January Ventures is a VC fund focused on angel/pre-seed in the US & Europe. We are replacing the friends & family round and re-writing the networks in venture.
Boston / London
Joined June 2018
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Congratulations to our fearless founders @ahossain24 and @heyreiwang for their recognition in the prestigious Inc. Magazine #FemaleFounders 250 list, honoring the most innovative & empowering female entrepreneurs across America!
Complete list: lnkd.in/gGmri3mn
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Calling all founders: January Ventures is wrapping up our 5th annual company building survey to understand what founders are experiencing in today’s market. If you haven't taken it, we'd love to hear from you! Take the survey here 👇🏾 januaryventures.typeform.com…
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Thank you @carolynwitte & @ask_tia for the opportunity to speak to @Nasdaq about @ElektraHealth as part of a superb coalition of female founders in digital health. The campaign was joyful, positive, and - as ever - beautifully designed. #WomensHistoryMonth 💜👏🏾
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Honored to be included in last week’s book launch for Better Venture, the comprehensive guide to D&I in VC.
Authors @ErikaBrodnock and @JFLenhard hosted a panel discussion with @ProfLisaShu, Ian Connatty from @BPatientCap, @AussieBelton at the @atomico office.
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Founders often ask: how much dilution should I take at each stage? How much dilution is a red flag?
This question is especially relevant in this market as many companies are raising bridges to extend runway.
Here are some general rules of thumb 🧵
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Check out these predictions from leading investors and LPs (myself included) on what’s in store for venture capital in 2023.
Predictions time! What is in store for VC in 2023? 🔮
We'll see:
- More diligence
- Less VC tourists
- More resilient founders
- High seed valuations
- VC funding rebound
- Diversity outperform
Read more in @Forbes with predictions from leading VCs
forbes.com/sites/marenbannon…
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Predictions time! What is in store for VC in 2023? 🔮
We'll see:
- More diligence
- Less VC tourists
- More resilient founders
- High seed valuations
- VC funding rebound
- Diversity outperform
Read more in @Forbes with predictions from leading VCs
forbes.com/sites/marenbannon…
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Thank you to many of the smartest I know in climate tech for the input: @hajak @palebluedotvc @mona_alsubaei @usv @mamashayna @SupplyChangeCap @miadiawara @lowercarbon @CleanVC @congruentvc @sierrap
@VoyagerVC, @speedinvest, @MarHershenson @pearvc
forbes.com/sites/marenbannon…
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It's predictions season! Will 2023 be climate tech's year? 🔮
My latest in @Forbes on climate tech predictions, with quotes from some of the best in this space, on everything from:
👩🏽🌾Fungi & soil
🚚Hybrid & electric trucks, planes, boats
🥼Fission
🪂Carbon credits
And more…
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Gang’s all here! the @aavia_io team is irl, planning a whole new (hormonal) world 🫶
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Sad to see the sentiment and experience of female founders is declining instead of improving. There is a big challenge ahead of us because female founders are next level builders. Speaking from experience as I live with and invest in them. Time to wake up!
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Thanks @January_VC for highlighting these early stage founder sentiment survey results. @HearstLab's mission and community for female founders is more important than ever💪
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Thanks to @January_VC for collecting and reporting out all of this data! Fascinating (frightening?) stuff… 81% of early stage startups have <12 months of runway, about half of founders see investors pulling back… and yet only 6% have reduced headcount! 👀
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Female founder sentiment is at lowest point since 2019. A very eye opener report of the early stage founder status. Thanks for sharing!
@TechCrunch @Maren_Bannon @WeInvest4
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It is a really tough market out there- and founders are truly feeling the impact- particularly the ones that already had it hard…
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Thank you @rebecca_szkutak at @TechCrunch for writing about our @January_VC 2022 survey and illuminating the unique challenges early stage founders face right now
techcrunch.com/2022/12/06/ea…
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📣The results of @January_VC's 4th Annual Early Stage Founder Survey are here and show that pre-seed/seed stage founders are navigating this downturn differently than their growth stage peers. Read what they are doing and why in today's article by @rebecca_szkutak in @TechCrunch
Early-stage startups say no runway, no problem heading into 2023 tcrn.ch/3iHSonV by @rebecca_szkutak
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Read the full report here👇🏽
And most importantly, be accessible, be transparent, take intros outside of your network and invest in pre-seed founders who don't look just like you. They are the future ✨
january.ventures/research
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Female founders face even more hurdles:
🧑🤝🧑38% say investors are only backing people they know
👩🏾💼70% of female founders say gender is holding them back
😫34% of female founders feel burnt out
Female founder sentiment is at lowest point since we started this survey in 2019📉