Brian O'Malley
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20 year veteran investor across @accel, @batteryventures & @forerunnervc. Seeker of network effects & taquerias.
San Francisco, CA
Joined July 2009
2005: Accel is raising Fund IX- a significant reduction from $1.6B to $440 million. The dotcom bubble left scars everywhere. Social networking is dead. Friendster failed. Nobody wants to touch the category. Jim Breyer invests $12.7M into Facebook anyway in May 2005. VCs whisper
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Congrats to Team @ArrivedHomes on the launch of the first stock market where investors can freely trade shares of actual properties as well as the credit used to support development. Coming on the heels of RobinHood simplifying equity purchases and Coinbase simplifying crypto,
Big news š”š We just raised $27M ā led by @neo, with @ForerunnerVC, Bezos Expeditions, Core, and others ā and launched the first-ever āstock marketā for single-family rentals. Investors can now buy & sell shares of rental homes across the U.S.ā in minutes. The future of real
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Aries is transforming logistics with modern tracking and unmatched client experience. Get a Quote or Book Now.
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Love this by @dauber. Not enough people talk about how to identify & recruit amazing investors and the impact those people have on moving firms to the next level.
A decade+ after founding, Amplify is consistently producing funds that are top 5% (really!). Why? Because we do something most VCs completely miss: https://t.co/yIfM5OKGxB
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Congrats @ClayHQ team! Excited to see what you all can build as part of the @automattic platform!
We wanted to take a moment to share some great news! Clay has been acquired by Automattic. By joining forces with @automattic, Clay will not only live on but continue to grow and improveāwith our entire team remaining at the helm.
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Congrats to the Fora team on their $40M Series C round led by @ThriveCapital. Fora has become the fastest growing company in travel, booking 2 million room nights and over $1 billion in annual spend. This growth has been based on the simple premise that, when given the choice,
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Travel platform Fora has raised a previously-unannounced $60 million from investors including Thrive.
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10 Years of experience with simulated trading. Turn your skills into rewards now!
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So many quotable updates in this @chudson post on the state of the industry, but this is my favorite: "Somewhere along the line, we traded metrics for taste. Metrics give you the comfort of absolute and relative comparisons. Venture firms can invest like algorithmic hedge funds
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For all the talk about preventative health, only one brand is: - Serving 100k+ members - Generating $100m+ rev and profitable - 10x the scale of competitors despite raising less $$$ - 100% integrated across hardware, software, radiologists, and ops - Quickly becoming synonymous
Excited to share new product enhancements after quietly raising our Series B last year š Now introducing neuro & blood assessments and an FDA-cleared AI body composition report. Backed by @ForerunnerVC, @leftlanecap & @felicis. More via @CNBC:
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Announcing @ForerunnerVC led Series B round in @prenuvo, teaming up with @andrewlacy and co-investors @speechu & @leftlanecap. With only 2.5% of healthcare spending focused on preventative medicine, the US system waits for people to become sick before intervening. Consumers
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Tired = AI Assistant. š„± Wired = AI Operating System š„ Check out @zachtratar new product, Embra, that gets work done for you by tapping into root sources of data and then operating async without requiring you to initiate each workflow. Feedback welcome!
Excited to share some progress weāve made! There are too many narrow, less capable tools out there. We donāt believe you need another AI assistant. Thatās why weāre building an AI operating system. Meet the new Embra: 1/5
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Phantom Blade Zero launches worldwide on September 9, 2026 on Steam, PlayStation, and the Epic Games Store. Join the journey and wishlist today to stay connected!
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"Roon is essentially what youād get if you combined WedMD with Perplexity, but trained *only* on doctor-created clinical information and answers." @eurie_kim on why there's arguably no better team to drive the Search to Service shift in health: https://t.co/wjE0zg5HjH
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Roon ensures everyone has access to a trusted expert to help navigate their critical health journeys
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Time to be open-minded, think big, and be optimistic. And be courageous. Our newest fund is dedicated to maximizing these rare opportunities ahead and their value for consumers. Announcing Fund VII! https://t.co/SLXt67mAoo
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We've been calling it "edit," but the general principle is the same.
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We taste over 5,000 wines a year. Only 4% make the cut. You almost picked one of them. Not some mass-market label. Not a bottle youāll find on grocery shelves. This is the kind of wine you remember. And you were one click away. Join the 4%.
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Put another way: donāt sell research tools to Goldman Sachs; be the next Goldman Sachs. Donāt sell analytics to WPP; be the next WPP. 4/ Our latest at Forerunner: Be the Firm cc: @alex_brussell
https://t.co/edOVZDS9Lr
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This is in direct contrast to the SaaS wave, where the tools themselves were the winners. @micahjay1 put this well: with AI vs. with SaaS, itās likely best to be the full-stack provider vs. sell the picks & shovels. https://t.co/QQdIrw2iK0 3/
Given that AI can automate laborious processes, I've been thinking that perhaps its best to invest in full-stack traditionally serviceoriented companies that leverage AI vs. being the tool seller. In the SAAS revolution, the tools created the value. But perhaps in this wave, the
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As generic LLMs move up the stack to more nuanced tasksāthere will be less proprietary value in selling AI outputs & move value from integrating AI outputs with the critical human elements of service delivery. 2/
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The tech world is now enamored with AI-powered startups that āsell workā into service firms, dubbed "services as software," but we @ForerunnerVC believe this model falls one step short. 1/
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America is the worldās last hope. Thatās why Trumpās role matters more than ever. Follow for more.
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We've all heard about how high mortgage rates are making it harder on home buyers, but what if you could be the lender and benefit from today's rates? @ArrivedHomes is offering the ability to invest in their credit fund. Don't get beaten by the bank, be the bank! Take a look š
The Arrived Private Credit Fund is available now! Capture this once-in-a-decade opportunity amidst today's high-interest-rate environment. https://t.co/gGOAm3ff4R
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If you live in the bay area, feel free to see for yourself. Don't forget to leverage our discount code, "forerunner" and get $50 off $200 or more @
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