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Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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VC | Lead Pre/Seed @2048vc | Pitch me 2048.vc/pitch | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog startuphacks.vc | Systems Thinker
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Jan 29
    I am thrilled to share that we raised an oversubscribed $82M Fund III to lead pre-seed and seed rounds in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare and Biotech startups in NYC and Boston. To be exact, we raised $82,048,000 - a number that felt on-brand for a nerdy firm like ours that
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    2048 Ventures Raises an Oversubscribed $82M Fund III | 2048 Ventures
    Fresh $82M in capital for 2048 Ventures to lead pre-seed and seed rounds in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Healthcare and Biotech startups in NYC and Boston.
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Apr 25, 2025
    Replying to @SpencerHakimian
    Well yeah I mean if someone insults you why would you keep coming back to their house ?
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Sep 5, 2022
    In 10 years of venture I helped in over 250 pre-seed, lots of seeds and also Series A, B, and C funding rounds. Founders that prepared & had a strategy at pre-seed raised A LOT FASTER and WITH BETTER TERMS. Here are MATERIALS and STRATEGIES of the best founders. Let's go! 🧵👇
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Sep 17, 2025
    Pre-Seed should not take months and months to raise! We are thrilled to announce that @2048vc is launching Pre-Seed Fast Track to help you get funding in 10 business days. If you are raising $500K - $1.5M Pre-Seed round in Vertical AI, Deep Tech, Health or Bio we would love to
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Jul 17, 2024
    I have so much respect for @bhorowitz and @pmarca and listened very carefully to their podcast endorsing Trump. This in my opinion is a big mistake and not because they are endorsing him but why they are doing it. 1/2 of the podcast is a crypto retaliation talk that Biden
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Aug 22, 2018
    Personal update: After 5 incredible years, running @techstars NYC as a Managing Director I am moving on to new adventures. This has been the most incredible, humbling 5 years of my life & I am forever grateful. Here are my thank you's and my learnings =>
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    Thoughts on Tech Startups and Venture Capital
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Oct 9, 2022
    I consistently see founders get MARKET SIZE wrong in the early stage decks. At the same VCs often they pass if they feel that the market is TOO SMALL. Here is everything you ever need to know about MARKET SIZING. 🧵👇
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    May 8, 2019
    Thrilled to announce @2048vc $27MM Fund 1 and an incredible group of LPs. We are high conviction, first-check, geo-agnostic investors, backing companies differentiated through technology. Read more about us and please re-tweet. 2048.vc/blog/2019/5/4/…
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Oct 25, 2024
    I really like @jason but this is a bad take. It’s false. Trump is the worst ever and that is true. Kamala is not. She may not be the best but for sure not the worst.
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    The All-In Podcast
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    Oct 23, 2024
    We’re all being forced to make a binary pick between the two worst candidates of our lifetime
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Oct 14, 2022
    Show me a pre-seed stage company and I will find 100 reasons why not to invest. Pre-seed investing is not about what if things go wrong, but what if they go right.
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Jan 22, 2019
    Personal news: @paulsethi and I are launching @2048vc - earliest stage venture firm focused on first-time founders.
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    2048 Ventures 🧬 🤖 ⚙️
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    Jan 22, 2019
    1/ Hello, first-time founders, we are 2048 ventures! We are an earliest stage venture firm founded by @alexiskold and @paulsethi 2048.vc/blog/2019/1/11…
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    May 7, 2021
    Can we please stop asking for $45K to cover legal fees of a VC firm's counsel on completely standard Seed Deals? Thank you.
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Dec 20, 2022
    NEVER OUTSOURCE your engineering as a startup. Every startup should have a tech co-founder / CTO / engineering lead in house. OUTSTAFFING is totally fine once you are ready to scale the dev team but engineering lead should always be in house / FT.
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    Alex Iskold | 2048.vc
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    Sep 2, 2022
    Over the last 10 years I have met with thousands and thousands of founders and backed over 170 startups. Here are the reasons VCs pass on startups - some are rarely discussed and rather personal and nothing you can do about them. Here we go 🧵👇