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Acquisitions Close Quickly, but Relationships Take Years
If you want to potentially get acquired — start now. It often really, quietly takes years. What do I mean? Well for sure, acquisitions themselves technically often happen very quickly. The acquiring CEO reaches out, they meet up...
Reelables Secures $10.4M to Scale Printable Smart Labels
Congrats to @ReelablesHQ on their $10.4M Series A! They've created the first printable smart label—paper-thin Bluetooth/5G trackers that work with standard barcode printers. They grew 200% this year and are scaling to 100M labels/yr to improve supply chain visibility. https://t.co/7GWxq3Trfm
20VC: Europe’s Only Fund Embracing 996 Culture
20VC crushing the 996 London life. Only fund in Europe that works this. 🤷♂️ https://t.co/RkVTlQhcTW
Deedy Das and Jay Eum Join VC Roundtable
Deedy Das and Jay Eum Join the VC Roundtable! https://t.co/GLAHbFKopV
Faire’s $5.2B Offer Highlights Public‑Company Worth
Long Faire 🚀 Long indie retail, long local communities, long craft, quality products. The $5.2B tender offer led by crossover investor WCW signals Faire has the attributes of a public company and has built a lasting, category-defining business. https://t.co/nYvdMAxuXG
Voize Raises $50M to Free Nurses From Admin
Congrats to voize on their $50M Series A! voize frees nurses from admin so they can focus on what truly matters: people. Today, more than 75,000 nurses in 1,100+ care facilities use voize to document care through natural speech, right at the...
Join Founder University Japan: Research Top Startups
Wanna come work with me? LAUNCH is bringing Founder University to Japan, and we’re looking for a sharp, curious researcher to help us discover the most promising startups in the region! It’s a huge opportunity to learn, grow, and get...
Compute Scarcity and Geopolitics Define AI's Future
“In my career working in AI, I have yet to meet a single AI person that ever felt like they had enough compute.” “Open-weight models is a tremendous source of geopolitical influence” “When China’s government makes an all-nation commitment, it’s a very...
AI Teammates Automate Insurance Paperwork, Freeing Agents for Clients
Acolite builds AI teammates for insurance agencies so teams can spend more time with clients. Forward an email or delegate from your AMS, and Acolite issues COIs, pre-fills ACORDs, and cleans SOVs — fast, accurate, secure, with humans in the loop. https://t.co/MUONLogKx6 Congrats...
AI Coding's VC Subsidy Mirrors Early Food Delivery Boom
Is AI Coding Like Food Delivery: VC Subsidised and Unsustainable: " I remember the early days of food delivery, it was VC subsidized. We're seeing that right now with AI coding. This can't go on forever... there will be some very valuable businesses...
Even Disney+ Struggled: Forecasting New Brands Is Guesswork
5 learnings from launching (and attempting to forecast) Disney+ ... Forecasting a brand-new product, even one with Disney's IP library behind it, is a leap off a cliff. As Vanna Krantz , former CFO of Disney Streaming, told me: “We...
OpenAI Lacks Platform Power Without Network Effects
Posit: OpenAI’s fundamental problem is that it cannot become a platform company as long as the models it wants to use as a platform have no network effects and remain pure commodities. People had to use Windows, but there is...
Build for Users, Not Just for Funding
It was never “build what’s fundable” and it isn’t now. It’s always been: make something people want. This comes from users and customers and the needs of others.
Funding Space Fusion, Not Just a Consensus Engine
We're funding space fusion and your take is we're building a consensus machine Maybe you need to look harder
Microsoft Pivots to Agent‑centric Infrastructure Business
"Our business, which today is an end-user tools business, will become essentially an infrastructure business in support of agents doing work." — Satya Nadella Microsoft talking about their view where the value accrues : agent infrastructure https://t.co/1TaxJpOeCB
Execs Must Practice Their Own Roles to Succeed.
Every time I see a CRO that doesn't sell themselves, they fail. Every time I see a CTO that doesn't code themselves, they fail. Every time I see a CMO that doesn't market themselves, they fail. Every time I see a...
Profitable B2B Marketing SaaS with Strong Moat
This is an incredible business. Live on @acquiredotcom: Top-ranked B2B marketing education SaaS serving global teams and pros. > $3.25M ARR > $1.65M TTM profit > globally recognized SaaS + education + brand trust = serious moat Full listing: https://t.co/qKWsmO2tpo https://t.co/97g300eS6r
VCs Vanish When Growth Is Steady, Not Hyper
I have a seed investment I made years back now at $130m ARR now growing 40% and cash flow positive. And all the VCs have checked out. They haven’t been mean about it. Everyone is nice. It’s just, one has...
FoundHer House Empowers Women Founders Amid Funding Gap
Last year, women-led startups received just 2% of total venture capital funding a number that hasn’t changed much in more than a decade. That’s why stories like this one matter. Two of our USC Jimmy Iovine and Andre Young Academy...
Minority Recap Keeps Control, Majority Sells Liquidity
The fundamental difference between a minority and majority recap: Control. If you sell a majority of your business, you'll receive a high level of liquidity, but all the key decisions will now be out of your control. With a minority...
PalabraAI Acquires Talo AI, Adds Live Translation
Big news for 776 co @PalabraAI: they just acquired @Talo_AI Their API already powers enterprise tools and custom apps & now they’re bringing real-time translation to video calls and live events. Oh, and they also snagged #1 Product of the Day on...
Key Takeaways From My Chat with Nihal Mehta
This was a fun conversation with Nihal Mehta of Eniac Ventures https://lnkd.in/eKaqvudG
AI Transforms Flexport Hackathons Into New Product Roadmaps
Flexport is at $2B annual revenue and just getting started. AI is so powerful it has turned internal hackathons into roadmaps for entire new product lines https://lnkd.in/g5pueCR7
Take the 2025 VC Compensation Survey by Nov 20
Everyone, It’s that time of year when folks start to think about comp. In conjunction with the All Raise team, please find the link below. Please complete the following survey by Thursday, November 20th. We will share the results with...
AI‑Powered UGC Game Platform Hits $200K ARR Fast
Sagaland is a UGC games platform where players create and remix games using AI. They're starting with interactive story games and have hit $200k ARR in 4 weeks. Congrats on the launch, @srijanyaham & @jeankaddour! https://t.co/YaxXFAbBZq https://t.co/gW8rmK8AJq
Securing 18‑Month Runway at Startupfest
Thank you for having me at Startupfest! (Btw, I'm raising for 18 months of runway...)
Lancey Automates PRs by Learning From Customer Channels
Lancey (@trylancey) is the multiplayer coding agent that builds what your customers want. Lancey scans your customer channels, builds an understanding of your codebase, and one-shots PRs. All in the background, without human prompting. Congrats on the launch, @_adipatel_ & @itsmeabhipatel! https://t.co/IpxLow4PtA
Mascobot Becomes A16z’s Top Scout and Infra Partner
.@Mascobot is always a few steps ahead!! best @a16z scout now infra partner 🚀🚀
LPs Struggle with Large, Non‑Concentrated Portfolios
It's rare that I see spicy quotes from Limited Partners, but Ben Choi had a great quote at the most recent Kauffman Fellows Summit about why becoming and remaining a venture capitalist can be hard. It sparked a conversation between...
Selfin Launches AI‑powered All‑in‑one Financial Platform
Selfin (@selfin_app_) is building the first AI Bank. They're starting with an all-in-one financial platform where you can connect all your financial products— credit, investments, crypto, 401(k)— and get personalized recommendations powered by AI. https://t.co/gnRinMZLUg
Rejection Fuels Stronger Pitches, Like a Growing Hulk
Every founder who got rejected 39 times before their Series A reminds me of Hulk. The angrier they got, the stronger the pitch became.
Solana Advocate Predicts Global Finance’s Crypto Future
🪙🧑🏫 Wow. A masterclass on the future of global finance from a crypto savant who bet big on Solana and ironically… has zero interest in bitcoin. New Origins with @KyleSamani, MP at @multicoin👇 https://t.co/v2gSJyqLX8
Solana Signals New Era of Global Financial Infrastructure
Wow. 🧑🏫 A masterclass on the future of global finance from a crypto savant who bet big on Solana and ironically… has zero interest in bitcoin. New Origins with Kyle Samani , Managing Partner of Multicoin Capital 👇 Transparency, speed,...
Build Production-Ready Voice Agents in Minutes
With @vogentai's Voice Agent Wizard, you can create an effective voice agent with just a short description. Trained on the design processes of thousands of production agents, their wizard helps you go from idea to production voice agent in minutes. https://t.co/tcT4wV3IPb
Game Data Unlocks Real-World Insights and Competitive Edge
Amazing how valuable the game data is for real world data. Only games have action on controller and reaction in the world in a physics accurate way. And if you have data from thousands of games and tens of millions...
First H100 GPU Powers AI Data Center in Space
Starcloud (@Starcloud_Inc1) recently made history by launching a satellite with an NVIDIA H100 into orbit — the first time a GPU that powerful has ever operated in space. It's the first step toward building AI data centers in orbit, powered...
Stamina Wins: Persistence Turns Long‑Term Vision Into Payoff
It’s near impossible to beat someone who just doesn’t give up. I learned that racing marathons: you hit a wall, you feel awful, you may think you're done—and then somehow you find another gear. The same thing happens as a founder. And...
Founders Prioritize Safer Pesticides for Farmers From Day One
One of the things I love about these founders is how genuinely committed they are to discovering pesticides that are safer for farmers. Startups often talk about making the world better, but I can tell you this was their concern...
Bindwell Secures $6M Seed to Accelerate AI‑driven Pesticide Discovery
Congrats to @tylerarose0, @navvye and Bindwell on their $6M seed! Bindwell is developing safer, targeted pesticides in-house that actually work, using custom AI models that are 4x faster than AlphaFold and can screen billions of molecules. https://t.co/eEh3ZnMdSl
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Join Us Live with Harry Stebbings at SaaStr AI London
We’re BACK and it’s GOOD TIMES folks!! And come see Harry Stebbings + me LIVE in London Dec 1-2 at SaaStr AI LDN!
AI Masks True Talent, Turning Hiring Into Stagecraft
Hiring used to break because companies moved too slowly. Now it breaks because candidates move too fast. AI gave every applicant the ability to look qualified before they have proved anything. Resumes are AI-polished. Writing samples are AI-written. Coding tests...
YC's 15‑Partner GP Team Feels Like a Dream
YC is a partnership of 15 GPs who have all these qualities It’s honestly a dream
Rationalisation Kills Innovation—Burn the Ships
Rationalisation is a meat-grinder to innovation. It takes a breakthrough idea, applies yesterday’s thinking (market is too small, no one is asking for it, bigger existing opportunies), and in the end it dilutes, delays, and destroys innovation. So, yes, Burn the...
Scrappy Startups Outperform Overfunded Incumbents in Bake‑offs
Scrappy startup founders beating overfunded incumbents head to head in bake-offs https://t.co/8BZoeKUjM6
Tighten Feedback Loops, Not Features, to Unlock Growth
Most companies try to grow by adding more things. The real unlock usually comes from tightening the loop that already exists. When the feedback gets sharp enough, even old products feel new again.