg (@toddg777)
β’ Contact: hello@toddgoldberg.com
β’ Interests:
βBottom-up SaaS, consumer, crypto. All stages and geos.β
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
β’ Contact: hello@toddgoldberg.com
β’ Interests:
βBottom-up SaaS, consumer, crypto. All stages and geos.β
β’ Background:
linkedin.com
I'm done adding folks for now. If you're an investor friend who wants to be added, I'll definitely add you the next time around β€οΈ
I lied. FINAL awesome investor, promise π
Investor: Elizabeth Yin (@dunkhippo33)
β’ Contact: elizabeth@hustlefund.vc
β’ Interests:
"We are interested in pre-seed, non-ad based model, software companies and are agnostic to industry."
β’ Background
linkedin.com
Investor: Elizabeth Yin (@dunkhippo33)
β’ Contact: elizabeth@hustlefund.vc
β’ Interests:
"We are interested in pre-seed, non-ad based model, software companies and are agnostic to industry."
β’ Background
linkedin.com
okay okay this is truly the last few folks then i'll stop spamming your timeline :)
Investor: Cindy Bi (@CindyBiSV)
Contact: cindy@capitalx.vc
"@CapitalXCompany Enterprise focused generalist - mainly early stage and sometimes growth stage"
Background: capitalx.company
Investor: Cindy Bi (@CindyBiSV)
Contact: cindy@capitalx.vc
"@CapitalXCompany Enterprise focused generalist - mainly early stage and sometimes growth stage"
Background: capitalx.company
Investor: Gale Wilkinson (@galeforceVC)
Contact: gale@vitalize.vc
Interests: "Early-stage B2B software in the Future of Work + Learning"
Background:
linkedin.com
Contact: gale@vitalize.vc
Interests: "Early-stage B2B software in the Future of Work + Learning"
Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Sam Parr (@thesamparr)
sam@samparr.com
Interests:
"Saas! Recurring revenue that sells to other businesses. No media, no d2c."
Background:
Started a media co (The Hustle) that reaches 2m people, acquired by hubspot.
sam@samparr.com
Interests:
"Saas! Recurring revenue that sells to other businesses. No media, no d2c."
Background:
Started a media co (The Hustle) that reaches 2m people, acquired by hubspot.
Investors: Ali Rohde (@rohdeali) &Β @kanjun
Contact: ali@outsetcapital.com
Interests: For pre-seed & seed funding.Β Pre-revenue is fine. 100-400K checks.
Helpful w hiring, scaling pains (frmr Dropbox Chief of Staff), & fundraising.
Background:
outsetcapital.com
Contact: ali@outsetcapital.com
Interests: For pre-seed & seed funding.Β Pre-revenue is fine. 100-400K checks.
Helpful w hiring, scaling pains (frmr Dropbox Chief of Staff), & fundraising.
Background:
outsetcapital.com
Investor: Kat Cole (@KatColeATL)
Contact: katcole@mac.com
Interests: Browse Kat's LinkedIn to see if your startup is a fit for her interests.
Background:
linkedin.com (Kat says she's responsive on LI too)
Contact: katcole@mac.com
Interests: Browse Kat's LinkedIn to see if your startup is a fit for her interests.
Background:
linkedin.com (Kat says she's responsive on LI too)
I now officially retire from VC threads.
I will stop spamming your Twitter timeline with this thread.
I will stop spamming your Twitter timeline with this thread.
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