You deserve more than a crowded Blue Bottle and a batch of 400 startups... I'm launching Kernel Grants, a pre-seed program that will invest $271,828 in 10 founders/year who are building tooling and infrastructure for the token factories of the future. We have an amazing set of…↗

We've raised $8.4m to make software that sharpens your attention. We're starting with an email app that lets you handle your Gmail inbox in seconds. We call it Avec. It's available now!↗

Here's how it works at @pioneer_fund: - One call with the founders. - We come prepared, having reviewed any materials. No pitch needed. No deck needed. - Clear decision within 48 hours. - No games. - No waiting for other VCs. 100% our decision. - Sign and wire same/next d…↗

Seed investing isn't coming back... at least not as it existed in the last decade.↗

⚠️ Announcing Banana Fund 2 ⚠️ We’re back with a second $20m fund to invest in founders at the earliest stages. The best part? We’re closing out the fundraise publicly. Here’s a recap of Fund 1, more on Fund 2, and how you can get involved:↗

I'd never raised venture capital before, only bootstrapped my companies. Yesterday, I closed a $3.5M seed round led by Nextview Ventures and Sugar Capital for Kahani. The process was enlightening, humbling and exciting all at once. Here's how I did it and what I learned:↗

If 2010 decade was about rise of new/seed VC funds - Felicis, Initialized, Costanoa, Uncork, Freestyle, etc. (too many to list, don't @ me!) - then this forthcoming decade may be about LPs backing individuals w/ huge funds who compete directly w/ traditional VC firms @ A/B stage.↗

What notable funds are doing pre-seed at scale? @HustleFundVC, @PrecursorVC, @svangel, @ycombinator - Who am I missing? With most Seed funds moving to $1-3M+ is there a gap at the $100-500k level?↗

0/ Thread: 25 traits of the ideal early stage VC 🔥 My ideas of best practices based on what I’ve seen + read. Anything to add / argue? cc @andrewchen @ArlanWasHere @eriktorenberg @fdestin @cyantist @ryan_caldbeck @sknthla @garrytan @TZhongg @hunterwalk↗

What ate the biggest winners to come from the venture studio/builder model?↗