Generalist early-stage investors backing bold ideas. PortCos: Solana, Airtable, Gusto, Creators and more since 2011. @kevincolleran @lessin @wquist @yrechtman

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America invented drones. Then China took 70% of the market while we debated permits. The airspace below 500 feet is the most valuable undeveloped real estate in the country, and we're not even allowed to use it. New deep dive from @angelesahr on why the low-altitude economy is a $1T+ infrastructure layer hiding in plain sight. See reply for full deck.
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Slow is launching our first Creator Fund—backed by institutional LPs—to support creator-first founders and redefine the future of entrepreneurship. Why does this matter? Because creators aren’t just glorified ad space anymore. The world is finally waking up to the real value they bring. Investors are seeing the returns, validating what we’ve believed all along: creators aren’t just influencers—they’re industry-shaping entrepreneurs with the power to build the next big thing. Shout out to the team @mmlightcap @lessin @KevinColleran and Billy Parks
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Venture capital is shrinking so quickly that jr investors are running to reddit for career advice
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We're excited (and shocked) to announce that @yrechtman is being promoted to Partner. As an explicitly non-expansionary firm there generally is no defined ‘path’ to partner / we don’t really do that. But most great things are exceptions to hard rules
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In venture, the real payout isn’t just in dollars—it’s in the ability to walk around and casually say, ‘I told you so’ @lessin on @tbpn with @johncoogan and @jordihays
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There’s no longer a magic benchmark for moving from Seed to Series A, B, C, or D. It’s all based on belief—specifically, belief that there’s limited downside and infinite upside. Valuations today aren’t grounded in probability; they’re anchored in the narrative of endless potential. @lessin on @tbpn with @jordihays and @johncoogan
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Every VC offers term sheets. We’re offering table manners at @ycombinator's demo day. Just ask fellow Slow alumn @aofstad ;)
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Founders chasing venture scale should take a page from the oldest playbook: repeatable, proven, capital-efficient growth--Franchises. They print free cash flow. VCs love to talk software, but let’s not forget—classic models like franchises often allocate capital better than your favorite SaaS. @wquist on @tbpn with @jordihays and @johncoogan
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We led the $3M @memelordtech round alongside @LongJourneyVC , @unpopularvc, @balajis, and others. @lessin sits down with @iamjasonlevin to discuss why the future is memes, building a no-code project to $100K ARR, and what’s next. See replies for the full video.
ANNOUNCEMENT: I raised $3 million to make memes. Yes, seriously. Memes make millions. Welcome to the new memelord.com
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At our annual meeting, we shared our list of ideas that are and are not exciting to invest in for the next year(s).
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Don’t worry… We did it for you
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@lessin I’m going to buy the billboard on the opposite side
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Tech used to be about solving hard problems. Now? It’s about who can narrate the infinite best. Elon built the prototype: sell the dream hard enough to get cheap capital, and the returns will manifest. Retail investors are in—because belief scales. So here’s the new investment framework: Story. Founder. Deal. (SFD) If the founder can’t sell the myth, there’s no magic. @lessin on @tbpn with @johncoogan and @jordihays
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We could not be more excited to have you join the Slow team @jillruthcarlson!!
Some news! 🚀 I'm thrilled to share that today is my first day as the newest member of the investment team at @slow! medium.com/@jillcarlson/join…
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One week into the job and @Jack_Raines fumbled a $400k sign on bonus. A reminder that sarcasm is impossible to read online—enter the $250M meme coin saga.
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Watch quick demo Try now in beta @ pettylawsuit.com
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The state of VC in 2025: Sam Altman sells AGI to get cheap capital to build pretty basic AI. Elon sells Mars to get cheap capital to build space internet. @lessin on @MoreorLessPod
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Chasing unicorn status means nothing if you don’t own the upside. Don’t buy into the fantasy of endless VC checks. Capital efficiency is still the best moat. The full conversation between @wquist and @IanRountree is now live on YouTube: piped.video/bRhe6JxJruI
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The unicorn factory is broken. Instead of IPOs, we got a graveyard of Zombiecorns—companies too overvalued to die, too weak to go public. The dream of clean exits is fading fast, especially now that early- and late-stage investors aren’t even playing the same game, let alone on the same field. @lessin on @tbpn with @jordihays and @johncoogan
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Silicon Valley needed a wake-up call—so we put it on a 101 billboard.
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Would love to have you at our next one, Garry!
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Truth never paid the bills online—engagement did. LLMs aren’t fixing that—they’re just automating the art of keeping you entertained. @lessin on @tbpn with @jordihays and @johncoogan
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When the Pope dies, we don’t mourn—we check the AUM. Who has the biggest endowment: the Vatican or the Mormons? @lessin @wquist @Jack_Raines
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Investors want to treat creators like they’re some kind of startup in need of a business co-founder to ‘get serious.’ Meanwhile, the creators we’re chasing are already serious—serious about making their vision come to life and disrupting their verticals. @lessin on @twistartups with @jason and @alex
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We’re just one week out from our first Etiquette Finishing School. Here’s a look at our lineup of speakers and lessons. > @lessin & @subes01: Projecting Confidence with Class > @wquist & @gil_akos: What Comes After Fundraising (Office Decorum 101) > @realchefrush & Carter Abdallah: Public Speaking and Making Good Impressions > @gch6888: Caviar, Wine, and the Art of Social Confidence > Chris Deehan from Wilkes Bashford: Physical Grooming and Style Moderated by our in-house personality hire: @Jack_Raines We’re currently at capacity, but if you’d like to join us, we encourage you to add your name to the waitlist. See replies for link.
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*retracts promotion*
We're excited (and shocked) to announce that @yrechtman is being promoted to Partner. As an explicitly non-expansionary firm there generally is no defined ‘path’ to partner / we don’t really do that. But most great things are exceptions to hard rules
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We are doing dinners for founders and operators building for SMBs and the real economy. If you're based in NYC or SF, hit submit. No one is too early. form.typeform.com/to/iA0xHPu…
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Go buy all the leftover accounting firms...
How excited are you if you own an accounting firm right now? Saas multiples are coming for you.
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@slow is looking to hire a Research Analyst based in SF. If interested please email us! medium.com/@slow/research-an…
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After nearly two years in stealth, @rails_xyz is now live: A hybrid perpetual exchange that gives pro traders the speed of a CEX without giving up custody or transparency. Founded by Satraj Bambra (crypto-native builder) and @rmarini (Ex-Grindr COO).
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Elon is the king of cheap money—of course he’s going to loop X.AI into yet another easy ZIRP scheme. @lessin on @tbpn with @johncoogan and @jordihays
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Do we really think AI is truly disruptive? Let’s look at history—mobile apps, cloud… all hyped as “revolutionary” but barely moved the needle. They just made the big players bigger and extended their reach. AI? Same story, different buzzword. @lessin on @TBN with @SethGRosenberg, @jordihays, @johncoogan
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Announcing Slow Ventures 4 medium.com/@slow/announcing-…
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The best founders aren’t just building or pulling one-off viral stunts—they’re playing chess across three boards: customers, capital, and talent. @wquist on @tbpn with @jordihays and @johncoogan
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Great insights on the state of crypto from @jillruthcarlson piped.video/-maWpXuBLXQ
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Don’t get stuck in the middle when competing in AI. The worst place to be? A subscale AI startup with venture funding going up against the Mag-7’s infinite cash flow. @lessin on @tbpn with @SethGRosenberg, @johncoogan, and @jordihays
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Slow mourns the loss of Aaron Hirschorn (@aaronwh), the founder of DogVacay and Gallant. He was an inspiration to many and a visionary entrepreneur who cared deeply about pets. Our deepest sympathies to his family, his team, and everybody close to him. miamiherald.com/news/local/o…
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We’re hiring (Slow.co/jobs) right now so i’m finding myself explaining the job of a VC a lot. So here’s the skinny on this very weird “profession” - good, bad, and other as noted by @yrechtman
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When they claim to be a venture capitalist, but treat every loss like a betrayal instead of part of the portfolio.
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2023 @slow annual Limited Partner meeting in NYC with the team.
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What if healthcare staff owned the practice too? That’s exactly what @MerokaInc is enabling for private practices, and more... Announcing their $6M seed, led by us and @btv_vc with participation from @8vc and others, to make it happen. Here’s why it matters 👇
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Our $60M+ Creator Fund I is a "VENTURE venture capital" betting on a new generation of founders who’ve built their community first and their business afterward--an inversion of the traditional VC-backed founder. @lessin on @CNBCTheExchange
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If you really want to capture value in AI, use it as a distribution wedge—get people in the door, but be ready with a killer business behind it. “Most of the margin from automation—both physical and software—is going to accrue to the services layer.” Hear more about our anti-thesis on AI with @wquist and @AbhayVenkatesh1 on YouTube. Link in bio.
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With AI you're either getting laid or getting paid--because you're fracking the human. But as an investor, know this: the money isn't in the fracking. The fracking itself becomes a commodity with higher access to AI. @lessin on @tbpn with @SethGRosenberg, @johncoogan, and @jordihays
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Nice to see @otter_ai - the voice recording app - at the top of mashable's list of great apps of 2018 mashable.com/2018/07/08/best…
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Founders, before chasing venture capital, ask yourself: Do you have a great product that truly needs VC funding? Even with an excellent product and team, it doesn’t always mean you’ll build a "High quality" venture-backed company.
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HAPPY YC DEMO DAY! Special treat courtesy of Slow—join @lessin at his favorite country club for Etiquette Finishing School. You’ve got funding; now you need the life skills to spend it with class.
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AI is basically the dollar store of capital right now—OpenAI can be buying over $100B worth of infrastructure while only handing over 10% of the company and somehow, we’re all pretending this makes sense. Reminder: useful ≠ valuable @lessin on today's episode of @MoreorLessPod.
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What is the most useless advice an investor has ever given you?
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Can today's deep tech investments really fit into the modern capital framework? Sure, OG Venture Capital made a killing from hardware, but they were also scooping up 50% ownership at seed. Now, the standard is 10%. Will that even work? @wquist and @IanRountree
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Everyone thinks they’re one feature away from beating Shopify. They’re not. Real businesses don’t switch platforms because of “cleaner UX”—they switch when it moves core metrics. Build for that. @wquist doing what he does best—breaking down the Slow Phd. This time @jordihays and @johncoogan are in the @tbpn hot seats.
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Free meme coin for anyone who can name a worse AI-supported product than printers. A product that consumers actually asked for, or just a shortcut to get stock prices up? More on today's @MoreorLessPod @lessin @davemorin @brit @Jessicalessin
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Congrats @ZReitano, @saman, @rob and the whole @Ro team for executing on such an ambitious vision. It has been an incredible journey and Slow is honored to be along for the ride.
1/ The current healthcare system is working beautifully for insurance companies, but terribly for patients; to pretend otherwise is absolutely ridiculous. It’s time to give patients power. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
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Nuclear is back. But the back-end—the waste—is still a $100B mess. @angelesahr spent the past few weeks unpacking the U.S. nuclear waste problem. Here's what she found 🧵
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Being single is a very real productivity crisis that @Jack_Raines also suffers from BUT can solve: For a few shares in your startup (or $50K), Jack will teach technical founders how to flirt
founders with HOT gf >> single founders. dudes grind harder when theres a bad bitch around
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If AI is your moat, you don’t have one. Let’s talk about it 🧵
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Good morning from the @FourSeasons San Francisco, where in two weeks, we’ll graduate 50 founders from our first-ever Etiquette Finishing School. Finally, a cohort that can raise a Series A and make eye contact during a conversation.
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Creators are not the most capital savvy builders. Many are stuck on the content-creation hamster wheel and don’t know how to pivot into building scalable, venture-backed businesses. That’s why we’re hosting a full-day summit with @thelighthouse to break down the finance gatekeeping for our favorite creators. If you’re a creator (or know one) looking to make the leap and fundraise for a scalable business, join us on September 18 in Los Angeles. See replies for the RSVP link and more details.
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Wide adoption of stablecoins in the US? Publicly ‘Impossible,’ Privately ‘Under Construction’ The narrative says stablecoins won’t work in the US for 'consumer protection' meanwhile, every major player is secretly building. Don’t believe the headlines... @crabbylions @rparekh @wquist
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Software is rapidly becoming a commodity, and VCs are finally getting back to basics—investing in hardware. But note to hardware founders: don't get caught in the trap of selling tractors. Steal a trick from the software world: What can you build that’s recurring, high-margin, and high-growth, all while keeping that sweet proprietary edge? @wquist and @billclerico
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Our Etiquette Finishing School has real value add: A certification that you can flex on your LinkedIn and leverage as an ice breaker on your next investor call.
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Manners are the real moat of Silicon Valley. After an afternoon of learning how to dress, navigate office decorum, master public speaking, and (most importantly) taste $8K caviar with vodka, our first Etiquette Finishing School was a huge success. Congratulations to our November 2025 graduates. We look forward to new applicants in our next series.
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We have some really passionate readers too
Did you know we have a weekly newsletter? No ghostwriters. Just a raw recap of what our team is actually thinking, so you can stay on the edge and dodge the mainstream narratives.
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If you physically can’t read through all 286 slides of @grant__gregory’s deep tech mega deck, tune into his 37 min chat with @wquist instead. Some highlights from the conversation: > The ‘hardware needs way more capital’ narrative is wrong in our sample. Software averaged $18B raised for ~$117B EV (~6x), while hardware averaged $6B raised with EV in the ~80s, and double the multiple. >The IBMification of venture is in full swing. Lots of risk-off behavior in a seat that’s supposed to lean into risk. >The anointment dynamic matters. You can’t ignore the voting machine. Long-term fundamentals win, but momentum and narrative shape who gets there. >Early venture legends (Microsoft, Apple, etc.) raised ~$8M pre-IPO and listed in ~4.6 years. It’s not a fair comp today but the equity they sold was insanely low >Investing in automation is usually a terrible idea: capex heavy, quickly commoditized, thin margins. Better to build services on top. See reply for full conversation.
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Why does every VC brand newsletter suck?
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Merit First: No more interview scripts, just aptitude tests. But is that any better than dating apps where only 6’5 VP bros win? @Jack_Raines @angelesahr
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Could creators be replaced by AI? Not the ones who matter. Here’s why: In our latest conversation, @linguamarina, @lessin, and @mmlightcap break down why trust is the real currency of the creator economy—and how creators are adapting to earn it every day. 00:00 – Updates from Marina, the First Creator Slow Ever Backed 03:04 – The Evolution of the Creator Economy: How Creators Are Building Billion-Dollar Companies Rooted in Community Demand 07:59 – How Technology Is Disrupting Content Creators and Their Channel Strategy 09:17 – Trust Is the Currency: Earned Over a Decade of Creating 11:49 – The Best Creators Will Have the Best Tools for Authentic Reach 13:09 – AI vs. Creators: The Future of Hyper-Personalized, Synthetic Content 14:40 – In the Age of AI, Trust Becomes the Scarce Commodity
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At this year’s Slow Summer, we introduced @fredwilson as the Founder of @usv turns out he prefers the title ‘blogger.' @Jack_Raines
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Plan → Build → Launch. Refreshing to see a team do what they say @rails_xyz
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What you should have accomplished in your seed round? - @KevinColleran
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Forget AI agents, AI orchestration is the next battle. @sam_schwager is already seeing this happen with SuperDial's customers. Much of healthcare still relies on phone calls and even fax machines, but that's going to change. We all know that. The real opportunity isn’t just automating calls, it’s reimagining how information flows. Eventually letting AI agents handle the entire process, which will require an entirely different infrastructure stack but SuperDial is ahead of the game. SuperDial is a prime example of an “AI cherry-on-top” company: the pain point existed long before LLMs, but now, with AI, the solution has scaled. Most importantly: it’s saving customers real money.
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Who's going to tell Perplexity that the AI exit game is to get acquired by big tech. Not the other way around.
Exclusive: AI startup Perplexity makes an unsolicited longshot offer to buy Google’s Chrome browser for $34.5 billion on.wsj.com/4oz7E3W
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One of our favorite @slow companies just came out of stealth. This drone is pure magic. Never seen anything like it: lily.camera
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Why are so many institutions failing? - @lessin
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Not sure if this is a stab at funds or startups...
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Stablecoins have officially moved into boardroom buzzword. Stripe’s Bridge acquisition just signaled to the market that “maybe this isn’t just for trading tokens anymore.” @ccatalini says, actual mainstream use is still early. $10-30B/month in payments sounds impressive—until you realize how much is just crypto-native shuffling. The real opportunity? Infrastructure that lets startups and corporates move money globally and instantly. More from @lessin, @crabbylions and @ccatalini 's conversation on our YouTube--Link in bio.
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The next wave of fintech isn’t just about faster payments—it’s about a truly global, modular stack. Hear more from @ccatalini, @crabbylions, and @lessin on YouTube. Link in bio.
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"Software is going to eat the world, but that doesn't mean it means more software companies." However, everything is software now. Instead, "find things that you're uniquely, weirdly passionate about. You love the day to day of it, the actual business of it." @lessin @wquist
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It’s Throwback Thursday for Raj, reminiscing about the time he was showing Visa execs stablecoin, and they were like, 'Oh, only $20 million? How cute.' @rparekh @wquist @crabbylions
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“Crypto is a tech stack, not a philosophy.” Satraj Bambra, Co-founder of @rails_xyz
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Stablecoin the new safe word for normie VCs who want to get into crypto? @wquist @rparekh @crabbylions
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Is the ‘clean girl’ aesthetic now just a coping mechanism for inflation? Also, @lessin 's algo, what’s going on? Incase you're going to be home at 10 PM this long weekend, catch the full episode on @MoreorLessPod
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Exceptional founders run toward the hardest problems. @mhudack is doing just that with @SlingMoney — building a global Venmo in one of the most regulated and important markets out there. Hear how he’s pulling it off while juggling personal life in our latest YouTube episode. Link in bio.
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We’re on the hunt for the next 20 creators who fit our thesis—and we’re here to fuel their disruption. We’re years ahead of the venture game, and guess what? The world doesn’t start and end in Silicon Valley. Creator-founders are everywhere, and we’re coming for you. If you’re a creator ready to take your influence beyond the internet and into the real economy visit creatorfund.co for details @KevinColleran
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Once upon a time, SaaS was venture’s golden child. But let’s be real—no business is giving away the so-called “unlocked” margins, just your SaaS fee. And if you’re raising for a buyout, make sure your product isn’t the problem. @lessin on @tbpn with @johncoogan and @jordihays
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Rippling Sues Deel Over ‘Spy’ Scheme Rippling has sued Deel for corporate espionage, alleging Deel executives directed a "spy" within Rippling to provide customer information, with Rippling setting a "honey trap" to confirm Deel's involvement. Deel denies the accusations and plans to file counterclaims. More: theinformation.com/briefings…
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Peak broken Silicon Valley: thinking YouTube subscribers are YC prerequisites
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Amazon let people choose between cash and insurance for prescriptions. 4x more people paid cash, even when it cost more. That’s how much people hate dealing with insurance. Yes, insurance still matters for big-ticket items: x-rays, surgery, emergencies. But for everyday care? The system is already being quietly abandoned. @tjparker @wquist
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Welcome to the Slow Creator Fund, @StevenBartlett! He’s taking on the challenge of bridging technology and consumer impact—and bringing his 13+ million-strong audience along for the ride. “The story of entrepreneurship is being rewritten.” - @mmlightcap A reminder of how we're underwriting this new asset class of Creators: CREATOR: Steven is both a proven operator and a first-rate creator. He spent 6 years building his first company to a multi-hundred-million-dollar valuation before creating one of the largest media platforms in the world, reaching tens of millions of subscribers. He has demonstrated an exceptional ability to leverage his media platform to inspire audiences, accelerate his ventures, and secure preferential deal terms for his investments. Beyond hosting The Diary of a CEO, Steven travels globally to meet guests while simultaneously scaling his media enterprise — launching spin-off shows, incubating companies, authoring books, and more. He has built a world-class team, including a dedicated “Failure Team” focused solely on rapid experimentation and new product testing — a unique structure that institutionalizes innovation inside a creator-led company. COMMUNITY: Steven’s content centers on business, entrepreneurship, and personal growth, featuring long-form conversations with founders, CEOs, and cultural thinkers to explore not just what they know but how they became who they are. Through these conversations, he has cultivated an intensely loyal, intellectually curious community united by a shared drive for self-improvement and progress. His flagship show, The Diary of a CEO, is now the world’s second-largest interview podcast, with more than 13 million YouTube subscribers and 70 million monthly views/downloads. The show surpassed one billion total streams across all platforms by late 2024 and, as of October 2025, exceeded one billion YouTube views alone. It remains the #1 podcast in the UK and Europe, adding roughly 600K new YouTube subscribers each month and achieving a 500% compound annual growth rate — making it one of the fastest-growing media properties globally. MARKET: Steven sits at the intersection of modern media, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. His platforms attract an audience of affluent and aspirational professionals, founders, and creators — a demographic highly attractive to sponsors and advertisers. Data from this high-signal audience also fuels Steven’s incubation efforts, enabling him to identify trends and launch new B2B and B2C ventures with built-in demand. For example, he recently launched FlightCast, a podcast hosting platform built for video that simplifies distribution and analytics across platforms (Steven uses this technology for his own video podcasts). Together, these initiatives position Steven as both a leading voice and an infrastructure builder in the fast-expanding creator economy. BUSINESS DILIGENCE: Steven’s business is comprised of three complementary pillars: a global media franchise monetized through sponsorships and partnerships, reaching tens of millions across multiple shows and platforms, an incubation arm that builds and launches new B2B and B2C businesses informed by insights from his audience and own entrepreneurship experience, and an investment fund with more than 40 portfolio companies including SpaceX, Whoop, and Lovable. These pillars create a powerful flywheel where audience insights from the media ecosystem inform business incubation and investment decisions – compounding both impact and system-wide enterprise value over time.
🚨 ANNOUNCEMENT: Today I’m excited to announce we’ve closed a major investment to build the Disney of the creator economy! In 2017, on my way home from work I picked up a $100 mic from the Apple Store, went home, plugged it into GarageBand, opened my diary and started talking about the things inside it. I edited the episode (terribly) and published it as a podcast called “The Diary Of A CEO”. That decision changed the course of my life… 💡 That’s the day I became a “creator”. It cost me $100 and a laptop to start my own show and build my own audience in 2017. Thirty years earlier, in 1992 when I was born, I would have needed millions in funding, a warehouse full of broadcast equipment, and - most expensively - permission from network executives who controlled the only distribution channels that had any reach! WE NO LONGER NEED PERMISSION TO CREATE! 👊🏾 A seismic shift is underway in the “attention economy” and I don’t think most people realise how profound it is... When attention shifts from institutions to creators, everything shifts: how elections are won (as we saw in the last US election cycle), how society is shaped, how companies are built (funds are now investing in distribution not ideas), and how capital is allocated (we’re seeing the rise of creator-investors / funds). The new centre of gravity is not the institution, it’s the individual creator. 🏰 For the last century, companies like Disney demonstrated the power of a single piece of intellectual property. 🐭 They built a global empire by taking a character like Mickey Mouse and building a universe around him - films, theme parks, and merchandise. 💸 This created a flywheel of immense, compounding value which changed the course of the last century. We are building the modern version of this model. But in our world, the IP is not a fictional character. The Creator is the new franchise. Our mission is to turn individual creators into global brands with the same scale and impact as Disney - but in the modern internet era. We focus on three core pillars: Creator Media (like The Diary Of A CEO), Creator Ventures (their products and companies), and the Creator Technology (like Flightcast) that powers it all. We’re already powering some of the world’s most exciting creators and today we're announcing a major 8-figure strategic investment into Steven . com at a $425m valuation that brings some of the world's most forward-thinking investors and many of my favourite founders on board to build this future with us! Thank you to all of you for the support and encouragement over the years ❤️ and to my 100+ colleagues who are building this future alongside me. If you want to join us on this mission, please let me know below! 👇🏾
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SuperDial, founded by @sam_schwager and @hrrsn__crthrs, announces its Series A, to tackle the reason your doctor can’t see you right away: they’re buried in admin work and burnt out from fighting insurance.
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