Managed $5Bn AUM | Early stage VC and 3x founder | Invested $770MM in 60+ companies, seeded 9 unicorns, and generated $10Bn in exits.
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I don’t know how to explain this
But the coffee at Blank Street tastes venture backed
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NEW STUDY: People who consistently do vigorous exercise have slower rates of epigenetic aging compared to those who don't. Light to medium activities don't cut it tinyurl.com/k552u4my
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I have now heard about several high profile companies where founders took large secondaries in the last 1-2 years, and are frankly checked out. Meanwhile their companies are struggling.
Chickens come home to roost for investors who played fast/loose with founder secondaries.
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Knowing how to build and run a world class remote company is now a defining feature in the entrepreneurs I see succeeding right now.
Two years ago it was niche.
Now it is core.
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People still underestimate how quickly venture capital is going global
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Pakistan is a thing
1/ When I first started looking at Pakistani startups in 2019, the average annual VC funding in Pakistan was under $10M. This year, we've crossed $300M. We've come a long way, kudos to hundreds of incredible founders and the investors supporting them bloomberg.com/news/features/…
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A top VC I know just moved from SF to NYC, amongst so many others… the exodus is real.
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Agreed to invest in the 14th company of 2021: Exactly one is based in the Bay Area.
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We can’t speak for all emerging managers, but when we’re asked this:
(a) better returns,
(b) lower fees/overhead;
(c) better communication/community;
(d) more co-invest opportunities and deeper diligence on those opps;
(e) global exposure; and,
(f) deeper thought leadership.
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The problem with raging against the machine is that the machine has learned to feed off rage
Jonathan Tower 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 retweeted
getting very tired of these social media threads full of horrendous advice on how to be a vc from people whose sum total of experience is the 30 angel checks they wrote in the last 9 months
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Catapult is proud to be featured on Raise’s 2021 market map of Emerging Venture Funds to watch. Thanks @benjamindblack and @raiseconference for the continued support! 👇👇
The RAISE Market Map for Emerging Venture Funds is here. Congratulations to the featured firms. hubs.la/H0Rs8Fg0. #venturecapital #RaiseSummit2021#emergingmanager
Jonathan Tower 🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄🦄 retweeted
Easily THE conference for emerging venture managers and the visionary LPs that support them. Invaluable. Keep up the great work @raiseconference and @benjamindblack.
We categorized the emerging #VentureFunds that attended #RAISE2020 by industry and AUM, creating a market map of sorts with 47 Generalist funds including MIR Ventures, @TenOne10 and @Catapult_VC: hubs.la/H0TrHHd0 #RAISESummit2021
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Just three short years ago a big name Silicon Valley VC told me:
"If a startup is being built outside the Bay Area, it's because they can't cut it here."
How the world has changed...
