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Oliver Buchannon
Clay Norris

Founder @ Confluence.VC | GP @ Outlaw


📶 some things you say that signal you're new

Jan 12, 2026

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8 min read

📶 some things you say that signal you're new

Investor jargon and language cliché mistakes I made that I now filter for

📶 26 predictions for 2026

Jan 5, 2026

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29 min read

📶 26 predictions for 2026

Crowdsourcing the most realistic projections of where things are heading in the year ahead

2025 annual letter (Confluence.VC + Outlaw fund I)

Dec 31, 2025

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25 min read

2025 annual letter (Confluence.VC + Outlaw fund I)

Updates on Confluence, my take on the state of the venture market, the new playbook for first-time funds, founder personas I am betting on, and some things I am thinking through

📶 Deal Flow Report: 01/05/25

Jan 5, 2025

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 01/05/25

Insanely fast accounting for new businesses, embedded analytics for your customers, how to scale brand affiliates

📶 Confluence.VC 2024 Year in Review

Dec 31, 2024

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23 min read

📶 Confluence.VC 2024 Year in Review

3,500 words on what all we learned in 2024 + our masterplan going into 2025

📶 Deal Flow Report: 12/08/24

Dec 8, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 12/08/24

Enterprise browser security that protects employees when they browse the internet, creating new workflows to make PE investors more efficient with the output, how to detect shoplifting in real-time and reduce internal theft by 28%

📶 Deal Flow Report: 11/24/24

Nov 24, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 11/24/24

The best AI for legal teams, a company making banking magical, and the future of human reasoning

📶 Deal Flow Report: 11/10/24

Nov 10, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 11/10/24

Customer support 2.0, AI knowledge and support for technical sales teams, and the future of list building and enrichment

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: October 2024 Recap

Nov 4, 2024

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3 min read

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: October 2024 Recap

The good, the bad, and the outlook

📶 Deal Flow Report: 10/27/24

Oct 27, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 10/27/24

A way to build enterprise software in days, not months, how to make any food or drink more gut healthy, and software for sales reps to perfect their pitch with AI prospects

📶 Deal Flow Report: 10/13/24

Oct 13, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 10/13/24

A better way to analyze and report on internal metrics, how to create documentation like Stripe, plus an AI-enabled pipeline generation machine

📶 Deal Flow Report: 09/29/24

Sep 29, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 09/29/24

Industry-leading forecast planning for grocers, AI-powered embedded analytics, and AGI for the enterprise

📶 Deal Flow Report: 09/02/24

Sep 2, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 09/02/24

The fastest way to ship airtight AI, an all-in one sales intelligence platform, and the intelligent platform for the AI internet

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: August 2024 Recap

Aug 30, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: August 2024 Recap

What went right, what went wrong, the outlook, and where we could use some help

📶 Deal Flow Report: 08/18/24

Aug 18, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 08/18/24

AI sales experts with one line of code, a tool to make sense of your compensation package, and an automated LLM evaluation company

📶 Deal Flow Report: 08/04/24

Aug 4, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 08/04/24

An onboarding compliance software backed by General Catalyst, an AI engine for IP, and an automation framework company to compete with Zapier

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: June + July 2024 Recap

Jul 31, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: June + July 2024 Recap

What went right, what went wrong, the outlook, and where we could use some help

📶 Deal Flow Report: 07/21/24

Jul 21, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 07/21/24

An open-source DocuSign competitor, an AI-powered sales prospecting tool, plus a way to automate your healthcare compliance

📶 Deal Flow Report: 06/09/24
LockSimple

Jun 9, 2024

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7 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 06/09/24

The future of legal work, a new era of personal health, and a global sales tax solution for SaaS

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: May 2024 Recap
LockSimple

May 30, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: May 2024 Recap

What went right, what went wrong, the outlook, and where we could use some help

📶 The 36 most useful links we've ever shared

May 14, 2024

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4 min read

📶 The 36 most useful links we've ever shared

The most-clicked resources we've shared over the past 300+ newsletters

📶 Deal Flow Report: 05/12/24
LockSimple

May 12, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 05/12/24

Launching trustworthy AI apps in weeks, the best AWS spend management software, and next generation AI accounting to replace Quickbooks

📶 the truth about newsletters (16 things we should have known earlier)

May 9, 2024

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2 min read

📶 the truth about newsletters (16 things we should have known earlier)

Reflections on the newsletter bubble plus what we wish somebody would have told us earlier about building a newsletter-first business

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: April 2024 Recap

May 2, 2024

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2 min read

📶 Confluence.VC Behind the Scenes: April 2024 Recap

What went right, what went wrong, the outlook, and where we could use some help

📶 Deal Flow Report: 04/28/24
LockSimple

Apr 28, 2024

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8 min read

📶 Deal Flow Report: 04/28/24

The #1 faith app, affordable robots, and the best prospecting tool we've found

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