Village Global
@villageglobal
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Village Global is a network-native, early-stage VC firm with ~$500M AUM, chaired by Reid Hoffman, and backed by tech’s best. We lead pre-seed and seed rounds.
San Francisco, CA
Joined April 2017
Congrats to the @ArisMachina team on launching. @sidk_ and Peter Carlsson are building the intelligence layer for modern manufacturing. One of the many reasons we’re excited about backing this team and vision is how their long-term thinking shows up in unexpected places – even
Extending our gratitude towards investors that participated in our $10.7 million pre-seed investment round earlier this year. The round was led by Earlybird, alongside Village Global, AENU, Planet A and Snö, and other angel investors.
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Today, we’re launching the Made Essential Visa® Signature Preferred Card, issued by Lead Bank — the first rewards credit card designed specifically for homeowners. https://t.co/oWmSseMk11
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what a list! i'm always looking to partner with technical folks who have a strong point of view on tools that need to exist, care about product/devex, and think big. and one thing i love about @villageglobal is that we can back people in the earliest stages. so, if you're
Results are in: • @varadh - angel investor • @cyantist - Long Journey • @vsodera - Supercharge • @DStrachman - 1517 • @alanaagoyal - basecase • @edsim, @etdurbin - Boldstart • @darian314, @brackin, @thezbg - Gradient • @jsngr - lil fund • @MaxClaussen - SystemOne VC •
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It was wonderful seeing @villageglobal portfolio CEO Qasar Younis of Applied Intuition in Riyadh last week. Applied Intuition has become a giant in the autonomous driving space, and last raised at a $15 billion valuation. (Quite a markup from the seed round.) Qasar has built a
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"Every great company has a small list of golden rituals. They're named, every employee knows them by their first Friday, and they're templated." @SuperhumanHQ (formerly Grammarly + Coda) CEO @shishirmehrotra joined @bencasnocha to discuss building AI platforms at scale, pricing
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Most founders think selling is about the product. Van Jones says it's about making people feel something first. Full conversation: https://t.co/fec6TETRUe
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Please join us in congratulating @maxkilberg on his promotion to Investment Partner at Village Global. In his 2 years with the firm, Max has shown an incredible eye for talent and opportunity, high conviction in backing ambitious founders on Day 0, and boundless energy in
Some exciting news! I’m thrilled to announce that I’m now an Investment Partner at @villageglobal, where I’ll continue to lead pre-seed/seed rounds across categories and geographies. These last two years at Village have been a dream come true, and I can’t wait to take on a
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Congrats to @eleanor_morgan and the Liftoff team on coming out of stealth. We’re thrilled to back them as they connect incredible talent through people they already trust, helping top companies find their next marketing, design, product, and GM leaders.
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We’re thrilled to back @loreobsessed, a new search platform built for the fandom age. Founded by @zehranaqvi_, Lore is reimagining how people explore their internet obsessions from Marvel theories to One Direction timelines. We couldn’t be more excited to back Zehra and her
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Congrats to @SandeepPyapali and the @MestaNetwork team on their $5.5M seed raise! Cross-border payments is known to be slow and costly. But Mesta is rewiring the way money moves in a way that's seamless, transparent, and reliable. We’re thrilled to back Sandeep Pyapali and his
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@ericsyuan @reidhoffman Watch AI Avatars and the Future of Work with Eric Yuan & Reid Hoffman on the Village Global YouTube Channel https://t.co/MGcYHULg4p
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We haven't figured out teleportation, but if you're ambitious about using AI, you can be in two places at once. @ericsyuan's AI twin delivered Zoom’s latest earnings call and @reidhoffman sends his digital self to conferences and interviews. Watch the full conversation on our
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.@StevenGlinert (Co-Founder & CEO of Sphere Semi) on how they're using AI to change how chips are designed: “CPUs and GPUs get all the attention, but analog is a third of the trillion-dollar chip industry and it’s critical for communications, warfare, and more.” “We think human
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🌟Join an epic startup. @VillageGlobal portfolio companies invest to hire remarkable talent from the US & around the world. Express interest to reach portfolio hiring managers #h1bvisa
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TIL: A slop daddy is a reply guy who copy-pastes AI junk into your comments. Proud to support @0xAndros and @growthterminal in the battle to bring quality content back to our feeds at scale.
Today's FULL interview segment with Andros Wong, Founder of Growth Terminal. Content creation, strategy for social growth, crafting replies, being viral ready, brand accounts, and more!
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Stealth is not a long-term strategy. Aaron Harris (@harris) built YC's Series A program and has helped founders raise billions. He argues that by Series A, building in secret means you're missing critical information on where investors are actually excited. Great founders
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In 2–5 years, not using AI won’t make sense. AI is a teammate that amplifies what you do best, and professionals who ignore it will be under tooled and quickly fall behind.
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