I'm investing up to 250k first checks in teams building: - robotics, drones, space - crypto - applied ai/ml - ar/vr - manufacturing, logistics DMs always open. Tell me what you're building!

In 2009 we were running out of cash. I met our lead investor hoping to discuss a bridge. Instead: “Hubert, you need to step down. We need a professional CEO. You’ll always be remembered as the founder, don’t worry.” WOW. Nice, thank you. I walked out, raised $600k from angels

If a vc says they don’t use Twitter Block them immediately

We’ve funded more hardware companies than software this year. The great flippening is underway.

December 14, 2024. We met and backed @bipashasen31 and the Tangible team, They had moved to SF for a “break” to go all-in on their idea: creating an in-home robotic butler. She dropped out of her PhD at MIT and assembled a world-class team. Welcome to the world, Eggie :)

Took me 17 years to get to 10k followers. 2 months to get to 20k. 6 weeks to 30k. 8 weeks to 40K. Slowly, then all at once

The longer I'm on X, the more I realize: Founders with small accounts are the most interesting ones. - too busy building to posture - no ego, just shipping - Zero hype, just reality don't hesitate to tell me what you are building! I just want to fund great founders.

Create more than you consume. Everything else is noise.

Who is building something during nights and week ends? What is it ?

Just build something. Anything. App, robot, yt channel, music. That’s how your life changes.

he built a self driving bike

Just broke 39K followers on here, so allow me to re-introduce myself: >40y old >Born in Paris, moved to SF in 2007 >first startup at 19, @CurseForge >40m users across our websites > I'm not technical >12 years run, acq by @Twitch in 2016 >now investing @fdotinc >3 young kids

Got introduced to a fund during our Series A in 2009. I flew out 4 hours to meet them. Guy opens the door: “I’ve got 20 minutes.” Opens the deck I sent days earlier, looks up and says: “Sorry, we don’t invest in media companies. Don’t want to waste your time.” i stayed calm

he can make metal 20x cheaper

Tell me what you’re building and if it’s cool, I’ll invite you to our 40,000-sq-ft founder lab in SF in December. 10 teams.

Let’s normalize $500K pre-seeds for most companies. We’re seeing numerous 2–3 person teams doing incredible work with AI productivity tools and generating revenue quickly. Why do you need $2M if you’re not doing hard tech or deep research?

Also, I think we should normalize 500k pre seeds for most companies. 3 people team can get to 1 mil in revenue easy in this AI productivity world. If you do deep tech and models research it’s différent.

I’m seeing way too many founders hit the fundraising market with totally unrealistic expectations because of what they read on Twitter. Here are some facts: •A $2M pre-seed at a $20M+ valuation is not the norm. Most rounds are still in the low teens or even single digits. “But

Everyone loves the idea of being a founder until you’re 2 years in, pivoted 4 times, broke, and your family is asking when you’ll get a “real” job.

What was your first startup idea ever?

build in public might get your idea stolen in public might get funded in 5 minutes in public