Julian Shapiro
Julian Shapiro

@Julian

40 Tweets 258 reads Jul 26, 2021
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:
Investor: Lenny Rachitsky
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
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 πŸ™Œ
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
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
Investor: Austin Rief (@austin_rief)
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
Investor: Shaan Puri (@shaanvp)
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, I’d 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
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
Investor: Brianne Kimmel (@briannekimmel)
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
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
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
Investor: Coyne Lloyd (@coynelloyd)
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
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
Investor: Natalie Sandman (@natsandman)
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
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
Investor: Sahil Bloom (@sahilbloom)
β€’ Contact: Twitter DM @sahilbloom
β€’ Interests:
"Fintech, Consumer tech, B2B SaaS"
β€’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Steve Schlaf (@schlaf)
β€’ Contact: steve@highoutput.co
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
Some investors shared this advice for pitch calls:
Don’t 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 it’s 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.
Investor: Turner Novak (@turnernovak)
β€’ Contact: Twitter DM or turner@bananacapital.vc
β€’ Interests:
β€œOpen to any sector, stage, and geo, tilt consumer"
β€’ Background:
linkedin.com
Investor: Julian Weisser (@julianweisser)
β€’ Contact: julian @ weisser.io
β€’ Interests:
β€œHave 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
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
Investor: Todd Goldberg (@toddg777)
β€’ Contact: hello@toddgoldberg.com
β€’ Interests:
β€œBottom-up SaaS, consumer, crypto. All stages and geos.”
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 ❀️
I lied. FINAL awesome investor, promise πŸ˜‚
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: Gale Wilkinson (@galeforceVC)
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.
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
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)
I now officially retire from VC threads.
I will stop spamming your Twitter timeline with this thread.

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