Jillian Williams
@Jillwillnyc
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Partner @ Field Ventures - Investing in amazing founders across fintech & vertical SaaS | Prev Partner @cowboyvc #longnyc
New York, NY
Joined August 2016
Excited to share how we at @Field_Ventures are thinking about the evolution of software markets with AI and the rise of Service-as-a-Software (especially in antiquated markets). If you're building in this space, would love to connect! https://t.co/DvjG5iMWzz
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At Field Ventures, we've built our investment thesis around a fundamental belief: the most transformative businesses emerge when domain experts apply innovative technology to modernize antiquated...
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Super pumped for @dan__kelly , @___sjones , Sean and the rest of the @method_security team! Awesome mission to rebuild cyber security platform for today's risks
Excited to share what we've been working on at Method and announce our $26M in funding from Andreessen Horowitz, General Catalyst, Blackstone, and others. I met @___sjones and Sean ten years ago at @PalantirTech. We always talked about starting a company together, and when we
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@Field_Ventures 7. We’re still early in the Service-as-a-Software era. But the playbook is starting to formulate. If you’re building software that replaces services, @Jillwillnyc and I would love to meet. 👇 Follow the discussion here: 🔗 https://t.co/AHNOVxEWYY
#SaaS #VerticalSoftware
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Excited to share our latest thinking at Field Ventures on Service-as-a-Software and the impact that it will have on antiquated markets. 👇 | 21 comments on LinkedIn
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6. What we look for at @Field_Ventures: 🔍 Deep vertical insight 🛠️ Software that executes 📈 Business models tied to value delivered 🧠 Founders who obsess over end-user workflows
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5. Why now? 1️⃣ AI & automation reduce marginal costs 2️⃣ Verticals are adopting software faster 3️⃣ Customers demand outcomes, not tools Result: Startups can deliver services at scale with better unit economics.
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4. Antiquated industries are full of manual labor, paper forms, and inefficient workflows. These aren't “tech-enabled” opportunities. They're tech-replaceable opportunities.
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3. This evolution is Service-as-a-Software. ✅ Higher ACVs ✅ Stronger customer ROI ✅ Deeper workflows ✅ Stickier products Think vertical software + embedded services.
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2. Most SaaS targets the IT budget, but that’s just a sliver of enterprise spend. The labor budget is 10x larger. 💡 Software that does the work vs. helps you do the work.
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1. 🚨 New Post: The Rise of Service-as-a-Software We’re witnessing a massive opportunity to build software businesses that serve people, not IT departments. This shift is bigger than SaaS. Here's why: 🧵 👉 https://t.co/VOBeyIuDld
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So excited for @robby_mtf and her new fund @mtf_vc backing technical founders! If you're a technical founder, Robby should be your first call! Excited to see what's to come!
Thrilled to announce @mtf_vc - a $22M pre-seed & seed fund helping technical founders move faster 🚀 After 9 years in VC, the pace had changed - tech exploded, and AI gave founders superpowers. So, we built @mtf_vc to help them go even faster. https://t.co/tfukOf3aRg
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This was a special one... For our final episode of this chapter of @twifintech AIxFintech series (for now 😉) we were joined by one of my fav 🤫 @CowboyVC founders @alexhagerup of @VicDotAi & Chris of @FloQast We discussed one of the hottest 🔥 topics in fintech - AI x
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So awesome to have two long time (and super smart) friends share their thoughts this week! One of my favorite episodes!
AI is transforming fintech, fast ⚡ On the latest episode of @twifintech with Julie VerHage-Greenberg and @Jillwillnyc, our own @EricaDorfman joins @rexsalisbury to unpack how AI is reshaping the fintech landscape. They dive into what’s hype, what’s real, and what operators and
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So much fun digging into all things compliance x AI for this week's episode w/ @jessereiss of @HummingbirdFin and @ReggieCYoung from @lithic
Great interview today by Julie VG and @Jillwillnyc with @ReggieCYoung, Chief of Staff at @lithic, and @jessereiss, CTO and Co-founder of @HummingbirdFin. All about how the AI compliance space is quickly shifting 👇
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We had a great learning circle on payments + ai agents last week with engineers, pms, and policy leaders. Some of my key takeaways: - We need more policy clarity around liability, license requirements (msb/mtl) to unlock more experimentation. money transmitter at national
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Want to hear from to of the biggest names in fintech on payments & AI? Thanks to @yunyu_l (@tryramp) & @alexisjzhu (@stripe) for a joining! @twifintech
https://t.co/4fqJC2gxTz
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In this episode of our Fintech and AI series, Julie and Jillian sit down with two leading voices in fintech to explore how AI is revolutionizing the payments landscape. Alexis Zhu of Stripe and Yunyu...
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Excited to officially launch our FintechxAI podcast series @twifintech - our first episode is on fraud w/ guests @amanmibra of @deeptrustAI & @naftaliharris of @SentiLink . Follow along monthly for our awesome themes and guests across the fintech sectors!
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Hi everyone! Jillian and I are thrilled to be kicking off our podcast series on all things AI. In our premier episode, we're joined by Naftali Harris, CEO and Founder of Sentilink, a company that...
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So excited for Caroline to join the @CowboyVC team!
Thrilled to share I'm now a Partner @CowboyVC 🤠 Honored and energized to join forces with @aileenlee & the exceptional team. Wrote some thoughts on joining and where we're looking now: https://t.co/R6qDmjOkw0 if you're buliding/investing/brainstorming - reach out!
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Congrats to the @joinhomebase team for the recognition of their impact across over 150k+ brick & mortar businesses. So proud of what @J_Waldmann , Rushi , and team continue to build for such an important and massive segment of our economy!
News: @Joinhomebase is a 2024 @FastCompany Brands That Matter winner We’ve won a few awards recently (incl Best Payroll for SMB - CNN), but this one lands differently. This award is for all the local businesses we serve, who work tirelessly to build great teams and serve their
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🚀 loving the energy in NY! #longny
Highest level of NYC fintech founder energy I’ve seen in a few years 🗽 Especially at Series A and earlier Next generation has been head down building during the down cycle Who else is shipping? @Baselayerhq @grailpay @KnotAPIs @maxekane @movewithroam @pylonlending @usehaven
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