640 Oxford

For those reindustrializing and transforming legacy industries.

[Brandon Schram @SchramIAm]

We @640oxford are excited to share our newest initiative:

@BeaconMFG (https://t.co/vYoriJmIXJ)

We started Beacon for a simple reason:
to help founders go from prototype → full-scale production

Companies like @noxmetals, @groundedevs, and @birdstopdrones are already using it.

(my first🧵below...LFG!)

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@JoshuaSteinman @DiscipulusVent @reindsummit @DurinMining @RainmakerCorp @fleetglue @GalvanickCo @SchramIAm @tfeldmann @LaFrogman @itsdannypereira @ADoricko Thank you for your service!

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

In the spirit of @reindsummit, we will be arriving to Belle Isle in a submarine next year. Thank you to those who came. 🙏🙏

[Discipulus Ventures @DiscipulusVent]

Thank you to all who joined us at our BBQ at @reindsummit! 🇺🇸 🏭

And special thanks to @640oxford @DurinMining @RainmakerCorp @fleetglue @GalvanickCo and Aurelius Systems for co-hosting.

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@BlodgettMFG @garrytan @ycombinator Yessir we are here for the real thing and happy to share what we did to help founders build big businesses in this sector. Just need the right people and vision

[Brandon Schram @SchramIAm]

Why we do it @640oxford…

Thank you for the kind words @justinmast @garrettwinther and @annafifelski!

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Our latest investment - Aurelius! We are grateful to partner with such humble, brilliant, and relentless founders @LaFrogman & @HerefortheTech3.

And equally as excited to do it alongside our good friends @outlandervc!

[Michael LaFramboise 🇺🇸 @LaFrogman]

Extremely based to get to work with my buddy @HerefortheTech3 on laser guns. Announcing our $2.1M raise at https://t.co/51HNqDRu6C to develop edge-deployed directed energy systems.

We're hiring cracked out hardware and software engineers in downtown SF: https://t.co/i6OvXrkTLA

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Our very own….@AdamGartenberg

[Adam Gartenberg @AdamGartenberg]

Helping founders shouldn't be celebrated since it's literally table stakes to be a VC. The only way founders will want to work with @640oxford is if we bring them value. That's the way it should be.

Thank you to the founders who recognized me on @forumventures "List of the top NYC Founder-First Investors." It's just more fuel to keep going!

https://t.co/M3ZdkTMxVl

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@kmkarim @dhamanrakhra @SchramIAm @AdamGartenberg @VCBrags Hahha @kmkarim with the K.O.

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Always great to hear @ZachBruch share his big vision for @myprizecom!

[Arrington Capital @Arrington_Cap]

📣New Episode of the Pirate Pod now out! 🏴‍☠️
@myprizecom founder @ZachBruch spoke with @KeliCallaghan about his visionary approach to empowering creators to engage with their audiences and fans in a novel way. 👉

Spotify: https://t.co/GNG35NsKub
Apple: https://t.co/2JKmfzVwC6
YouTube: https://t.co/9Mjvp8O1UY

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Our first Unicorn!! (@AuctionsUnicorn)

Download the app and let us know your thoughts. The execution by this team has been fun to watch.

https://t.co/e4hhb3cFKC

[Adam Gartenberg @AdamGartenberg]

As an Uber alumni, I'm incredibly excited to finally share the launch of @AuctionsUnicorn founded by OG Uber legends @philmik @kenny_tsai to execute this vision

The opportunity to modernize the wine & spirits industry by improving every customer touch-point: buying, selling, and vaulting is massive.

Thanks for letting @640oxford join the journey. I'm sippin' on some #PappyVanWinkle today.

https://t.co/X5rklHBcGZ

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

So excited for this team to get their product into the wild. Just the very beginning for @IntegrateReason!! 🚀📈

[Integrated Reasoning @IntegrateReason]

Integrated Reasoning is excited to announce the launch of https://t.co/ByxYoDdt5c, a new optimization-as-a-service platform that supports operations researchers by offering unlimited free CPU-backed execution of libraries like @HighsOpt, CBC, and SCIP. Powered by @supabase 🚀

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@V1Michigan has built one of the hungriest, smartest, and most technical communities on any campus across the country, let alone at @UMich. @schramiam was a keynote speaker at their final event of the year and we hope to become a significant partner to the community in the coming years.

Thank you @shreypandya for inviting us and for leading such an incredible group of students. #GoBlue

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Our Detroit HQ! Let us know if you’re ever in town. We moonlight as tour guides.

[Brandon Schram @SchramIAm]

Proud to play a very, very, very tiny role in the unstoppable @Newlab Detroit ecosystem. And it hasn’t even been open for an entire year yet…

Thank you for everything you do @garrettwinther and team!

https://t.co/sOx8N0xxE3

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@IntegrateReason is preparing for launch!! 🚀🚀📈📈

[Integrated Reasoning @IntegrateReason]

We’re launching something special for the Operations Research community next week 🚀 Thank you @supabase, @aceternitylabs, @shadcn, @AnthropicAI, @HighsOpt, and @ycombinator for making this project possible. Stay tuned. #optimization #2024Analytics #nextjs

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@dunkhippo33 @chudson @chudson is one of the few early-stage VCs that walks the walk. Particularly his belief in investing in founders with atypical founders that most VCs shy away from.

We need more of these people in venture. Great thread @dunkhippo33

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

AI comes in all shapes and sizes:
- Search. @perplexity_ai
- Companions. @character_ai
- Browsers. @arcinternet
- Humanoids. @Figure_robot

We believe this fragmentation inherently prevents AI from being truly useful because it lacks context on who you are and what you do.

"If you want Your AI –– worth your attention, capable and knowledgeable –– to be everywhere you are, new consumer infrastructure needs to rise." - @srnlrsn

Check out the latest blog post from @getcrosshatch to see how they're shaping this future by building infrastructure allowing users to control how they want to interact with AI to enhance their lives

https://t.co/2mLvYOH44N

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Have you wondered why third-party marketplaces @DoorDash @UberEats @Grubhub take ~35% GMV margin per order while charging restaurants acquisition costs for customers they've already acquired?!

We see this monopolistic behavior as a HUGE opportunity and that's why we partnered with @balagans and #DeliveryCollective team to decentralize online ordering and make it affordable for all parties - restaurants, couriers, and customers.

It's time to restore convenience with affordability.
https://t.co/yx5qUSXo67

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

@myprizecom You’re welcome for the intro. As we always say, we are a value-add firm.

[640 Oxford @640oxford]

Highly recommend investors attend an in-person strategy session with every portfolio company within first 6-12 months of investment. Why?

(1) It's easiest to pivot early-on b/c inertia has not set in yet (team, culture, product dev, etc...)
(2) Let's founders know they're not alone and have an investor willing to dedicate their time.
(3) At pre/seed stage founders want to solve every unknown about their biz. Investors can help team maintain laser-focus on P0 questions. Nothing else

Any ideas why this type of dedication is as rare as a unicorn from most VCs?