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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.
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🎉 Today we announce Village Global III, our new ~$250M seed fund dedicated to backing the most tenacious founders at Day 0.
We're also thrilled that
@reidhoffman
has taken the role of Chairman. 1/5
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👋We’ve expanded our Investment team: Welcome
@mayafrai
and
@maxkilberg
!
Maya comes to Village from Greylock, where she worked with Reid and other friends of Village. Prior to that, she was a product manager at Google. Her wide network, product background, and investing…
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Okay, Villagers - This is it. The moment we've all been waiting for. What Kevin Durant, aka, Keith
@rabois
thinks about basically everything.
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Some personal news:
- We're now investing out of a $125 million Fund II
- We're hiring a GP to join the team
- Admissions to our accelerator are now rolling, so apply early :)
A huge thank you to all the Villagers who've helped build this community!
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Two weeks ago we at Village Global hosted our premier annual event, The Grove, with Chairman
@reidhoffman
, tech industry luminaries, and a curated group of the emerging unicorn CEOs. Participants over the years have included
@satyanadella
,
@MichaelDell
,
@patrickc
,
@sama
,…
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“Just within the first month of the Village Global accelerator we made invaluable connections, and our vision and goals became sharper than ever!”
@nadayar
of
@ouredenlife
with co-founders
@unicodeveloper
& Silm. Apply to our virtual accelerator by 5/15
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For those that might not know: Village Global is not a traditional VC. We’re a network. From how we invest in startups to how we help founders. Learn more about our thesis here 📲
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It's here! What
@justinkan
thinks about basically everything.
Happiness, success, legacy, meditation, marketing, management, investing, Atrium for X, and much much more. 🎙👇
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🗽 Luminaries in lights! Nasdaq featured the close of our $250M Fund III on the Nasdaq Tower in NYC. Watch the video that played live in Times Square, which features our Chairman Reid Hoffman and Bill Gates and Sam Altman.
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Congrats to
@realbrianbags
and
@SellToSimply
for raising $22M to provide well-maintained affordable homes to the people most in need.
The company will use the funds to expand into new markets and develop AI-powered analysts to inform new acquisitions.
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🎙️New on the podcast: the founder and CEO of
@SUPERPLASTIC
on showing up stupid every day, encouraging creative mistakes, & the importance of maintaining your creative integrity.
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Announcing Village: Venture Capital as a Network
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Village Global Accelerator applications are OPEN! Apply by 8/10 to join the Fall 2021 vintage.
Participants get:
* Dedicated Advisor
* Turnkey Fundraising Support
* Just-In-Time Answers
* Community
* $125k invested on a SAFE
Learn more & apply:
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From Day 1
@AppliedInt
aimed to drive global adoption of intelligent, safe machines. They now have over $1B to invest in new products. Amazed by their relentless pursuit of progress! 🚀
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Today: A very special episode with
@AustenAllred
on the future of education.
He discusses Income Sharing Agreements (ISAs) Asynchronous education, verticalized learning, what it means to build a "venture-backable" EdTech business and much much more. 🎙️👇
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Another incredibly special episode with Mike Maples (
@m2jr
) and Alok Vasudev (
@alokvasudev
)
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The Future of Crypto, Capitalism, and Governance.
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Enjoy →
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Announcing ODX in partnership with Village Global, a $100M+ community-backed accelerator:
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We’re happy to announce that we're now accepting applications for the summer vintage of our Network Catalyst accelerator!
The program runs July 7 - September 29 and you can participate from anywhere in the world.
Learn more and apply at
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Two very special episodes coming soon:
1.
@eriktorenberg
&
@danielgross
on games,
@pioneerdotapp
, income sharing agreements, friendship, Productivity as a Service, & more.
+
2.
@LauraDeming
on her “secret,” the greatest gift of nature, unlocking capital, & inspiring science!
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Our HQ team kicked off a recent Zoom meeting with an at-home plank challenge. The winner?
@adwane
, who held a forearm plank for an astounding 6 minutes and 10 seconds. Don’t mess with Anne. 💪
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Village Global $100M Fund: Off and Running!
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Here's one episode you don't want to miss. 🎙👇
-
@eriktorenberg
and
@balajis
CTO of
@coinbase
discuss the future of finance, global equality of opportunity, China, and the unprecedented impact of new ideas.
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Listen below & let us know what you think!
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New episode! 🎙
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Sunny Aggarwal (
@sunnya97
) of Cosmos joins
@eriktorenberg
and co-host Haseeb Qureshi (
@hosseeb
), GP at MetaStable Capital, for a new episode of
#CryptoStories
on solving the blockchain interoperability problem. 👇
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Overheard last night by
@Naval
👇
“Almost everything can be organized as a network. Money is a network. Your company is a network. Your country is a network.”
And...
@villageglobal
is a network too :)
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We were thrilled to host a bunch of Village CEOs for dinner in San Francisco. It was great to catch up, have deep conversations, and feel the energy of being together in person again!
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We invest early. We love being the first money in. Pre-seed and seed stage are our sweet spots; then, we’re here to follow-on and connect you with other investors in our network as you grow 😊
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It's 1 yr later so what have they learned?
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Well...
@gregisenberg
,
@donnie
,
@eriktorenberg
, and
@msg
are BACK!
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The past, present, and future of consumer social coming soon.
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Original episode & predictions here:
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Masters of Scale strategy session with Village Global founders. Tune in and hear from
@nancyyu25
of
@rdmd
,
@nadayar
of
@ouredenlife
,
@robertjmoore
of
@crossbeam
,
@derekbrown
of
@BunchesApp
,
@faressiddiqui
of
@CircadiaHealth
, and Kathleen Egan of
@ecomedes
.
How do you stay agile when your team is overwhelmed right now? How do you find new markets when your old ones stall?
@ReidHoffman
takes questions from six
@VillageGlobal
entrepreneurs in our new Strategy Session.
Listen on
@ApplePodcasts
or
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Podcasting tonight with
@andreasklinger
&
@photomatt
on the future of work and distributed teams 🎙💡
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Village Global Co-Founder & Partner
@bencasnocha
encouraging folks to apply to Network Catalyst, our accelerator for formation-stage founders. Submissions & referrals are due December 7th, 2018.
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We're thrilled to invest in
@bumblebeespaces
!
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Their first product is one of the rare consumer inventions that truly feels futuristic, ushering in the world once promised by television shows like "The Jetsons."
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Learn more about our investment below.
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A masterclass on recruiting, interviewing, evaluating, managing, and more. Elaine Wherry (
@elainewherry
) shares insightful tactics and strategies to help you scale your talent + team.
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Podcasting today with the one and only
@justinkan
and his Chief of Staff
@nujabrol
. Get ready for an amazing episode tomorrow 🎙
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This morning we convened 130+ world-class entrepreneurs, investors, and operators for an unforgettable fireside chat with luminary founder, philanthropist, and
@VillageGlobal
LP
@BillGates
. Bill was in conversation with
@JuliaHartz
, the CEO of Eventbrite.
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Companies from our accelerator have grown fast and raised follow-on financing from
@a16z
,
@felicis
,
@firstround
,
@gcvp
,
@Lux_Capital
,
@NFX
,
@sparkcapital
, and more. Accelerator applications are due May 15th and the virtual program kicks off on July 7th.
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Village Accelerator grads have raised some incredible rounds the last few months
$65M
@Addi_col
B w/
@USV
$20M
@beondeck
A w/
@FoundersFund
$51M
@envedabio
A w/
@Lux_Capital
$10M
@obsessvr
A w/
@JumpCapital
$15M Settle A w/
@KleinerPerkins
& many more TBA
Apply by Aug 10th!
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We’re Hiring! Join Village!
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Congrats to
@DistruApp
! Thrilled to back you in Network Catalyst and excited to have
@felics
,
@eladgil
,
@KatieS
,
@avichal
for the journey ahead.
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Applications are open for the Village Global Accelerator!
Founders get a personalized experience, 1:1 mentoring, tight-knit community, and the Village network.
Learn more & apply:
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Applied to an accelerator? It’s easy to apply to our accelerator too. Just email a copy of your completed application to: hello at
Our early application deadline is May 15. Learn more here:
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Full house tonight for
@ericschmidt
and
@tylercowen
. We’re excited for an engaging and enlightening conversation.
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We’re now accepting applications for the winter vintage of our Network Catalyst accelerator!
Check out the TechCrunch article about last year’s vintage:
Apply before September 20 at .
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Village Accelerator apps are OPEN. Join the supercharged accelerator customized to you, backed by top founders
@JeffBezos
@BillGates
@reidhoffman
@annewoj23
Leverage the Village network to help you find investors, customers, and product market fit.
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Very grateful for
@reidhoffman
@8en
for sharing their wisdom and humor last night at our luminary dinner.
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We are happy to announce that we are now accepting applications for the Village Global
#Accelerator
on a rolling basis. Participate from anywhere in the world. Learn more and apply anytime:
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The deadline for applications to the accelerator is November 18! Apply today.
Or refer your smartest friends...
Curious to see what applications come in for the next vintage of the
@villageglobal
Network Catalyst accelerator — it's ideal for formation stage startups who get $150k + connections + personalized support. If you're starting a company, you can apply here:
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This summer's edition of Network Catalyst is in full swing! This week the founders have had sessions with
@sarahtavel
,
@twang
,
@saranormous
,
@mvernal
, and
@mallun
. They've heard from Village founders and our Network Leaders and we've had some very fun dinners!
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Co-Founders
@nancyyu25
and
@onnofaber
are revolutionizing rare disease research through
@acgtxyz
.
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If you’re a talented engineer or physician-scientist looking to join a company at the intersection of BioTech, R&D & social good, please consider RDMD.
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Podcasting last week with twitter fan favorite
@ryan_caldbeck
on algorithmic investing, Ryan's framework for the future of CPG, and the often overlooked but profoundly important topic of founder/employee mental health. Stay tuned!
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We’re thrilled to host Abby Johnson, CEO of
@Fidelity
and Village Global luminary for lunch today with some of our network’s best investors and entrepreneurs!
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Our Village Global birthday celebrations are slowly but surely getting more elaborate. HBD to the one and only
@bencasnocha
😊🎂
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Two Villagers recognized! Congratulations Tom Currier of
@ridecabin
and Sankarshan Murthy (
@Sancartion
) CEO of
@bumblebeespaces
for being named in
@Inc
's 50 startups to watch.
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This is it! The final day to apply. Stop what you're doing and hit submit! We would love to work with you in 2019.
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Attention founders in the US and around the world:
@villageglobal
's Network Catalyst accelerator enables you to stay in your market and build your business throughout the program. Get Silicon Valley connections without having to move to the Bay Area:
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Another very special episode with
@zachperret
Co-Founder and CEO of Plaid, alongside
@dhaber
former Co-Founder and CEO of Bond Street, now at Goldman Sachs.
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The State and Future of FinTech.
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➡
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We're thrilled to announce our investment in
@LiveGlamCam
, building "Twitch for Makeup" through Network Catalyst.
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Learn more about the product and launch below 👇
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📲🎁💄💋✍️
Announcing GlamCam: Twitch for Makeup
We love Ben and thought the same thing in December!
medium.com
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We recently brought our founders together at a couple of dinners in San Francisco to exchange ideas, support each other, and make new connections.
The quality of the Village Global network and the ambition of our founders never ceases to amaze us! 🚀
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"More startups should have 4-5 co-founders." Learn why Village Global partner
@bencasnocha
believes founder-CEOs should be generous in offering the "co-founder" title to early employees:
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Honored to have our luminary LP
@RobertIger
in LA with several Villagers to discuss trends shaping the future of tech and business.
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Congratulations to
@sumitgh85
and the
@Chingari_IN
team! Excited for what's ahead!
Thanks a lot!
@GoI_MeitY
@narendramodi
@rsprasad
@SanjayDhotreMP
sirs. Well done team
@Chingari_IN
, all those late nights and hard work paid off! cc
@somani_utsav
@villageglobal
@AngelList
@AngelListIndia
@eriktorenberg
@AshishFafadia
@GulatiSinghJ
We are getting just started!!
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What a week! Check out some of these photos from our Tuesday luncheon with Abby Johnson, CEO of Fidelity and Village Global LP 😊 Thank you to everyone who attended and supported our conversation about FinTech, privacy, cryptocurrency, and the future! 📲
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We're hiring a GM of Network to craft transformative experiences for founders participating in our accelerator program called Network Catalyst. We’ll pay you $5,000 if we hire the person you refer. Please send them to jobs
@villageglobal
.vc
📲
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“Optimists win.”
@chrismichel
&
@chr1sa
sharing timeless wisdom and insightful startup war-stories with our Villagers last week.
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.
@AngelaAcostaD
and the team at
@soymorado_
are building a marketplace for the beauty industry. They just raised $5M to power the digitization of salons in Latin America!
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Congratulations to
@superplastic
on raising your $10M Series A! Honored to have you in the Village. :) cc:
@elizabeth
@craft_ventures
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Congratulations
@nadayar
and the
@ouredenlife
team on pioneering the home services category in Africa and the seed round to fuel this vision.
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Jennifer Lum
@lum
is an entrepreneur, angel investor, startup advisor & active Network Leader at
@villageglobal
Learn what gets Jen to "yes," why she started
@Forge_AI
& more about her philosophy on investing, operating & evaluating great companies below
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.
@Overflow_app
is helping bring philanthropy into the future by empowering donors to seamlessly donate stocks directly to non-profits.
Congratulations to
@vanceroush
,
@Kyleculus
, and the team on raising a $10M Series A!
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Congratulations
@VeriSIMlife
on raising a $5.2M round! We’re proud to be investors in
@jo_getter
and team. They’re working on software that allows drugs to be tested and developed "in silico," or virtually instead of on live animals:
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.
@AppliedInt
is enabling teams to safely develop, test, and deploy autonomous vehicles at scale. They’ve raised a $175M Series D!
@qasar
discussed their tech with our luminary LP
@BillGates
at a private Village Global gathering.
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Podcasting today with
@fubini
,
@eriktorenberg
, and
@MishaEsipov
Co-Founder and CEO of
@nova_credit
.
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We're excited about
#web3
and the Miami ecosystem and have backed some awesome companies so far. On Feb 23 we're hosting a web3 dinner in Miami with a curated group of founders + angels. Want to join? Request an invite!
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Pro tips & hot takes on angel investing from
@reidhoffman
,
@chamath
,
@eladgil
,
@kevinhartz
@nickcald
@athenakarp
& 100+ angels convened in the cloud 😇☁️
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New episode w.
@eriktorenberg
&
@stevejang
of
@kindredventures
about supporting founders at seed and how building startups has changed. They cover:
- no-code & democratizing access
- marketplaces & community
- a post-smartphone computing paradigm
and more!
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.
@obsessVR
are creating the future of shopping with immersive virtual showrooms. They’ve already partnered with
@Coach
,
@TommyHilfiger
,
@CTilburyMakeup
, and more. Their $10M Series A will take them even further!
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In beautiful Beverly Hills with 100+ entrepreneurs, investors, and operators in our network for an enlightening conversation with Village Global Luminary LP
@RobertIger
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Delighted to have our network join us today for an exclusive fireside chat on the future of digital health with Village Global luminary LP
@annewoj23
in conversation with
@dpatil
.
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Fundraising is hard & takes time.
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That's why we invited
@danielkan
Co-Founder of
@cruise
&
@qasar
, former COO at YC to discuss bridging the gap between Seed & Series A with our Network.
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Here's what we observed at our recent fundraising fireside chat.
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In order to celebrate 100 EPISODES of Venture Stories by
@villageglobal
🎉
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Here are 116 minutes you don't want to miss!
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What our dear friend
@tylercowen
thinks about basically everything.
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Our luminary LP
@markpinc
shared so much wisdom with our founders last night. And he did so in a powerfully authentic way. Honored to have him in the Village!
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Hadrian is revolutionizing the space and defense supply chain with their new automated factories. This new funding will take them even further. Congrats
@2112Power
and team!
Announcing our Series A (lead by
@breeves08
at Lux) and A-Prime (lead by
@KTmBoyle
at A16Z), 12 months after our seed.
We've proven we can make spaceflight hardware 10x faster than anyone else, and we'll use $90m in new funding to scale Hadrian factories to meet insane demand.
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“The fastest way to change yourself is to hang out with people who are already the way you want to be.”
~
@bencasnocha
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Network Leader
@briannekimmel
wrote about the OODA Loop, a military framework that prioritizes agility over raw horsepower, to help startups w/ their GTM.
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Congratulations portfolio company
@getdarkstore
for announcing their Series A fundraise in order to reimagine same-day delivery and urban fulfillment for the future of shipping.
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Hello from Northern California where 75 of our co-founders are gathering for our summer Founder Retreat, an event packed with content sessions, hiking, and late night fire pit conversations. Oh - and it’s hot up here:
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We hosted a retreat this summer to help our founders recharge, reflect, connect, and grow at a beautiful location in northern California.
@meredithperry
@elbasti
@dojiboy9
@epsteinjo
@thedanigrant
talk about what it was like to be there.
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We're under a week away from the final application deadline for the winter vintage of our Network Catalyst accelerator. The program runs January 7 to March 30 and you can participate from anywhere in the world! Make sure to apply here:
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.
@sardine
's risk platform enables safer and faster payments in fintech and crypto. The $51.5M Series B, with participation from our LP
@ericschmidt
, will accelerate their progress! Fun to remember CEO
@soupsranjan
meeting with our LP
@RobertIger
.
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.
@Addi_col
offers buy now pay later in just a few clicks. They announced a $75M extension to their Series B, which takes the round to $140M.
Congratulations
@SantiaSua
and team!
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