Social•Oct 14, 2025
Existing Investors Face 90% Dilution After OpenAI’s Shift
10% for all existing investors together for OpenAI feels like brutal dilution Even if the IRR and absolute gains are still epic
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 14, 2025
OURA Secures $900M Funding, Hits $11B Valuation
It's official for OURA: • $11B valuation • New $900M in funding led by Fidelity Hard-earned success for a team that's on track for $1B in revenue this year, 2x'ing for the 2nd year in a row. The vision and execution from @ouraring...
By Kirsten Green
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Europe’s Top Founders Champion Browsers for AI Agents
Europe has some of the best young founders in the world. They are hungrier, they are more ambitious and they are more talented than ever. Charles is one of the best of the best. LFG Europe 🚀
By Harry Stebbings
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Seeking Early-Stage Investors to Meet 5+ Founders Weekly
New experiment: Looking for early-stage investors that meet with 5+ founders/week. Reply here if you want to try the beta and I’ll DM you. :)
By Ryan Hoover
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Battery‑Free Human Cooling Tech Secures $4.35M Seed
Always inspiring to see a founder step out to tackle a new challenge: from lab to commercialization; to realize a personal vision that could have global impact for our warming planet. Very happy that Granite Asia is on this exciting...
By Jenny Lee
Social•Oct 14, 2025
Protect Your Core: Focus Beats Equal‑Weight Distribution
Every business has one thing that makes everything else possible. Find it, and protect it with your life. The mistake most founders make is trying to give everything equal weight. Focus feels unfair because it is. But nothing compounds until...
By Hiten Shah
Social•Oct 13, 2025
Strong M&A Offers in Frothy Markets Rarely Improve Later
There are many good reasons to say “No” to a strong M&A offer. Many of our top leaders in tech had multiple M&A offers on the way at a small fraction of their current value. Ross Perot famously offered to buy...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 13, 2025
Founders Seek Control, Not Risk, Through Environment Creation
The myth is that founders chase risk. In truth, they chase control. The kind that only comes from creating the environment where their instincts can prove themselves. The rest is just entropy management dressed up as leadership.
By Hiten Shah
Social•Oct 13, 2025
AI Analyzer Instantly Scores Your Pitch Deck's Funding Odds
Don't go into fundraising ... in the dark Try the NEW SaaStr AI Pitch Deck Analyzer Find out in seconds: - Where you stand - Odds of getting funded - Where to improve your deck ...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 13, 2025
Build Revenue First, Then Aim for Acquisition, Not VC
The smart move for founders isn't to raise venture capital, it's to build to a few million in revenue, and get acquired for a life changing amount.
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 13, 2025
Atlassian's CEO Champions Bold AI, Design over Data
So @Atlassian is on a fricking tear. In the last few months they have spent $1.6BN on M&A. - DX Labs: $1BN - The Broswer Company: $610M - Cycle: Undisclosed I think @mcannonbrookes is one of the most exceptional leaders in technology. The man has...
By Harry Stebbings
Social•Oct 13, 2025
Vercel and Supabase: Lucrative Pre‑AI Infrastructure Essentials
Sometimes, the most straightforward, on-trend deals are the most lucrative. Vercel and Supabase, pre-AI infrastructure components, have become essential for building next-gen apps, riding the wave of growth. https://t.co/6tI8ChhNfe
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 12, 2025
Unreasonable Men Propel Change Beyond Boundaries
" All progress depends on the unreasonable man because the unreasonable man is the one who doesn't believe in boundaries and makes changes. Sometimes for the better, sometimes for the worse. But reasonable men live within boundaries. You need unreasonable men to...
By Harry Stebbings
Social•Oct 12, 2025
Founders Panic as Rivals Fundraise at Half ARR
Founders when they see competitors raising another round at half the ARR: https://t.co/bVyXFoWmI0
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 12, 2025
Investor Updates Overdue? Pick a Funny Excuse Today
It’s October 12 If you haven’t gotten your investor updates out yet, that’s pretty bad, so do it today and blame: - A Solar Flare - Exhaustion From 12 Months of Straight 996 - The Fractional CFO You Hired Off LinkedIn - Spam Filters - Being...
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 10, 2025
Pre‑IPO Investing Goes Public, Yet US Blocks It
This feels like the future of pre-IPO startup investing @joinrepublic. $HOOD is doing this in public markets, but not currently allowed in the US. https://t.co/qimPUZinyA
By Ali Moiz
Social•Oct 8, 2025
Key Questions to Diagnose Slowing Growth
"5 Questions to Ask When Growth Slows" https://t.co/hUTsdByjy0 https://t.co/Az0LupLabj
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 8, 2025
From DM Chats to $5B Valuation: Supabase’s Rise
supabase cto knows from dms in 2020 to 5bn valuation https://t.co/JgWT9AJfsW
By Ben Tossell
Social•Oct 8, 2025
Automated $9M E‑commerce Portfolio Generates $2M Profit
This one’s a machine. Automated, profitable, lean at scale. New on @acquiredotcom: 2-site SMM ecom portfolio doing $9M TTM revenue and $2M profit. > 1M lifetime customers > $9M TTM revenue > $2.04M profit > 15% YoY growth Full listing: https://t.co/bdyQOrGZh5 https://t.co/Yl8iTRsvzV
By Andrew Gazdecki
Social•Oct 8, 2025
AI-Powered Dealflow Tool Launching Soon for VCs
Coming soon: AI Dealflow for VCs from https://t.co/iXj7ZJdxfx https://t.co/3uAYV5Z4pn
By Jason Lemkin
Social•Oct 8, 2025
Tackle Uncertainty to Unlock Creative Solutions
Sometimes, uncertain tasks are just as hard as certain ones. Work on the problems where there is more uncertainty –– that's where creativity is unleashed. @drfeifei's advice for Founders at the @Mastersofscale Summit. https://t.co/WyhhrayVbT
By Reid Hoffman
Social•Oct 8, 2025
From Bench Space to S‑1
Surreal to see an S-1 from a company we backed when it was just the founders sharing bench space. https://t.co/YkVATB5C0b
By Seth Bannon
Social•Oct 8, 2025
LA Tech Week Fireside Chat Featuring Top Startup Leaders
LA, we're coming for you! Our fireside chat for #LATechWeek by @techweek_ is happening Oct 14, and you’re gonna wanna be there. We’ve teamed up with @rivianofficial, @quantfi_cfo, and @FidelityPrivate to bring you an evening with two stellar humans: 🎤 @KhalZahar (Founder...
By Elizabeth Yin
Social•Oct 8, 2025
Thrive’s @Vhankes Shapes Modern VC with Iconic Bets
In many ways, Thrive is helping define the current era of venture capital. @vhankes is one of the best in the business; he's behind their investments in OpenAI, SpaceX, Databricks, Stripe, and many more. He's also an excellent board member and...
By Jack Altman