Dear VC kids (and many adults): it’s fine! You can be just a passive observer on board calls. It’s ok to not have a view rather than burden founders with your 0 execution, building and scaling experience backed ++ podcast and analyst report regurgitated insights. Cos when you do
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MD @z47_vc | Agenting agents | Building @DeVC_Global | past @DisneyPlusHS @Housing | 2X founder 3X CXO | Deep Learning Geek
- 8/10 people in VC aren’t even one standard dev above mean on IQ X 999/1000 have never learnt and done any system design, architecture build out and growth loop. And these (and India it’s even full of non STEM folks) are the participants in casino of technology today who have
- Why is that only @chamath and @profgalloway are few of the folks on twitter going guns blazing against cronyism! 99% of VC Twitter is just 🤐When you use 96% of your bailout money for buybacks, you should be allowed to fail. w/ @SRuhle @MSNBC msnbc.com/stephanie-ruhl…
00:00 - Next up: tinder reforms Every right swipe should be responded to by the opposite party with reason for not right swiping in return! It’s about respectReplying to @BeingPracticalThanks Pravin - I don't think that's the implication here It simply is that anyone who goes through the fundraising process should 1) know what's happening at all times (yes/no) 2) be run with more efficiency To me it is more about respect for the founder / person
- Delighted to announce that at @matrixindiavc we have now fuelled up with $550 million to support and scale most promising early-stage startups 🚀 It’s a privilege to partner with those who build and shape the future. Always #foundersfirstHappy to announce our new fund with over $550 million in commitments. We remain excited, humbled and privileged to be able to participate in the digital nation building of India. Watch for more: youtube.com/watch?v=9AxrfC…
- 100% Indian VC firms wouldn’t had backed sama at OpenAI early stage. #chamgemymind : can’t. Why ? I saw first hand when 100% couldn’t even back a co which did 5X ARR in enterprise SaaS by building a pre trained BERT model for HR , pre chat-gpt :) The @DeVC_Global playbook
- “Who are the most risk-tolerant, international, forward-looking, class of investors in the world — willing to risk millions of dollars purely on the basis of internet diligence alone? “ #cryptoinvestorsHow does India become a $5T economy? We’ll need to close the $250B financing gap for India’s small businesses by attracting global, risk-tolerant pools of capital — and as iSPIRT details, the rapidly growing cryptoeconomy may be one of the key ways: pn.ispirt.in/can-digital-cu…
- 💥 First the Techsparks event and now this mega hackathon ! Excited to see @mumbai_tech_ and the founder community re-establishing the maximum city as a tech entrepreneurship hub! Kudos @aakrit @RevantB @harshjain85 @vishalgondal and others! Super excited for all that lies ahead
00:00 - Replying to @RTinkslingerPrivileged to have partnered with founders playing to the long thesis : @dashstudioai (infinite content platform), Aampe (agentic infrastructure for the future) and many more via @DeVc_India (Realfast, Codeant, Fondant, Renderworlf, Kintsugi and more)
- Want to be a part of one of the most ambitious and compelling voice AI build outs from India , just try land this!Hiring a cracked full-stack lead at Smallest AI Salary CTC - 1 Cr Salary Base - 60 LPA Salary ESOPs - 40 LPA Joining - Immediate Location - Bangalore (Indiranagar) Experience - 4-5 years minimum Languages - Next JS, Python, React JS Work from Office - 5 days a week (slightly
- Replying to @KirtiTejasWhich school ? Just plain conversational fiction otherwise nah ?
- Fundraise Announcement! We are proud to announce that we at @smallest_AI have raised 8M USD in an oversubscribed seed round led by @Sierra_Ventures with participation from @3one4Capital, @better_capital, @UpsparksCapital, @SchemaVentures, @DeVC_Global, @tinyvc, @peercheque,
00:00 - Replying to @RTinkslingerLaunching <Name TBD> Research Fellowship :: For any student groups at IITs/BITs/NITs/IIITs (list to expand as this idea matures, for now, my money my random rules 🙏) who are working on foundational research on AGI, I’m pledging $10K grants for 10 of those projects.
- ☀️ 😎 Scenes from @DeVC_Global Tribe Weekenders last Saturday! Super fun to host the builders from ‘IIT tribe’ in Bay Area, together with @shiprakanoria @soumitra_sharma and @prateeks From robotics to recycling, this tribe is building some of the coolest future cos! 🙇♂️











