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😂😂😂 ONE FOR FOUNDERS 😂😂😂 Great to see Saltburn taking inspiration from the VC community, especially when they see an ex-OpenAi employee put their LinkedIn status to Founder @ Stealth Mode 🥷 If you are a founder in stealth mode building something interesting, tell us about it we are actively deploying at Pre-Seed and Seed 🌱 Link in the comments 👇 #saltburn #stealthmode #founder #venturecapitalmemes

Tune in to hear renowned CISOs and leading investors as they offer their insights surrounding challenges presented by the current macro-environment and approaches towards success. #CISO #security #investments

Here's a very quick update for our future potential investors! KreiosLabs just surpassed $8.5k in ARR this month! While April's growth was slower than anticipated, we saw a strong rebound in May and hopefully it continues from here. I recently attended the Raid the Fridge event hosted by Kickstarter Ventures that featured Expedock Cofounders Jig Y. and Jeff Tan. My two main takeaways from the talk are: 1. I'm simply not working hard enough 2. Go global And guess what? That's exactly what we will do for the next few months - work harder and go global. Stay tuned for our next update!

Jed Tan is going global. I'm excited for more stories like this. Keep the fire alive, we need more young dreamers to rally around your story! Jed literally just proved the spectators wrong that "there's no tech talent and entrepreneurs in Manila" 🤣 🤣 🤣 I havent' been in the local scene for years because we were busy grinding but I'm shocked at this change in language from investors. "VC's" now love to call entrepreneurs, dreamers, and visionaries with the derogatory term of "operators". 🙄🙄🙄 "Operators" vs "Spectators" is harmful language and reflective of subconcious #crabmentality . To even debate this dichotomy is a farce. I will pick a fight with anyone who uses the word "operator" to puff themselves up because of their inability to execute & deliver results themselves. My younger brother, Jeremy Young, helped me realize that the real language should be: "Kings" and "Kingmakers" - allies who shape the future together. Both are capital & time allocators, both are operators that drive ROI, both are visionaries, both are dreamers. We have different roles and emphasis but a shared mission. Cheering your story on, Jed! I'm confident your SaaS first approach will surpass ours earlier and much faster! #carryingcrabs

This is exciting news about our launch! If you're building hardware and want to improve your process, please contact me. Rollup is a comprehensive platform designed to simplify and accelerate hardware development. Our suite of tools covers systems engineering, modeling, requirements management, and more. By leveraging Rollup, you can create exceptional products while effortlessly balancing complexity and usability. Say goodbye to development headaches and hello to streamlined innovation!

🌟 Will you be at @AfroTech this year? Harlem Capital and Flourish Ventures are hosting a Happy Hour for founders, operators, & investors! We’re opening up a few RSVP spots. For a chance to get on the list: 1. Hit follow (so I can DM you) 2. Retweet this post 3. Comment below w/👋

At last count there are 74 vc & pe firms attending or speaking at the 2023 Defense Ventures Summit. Founders and Future Founders: this is a valuable, vetted leads list to keep handy.

🔥This is the hottest defense tech event of the year🔥 Can't wait to see all the DVP alums and hosts in DC!!! The United States' asymmetric advantage is our people and #DefenseVentures is the best people program in the United States Department of Defense. No other professional development program packs as much punch as this 8-week fellowship with a top-tier venture capital firm or technology company. Don't just take my word for it. Check out the 2023 National Defense Science and Technology Strategy: "To compete, the Department must invest broadly in this workforce and develop technically minded and proficient leaders who understand how to identify talent... We will increase collaborative efforts with the private sector, such as the Defense Ventures Fellowship.” If that's not enough, ask any alumni from the last TWENTY THREE cohorts. Here are a couple of all-star OGs from Cohort 1: Mike Benitez - Founder of The Merge and Director of Product at Shield AI Sarah Lovell - U.S. Air Force Reserve Cyber Officer and U.S. Department of State Officer Bobby Carbonell - Retired Air National Guard Officer and Innovation Leader at GE Barbara (Volpe) Estes - Air Force Civilian Service Leader and Electromagnetic Spectrum Expert James (Jimmy) Colraine - U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer and Head of BD at Cape Major Paulina Morales - United States Air Force Maintenance Officer and Innovation Leader Tim Nolan - Retired Air Force Special Operations Command Officer and Small Business Consulting Corporation (SBCC) Leader This is just a small sample of Air Force talent Over the years, the fellowship has grown to include members of every service and agency in the DoD Every year, more hosts apply to be a part of the magic We MUST keep up the momentum here In the era of global competition, this is how we win! #people #innovation

You know what’s up :) It’s “V” for Validation! Kicked off our Idea Validation Program March’24 Cohort at Favcy Venture Builders today. Want to be a part of the next one? Send me a DM! #ideatoaction #VforValidation

It can be frustrating for founders that the ball park has moved. In previous years, a strong team could show up with a good pitch and walk out with a solid seed round. Now, much more is required to raise a seed round. Seed rounds have started to resemble A rounds: “A priced seed round of $3 million at $15 million [pre-money] is still happening, but you might have to be at $500,000 ARR, to raise that round now. Whereas in 2021, it was the norm to raise that round pre-revenue" (link to source in comments) In series A: investors are expecting to see the beginning of product market fit That's one of the reasons that the pre-seed round is rising in popularity. In my latest post on VC Cafe, I covered the reasons for it and what founders need to have to approach pre-seed investors. Learn more: https://lnkd.in/efkhUkTa