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๐Ÿ“ถ some thoughts on pre-seed pricing
May 14, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ some thoughts on pre-seed pricing

The pre-seed bubble, the measure of multi-billion AUM funds, the true cost of churn, and nobody knows what an AI agent is

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๐Ÿ“ถ Mercury founder announces his fund I
May 13, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ Mercury founder announces his fund I

Founders becoming GPs, 12 ideas from Don Valentine, the newest distribution channel to unlock, and five memos on early-stage companies we like

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๐Ÿ“ถ YC request for startups (S25)
May 12, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ YC request for startups (S25)

What YC is looking for, the 21 biggest stories affecting venture, and who is winning the search war

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๐Ÿ“ถ how much is a seed?(!)
Apr 30, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ how much is a seed?(!)

Seed rounds are more expensive than theyโ€™ve ever been, craft is the antidote to slop, the OpenAI mafia, and lessons from Roelof Brotha

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๐Ÿ“ถ where M&A is going
Apr 22, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ where M&A is going

The future of M&A, Techstars wants to mirror YC, a 10-year look at building a startup, and how language compresses itself

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๐Ÿ“ถ the latest from AngelList
Apr 16, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ the latest from AngelList

What AngelList is building, what youโ€™re telling LPs when you raise your fund size, new fund Iโ€™s are popping up again, and how to get free AirPods on us

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๐Ÿ“ถ signs of strength for early-stage VC
Apr 15, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ signs of strength for early-stage VC

Data on early-stage valuations YoY, Morgan Stanley is entering privates, and discounts on some of the best tools we use every day

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๐Ÿ“ถ how to raise $2b pre-product
Apr 14, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ how to raise $2b pre-product

How to make sense of the former CTO of OpenAI's latest round rumors, tariffs and secondary buyers, and Founders Fund raises a massive growth vehicle

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๐Ÿ“ถ PE leads, VC follows
Apr 01, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ PE leads, VC follows

A glimpse into the future for VC as an asset class, virtue signaling is killing independent thinking, and the case for equity-for-services

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๐Ÿ“ถ things that made me stop the scroll
Mar 28, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ things that made me stop the scroll

The best things I found on X this week, digging your moat through typing a sequence of keys, and the importance of sales rep math

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๐Ÿ“ถ WHY DIDNโ€™T ANYBODY TELL ME I COULD RAISE LESS?
Mar 26, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ WHY DIDNโ€™T ANYBODY TELL ME I COULD RAISE LESS?

Escaping the venture treadmill, megafunds and the great re-risking, the year of the $1b secondary, and some VC returns data

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๐Ÿ“ถ Founders Fund returns
Mar 24, 2025

๐Ÿ“ถ Founders Fund returns

Data on FF returns, creating leverage for AI-first teams, how VCs actually add value

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