Paige Finn Doherty
@paigefinnn
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solo gp investing in technical storytellers @behind_genius wrote a children’s book about VC - seed to harvest prev: @workos @northropgrumman
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Joined August 2015
excited to announce behind genius’s next chapter - an $8.9m fund II focused on investing in the best founder storytellers. thank you to @agarfinks for sharing my story in Fortune, and to our LPs including @CendanaCapital, Mixi, GREE, @arashf, and @PankajKedia for their support.
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@erica_wenger @paigefinnn Ohhh, very cool, Paige is a legend, looking forward to this one!
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Erica asked some really thoughtful questions, so excited for this podcast to come out soon!
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the best advice I got (and followed) on breaking into VC in 2020 was from @mhdempsey - “write online”
I’ve been chatting with young people trying to break into VC so sharing what I generally advise: - To make the best impression, don’t ask VCs for coffee, send them *good* deal flow instead - Bad deal flow is worse than sending nothing. If you don’t know the difference, absorb
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The last few weeks changed everything here at MoldCo: ✅8K to 45K+ waitlist since late August with minimal spend ✅We’ve dominated the narrative for the mold-health movement, generating 38M+ views across 1.2K videos, with just $6K ✅Patients are pulling our success: 40% of
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hone acquired one of our portfolio companies (ivee) announced earlier this year. pretty great graph :)
I invested in a startup 4 years ago that's already doing 9 figures in revenue Hone Health (operating system for longevity) has one of the most insane growth trajectories I've seen: - More than doubling at $100s of M in ARR - Profitable unit economics - Strong expansion revenue
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shout out to NOX METALS very own @JDarakd for driving across the country to get an order delivered on time for one of our most important customers our freight broker failed us and our only options were to drive across the country or deliver 3 days late
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The cycle of craft to slop and to craft again
+1. Young people are not buying new luxury stuff because 1) they don’t have that disposable income (yet) and 2) they recognize that newer stuff isn’t as well-made or crafted vs 2nd hand items from the same brands, which are also cheaper. Even when they do eventually achieve
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@packyM and i think we'll see each of these factors continue to increase over time, 1. outcomes increase as AI matures, more tech IPOs happen 2. fund sizes get bigger as more proven outcomes come to light 3. more capital concentration as fund sizes get bigger anyways...what a time to
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@packyM 3. and bigger funds are a bigger piece of the overall venture pie, meaning this dynamic is increasingly pulling other funds towards this way of thinking IF you want to collaborate with them. for h12025 - 12 firms collected over 50% of all venture cash in the first half of 2025.
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@packyM 2. bigger funds NEED bigger outcomes than before to move the needle. bigger outcomes result from companies selling or going public for more. key element = driving more revenue. common question vc investors used to ask was "how could this company get to $100m arr?" has changed
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1. outcomes are getting bigger In writer/investor @packyM recent piece “Everything is Technology,” he explores how venture math is changing: in the early 2000s, the top 1% of companies were worth $1B. Now, the top 1% of companies are worth more than $20B. Venture-backed
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