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Why We Invested in Return To Vendor: How Stretchable Nylon is Solving Fashion’s Biggest Recycling Problem
The impact behind a materials science breakthrough: regenerated and infinitely recoverable nylon that delivers stretch performance without spandex
 • Miela Mayer
Why We Invested in Focal - Electrifying Heating One Person at a Time
It’s just a cleaner, smarter way to think about comfort. - Keith Cox | co-founder of Pacific Catch
 • Miela Mayer, Shaun Abrahamson, and Stonly Blue
Speedstrap Playbook - Chapter 2
SpeedStrapping used to be a plan B; we now recommend it as plan A. This is part two of an extended guide for those striving to build with max speed to…
 • Shaun Abrahamson, Stonly Blue, and Miela Mayer
Why We Invested in AccessGrid
Turning Every Phone Into a Secure Key
 • Stonly Blue and Miela Mayer
Paths to seedstrapping hardware startups
Using venture capital to outrun your competition sometimes works in the software world (and even then, rarely).
 • Miela Mayer
SaaS Is Dead, Long Live DaaS
Why AI-led execution is outpacing SaaS in climate tech’s next chapter.
 • Stonly Blue
AI Isn't Just Another Investment Thesis—It's How We Work Now
Meet our latest cohort of critical AI workflows (we call them robots)
 • Miela Mayer and Stonly Blue
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