Meet the Collective

We’re stage-focused (seed and pre-seed), sector agnostic, and proudly anti-thematic. We lead and participate, and we don’t have rigid ownership targets.

Our Collective Wisdom

What we’ve learned and what we’re thinking

Not Every Opportunity Is Yours to Pick Up

Talented founders spot currency others walk past. The rarer skill is knowing which bills are worth the trouble.

A Post About Performing for an Audience, Published to My Audience

I spent a week annoyed at people filming their vacations, then sat down to write about it during mine.

Nobody Can Agree on Whether Venture Even Works

One camp reads the numbers as the best IRRs anyone’s tracked. Another reads the same numbers and says it doesn’t beat the S&P.

Less Theater, More Building

In the current crop of first-time founders, I’ve noticed pockets that have less patience for the performative side of startups.

The Gap Between Early Adopters and Everyone Else Has Gotten Enormous

People inside tech are living years ahead, and it’s easy to invest as if everyone else is there too.

Is Taking August Off Indulgent, or Finally Sensible?

I always figured working through August was the edge. This year, the founders and investors I talk to all say the same thing: they need a few weeks to clear their heads.

I Want to Fund Nepo Babies

I’m not talking about lazy heirs waiting to inherit the corner office.

When You Pitch Revenue, the Number Matters Less Than the Shape

Predictable is more powerful than ‘promised in the future’.

The Job Isn’t to Think Less. It’s to Act While the Picture Is Blurry.

Too little time with a founder and I couldn’t get to yes; too much and I talked myself out of it.

Don’t Outsource Your Conviction

Rather than asking subject matter experts whether they’d invest, ask them what questions they’d ask the founders and why.

We're Founders First. Investors Second.