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Say a warm welcome to PSV Venture house: Our hybrid setup, which sets us free from adhering to singular model and allows us to rethink existing ways. Now introducing our independent fund #PSVTech PSV Tech is a venture fund dedicated to backing founders pre-product/market fit. Yes, that sounds like just another VC, because it is. All venture funds are venture funds.   At PSV Tech it’s the stage that is our craft. After living and breathing the very early stages of the journey for two decades, we know by heart how to navigate the twist and turns of getting a software-powered company from first proof to a repeatable model.  It’s safe to say that we understand the startup journey way beyond metrics and facts. We don’t think founders need our model to be rocket science, but they need our team to be rock solid.    Meet the PSVTech team, partners Richard Breiter, Alexander Viterbo-Horten, Helle Uth, Christel Piron, alongside with investment team Sebastian von Wildenrath Wegmann & myself.

How the hell did Cindy Bi invest in 14 unicorns as a solo GP? Cindy is one of SFs best venture capitalists that you maybe might not of heard of. She has invested in the likes of Rippling, Zapier, Cruise, Flutterwave and Algolia all at seed. This week Cindy breaks down her playbook for finding and winning the best deals at seed. Link in comments!

Good nicknames tend to stick. That’s how PSV became the unofficial name for PreSeed Ventures.   So yesterday, we made it official. Going forward, we’ll just be PSV and wave a last goodbye to PreSeed Ventures 👋🏼 Does that also mean we’re turning our back to the pre-seed stage, you might be wondering? Not at all. Our mission remains the same. It’s at the heart of everything we do to clear the path for founders building companies that matter ✅ 🦄 With our new hybrid venture house, comprising PSV Foundry, PSV Lab, and two independent venture funds, PSV Tech and PSV DeepTech, we’re doubling down on just that 🏠 This setup sets us free from adhering to a singular method. Rather, we rethink existing ways and models to maximise our impact beyond any individual firm or investment 🚀 Read much more about it on our updated website www.psv.xyz

If you want to get perspectives on the current state of early stage venture investing, join me and a panel of other investors as we give our take and provide perspectives and tips for founders looking to raise. https://lnkd.in/dFbbEJDM

Getting investors to travel is hard. When it comes to Demo Day, regional UK and European accelerators based outside the principal pools of venture capital (London, Berlin, Paris....) are at a disadvantage. So, accelerators: here's a radical solution: Take your cohort showcase to where the money is! Bring your cohort to London, and we do the rest with a fully managed Demo Day program. Pitchflix is the company that brings you rev, the VC reverse pitch series for pre-seed to series A founders; warp, the accelerator reverse pitch series for the earliest-stage founders; and now DDHQ so that at the end of the accelerator program, the cohort has an opportunity to engage with genuine investors.

Getting investors to travel is hard. When it comes to Demo Day, regional UK and European accelerators based outside the principal pools of venture capital (London, Berlin, Paris....) are at a disadvantage. So, accelerators: here's a radical solution: Take your cohort showcase to where the money is! Bring your cohort to London, and we do the rest with a fully managed Demo Day program. Pitchflix is the company that brings you rev, the VC reverse pitch series for pre-seed to series A founders; warp, the accelerator reverse pitch series for the earliest-stage founders; and now DDHQ so that at the end of the accelerator program, the cohort has an opportunity to engage with genuine investors.

Shoutout to Ara Topouzian for being our keynote speaker at the inaugural AMMP Accelerator Detroit Demo Day! Topouzian highlighted Michigan’s growing venture capital industry, which features nearly forty active funds that closed more than 180 deals in 2023, resulting in more than $1 billion in investment in 2023. He shared how critical events like the AMMP Accelerator are in providing access to early-stage capital and attracting and retaining top talent in the state of Michigan. More content to come regarding AMMP Accelerator's Demo Day last Friday🤩 #GETAMMPED #AMMPlify #AMMPACCELERATOR #DEMODAY

AVL Growth Partners is a longstanding sponsor of the Colorado Venture Summit. I attended the Summit as a first-timer last year, and it was terrific. Real conversations and authentic connections with members of the venture capital and startup community. I am stoked to participate again! Click the link below to learn more and register for the Summit. See you in June! #AVLGrowth #ColoradoVentureSummit #TechLeaders #NetworkingExcellence #CEO #Founder #VC #VentureCapital #COVentureSummit24

If you are curious to learn about angel funds, their difference to other angel investing models and how it reduces the risk of investing in startups, come listen to this episode of VC10X podcast. Here, Prashant Choubey and I talk about this and much more. Thank you Prashant for this conversation! #angelinvesting #startups #innovation #angels #angelfunds #coreangels