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Zavain Dar
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Batman; Investor X Computer Scientist. Founder @_DimensionCap
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    Zavain Dar
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    Dec 9, 2024
    Today we're unveiling Dimension II: a $500M fund to support and partner with the leading builders at the vanguard of life sciences and technology. To our entrepreneurs, past present and future: Our work is far from done. LFG.
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jan 25, 2023
    UPDATE: Today @nanli @AGoulburn & I are launching @_DimensionCap! A $350M venture fund, built to spec, to meet founders at the cutting most edges of technology & the life sciences 🚀🤖🧬 The world didn't need 'another venture firm'. An open letter to our future entrepreneurs:
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    Zavain Dar
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    Dec 25, 2024
    just to be clear, the only “ethnicity” this land has ever had has been that of the indigenous natives otherwise it’s always been a nation of entrepreneurial immigrants, there is no other definition
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    Zavain Dar
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    Mar 7, 2020
    For someone with mass cult-like following, this is an incredibly asshole thing to tweet
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    Elon Musk
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    Mar 6, 2020
    The coronavirus panic is dumb
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jan 5, 2024
    “we prefer not to look for shit receptors”
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jun 4, 2021
    Founders: ask yourself why a VC is giving u a 24 hour shot clock to sign a term sheet. They wouldn’t want you to hire a key exec or future board member on a similarly accelerated & shallow process. Nor should you choose a board member & lead investor. Take time and do your work.
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    Zavain Dar
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    Apr 17, 2020
    CEO of Outback Steakhouse, w $304M cash on hand, just did what the Boards of Trustees of Stanford & most Ivies w $20B+ endowments failed to do: protect their own. Their hourly, lowest paid & most vulnerable staff. Fuck it, I know where I’m eating out after the shutdown: @Outback
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    Chetan Puttagunta
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    Apr 16, 2020
    Extraordinary leadership from CEO of Outback Steakhouse (Bloomin' Brands): Sales down ~60% No furloughs or layoffs (90,000 employees) CEO & board pay cut to 0 Free meals for staff "Our priorities have centered on taking care of our people and serving food in a safe environment"
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jan 25, 2023
    UPDATE: Today @nanli @AGoulburn & I are launching @_DimensionCap! A $350M venture fund, built to spec, to meet founders at the cutting most edges of technology & the life sciences 🚀🤖🧬 The world didn't need 'another venture firm'. An open letter to our future entrepreneurs:
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    Zavain Dar
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    Mar 8, 2022
    SOME NEWS: after a decade investing in the most brilliant interdisciplinary entrepreneurs on the planet, my best friends & partners @nanli @AGoulburn & I are joining forces on … *something new* ;) “If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” - Anatole France
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    Zavain Dar
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    Aug 26, 2020
    Replying to @cyantist
    I hope you one day come to see how totally gross this tweet is.
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    Zavain Dar
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    Mar 8, 2022
    SOME NEWS: after a decade investing in the most brilliant interdisciplinary entrepreneurs on the planet, my best friends & partners @nanli @AGoulburn & I are joining forces on … *something new* ;) “If the path be beautiful, let us not ask where it leads.” - Anatole France
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    Zavain Dar
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    Oct 31, 2022
    Late 90s @vkhosla was an absolute monster
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jan 25, 2022
    100 biotechs trading BELOW net cash world wide. The biggest risk of advancing promising therapies & novel modalities for patients isn’t the science/tech not working, but rather myopically short term investors and a lack of patient long term capital to fund platforms to fruition
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    Zavain Dar
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    Feb 5, 2023
    All-in pod nailed a largely unspoken anxiety in vc right now. As we move from *momentum chasing* to *investing*, firms & individuals are realizing the fitness function they optimized for the last decade is massively different than the fitness function they’ll need for the next
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    Zavain Dar
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    Jan 12, 2024
    “Why is everyone in biology so angry??” - Jensen Huang, @nvidia X @RecursionPharma 2024 JPM
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    Zavain Dar
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    Aug 5, 2019
    Nice analysis of the evolution of the venture asset class from @SVB_Financial. It's a great time to be a founder!