AAF Management

@AAF_Management is an early stage VC.

[Jasper @heyjasperai]

96% of CMOs say AI is transforming marketing, yet 42% still use GenAI mainly for individual tasks. (BCG)

That's a lot of untapped potential.

Our latest blog explores how agentic marketing is unlocking it, from executing complex workflows to rethinking the role of AI across enterprise marketing teams.

Read it here 👇
https://t.co/vfl3N1K8kC

[Soren Monroe-Anderson @soren_ma]

Neros is proud to be partnering with America to build our next-generation factory for millions of drones and components per year. 🇺🇸

This is one of the most ambitious production challenges in the country that will deliver outsized impact for our warfighters and for strategic deterrence.

We are seeking the best and brightest engineers and manufacturing experts. If you think you have what it takes to prove yourself in this environment, apply now.

[a16z @a16z]

Bridgit Mendler of @NorthwoodSpace says the builders of the early internet bet on a direction without knowing exactly what it would become, and the space industry is in that same moment now:

"For folks that were early with the internet, there's no way they would've foreseen what the internet is today. But they were betting on a direction... and look what we have today."

"I think we're in a similar moment with the space industry where we don't know what is going to be built. A year ago today, would we think that everybody would be talking about orbital data centers? No way."

"But it's captivated the public imagination and who knows what's gonna come next... The whole thing that we're about is taking companies further faster. Taking space missions further faster."

"If you analogize to the internet, you have a couple of kind of platform infrastructure plays that really wind up becoming enmeshed across the internet... There are a few that wind up becoming really influential and fundamental."

"Cloud is one that we analogize to a lot and we are inspired by. And we wanna be one of those companies."

@BridgitMendler

[Northwood @NorthwoodSpace]

Today, Northwood is announcing a $375M Series C.

In February of 2024, less than three years ago, we announced Northwood as a small six-person team.
We’ve grown a lot, but the goal stays the same – solve connectivity between Earth and space to take missions further faster.

The world is hungry for more data movement through space, and that is what we're building for, with scalable network capacity for the most challenging use cases.

We are proud to add new partners to our cap table and continue the journey with existing ones as we enter this new chapter.

Thanks to @a16z @DFJvc @WashingHarbour Alpine Space Ventures @stepstone and many others.

Read more: https://t.co/Ee7Yp9h7F7

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

Big time!

[Max Junestrand @MaxJunestrand]

We have raised a $550M Series E at an $8.8B valuation, led by Atreides.

Every major existing investor is back in, and we’re welcoming Baron Capital, Capital Group, Fidelity, Glade Brook and J.P. Morgan. We picked investors who think in decades. Several of them work with law firms and legal teams every day, so they can see where the work is heading.

Lawyers are moving from AI assistants to agents that do multi-step work. The money goes there. We’re growing our teams across North America, Europe, Latin America and Asia-Pacific, and going deeper on the Legora aOS.

Thank you to the 1,000+ people at Legora, and to the 140,000 legal professionals who use what we build.

I say this a lot because I believe it: it’s the best time in history to be a lawyer. We're thankful to be a part of it.

Full story: https://t.co/tFdtLvm6PM

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

A few more we can't disclose yet but we are excited about the motion 🌊

@ElevenLabs @DecagonAI @WeAreLegora @modretro @FlexSuperApp @ereborbank @midihealth @rox_ai @extropic @neros_tech @Underdog

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

Over 22 former unicorn founders building their next companies we are exposed to via the The Axis Fund.

*Some of exited or been acquired already as of this post

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

@walapay_io @genventurecap @CommerceVC @0xPolygon @VerdaVentures @NGC_Ventures @FGVCapital @JSquare_co @reflexivexyz @BigBrainVC Let’s go 📈

[Walapay 💸 @walapay_io]

Big news: we've raised $4.6M in seed funding, led by @genventurecap, with participation from @CommerceVC, @0xPolygon, @AAF_Management, @VerdaVentures @NGC_Ventures, @FGVCapital, @JSquare_co, @reflexivexyz, @BigBrainVC, and others.

We're building global payments infrastructure from the ground up. One integration to issue accounts, collect funds, convert currencies and pay out globally with the licensing, banking relationships, and local rails underneath it all.

That depth matters most in emerging markets. Moving money into Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Global by default. Local to the last mile.

This round takes us further: more licenses, more banking partnerships, and a growing team to build it. Link in the comments.

If you're moving money across borders, we'd love to talk.

We're just getting started! 📷

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

@openhome @veniceai @AskVenice

[Openreserve @OpenReserveBank]

OpenReserve founder and CEO @deechoubey joins @CNBCFastMoney to talk the future of banking.

https://t.co/UMJMpNzxn8

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

A few founders that were under 30 when we gained expsoure to their businesses!

@DecagonAI @FlexSuperApp @neros_tech @Novig @basepowerco @WeAreLegora among others!

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

@guywuolletjr from @a16zcrypto with their coverage:
https://t.co/BCgwZwHUdQ

[a16z Frontier @a16zfrontier]

This week the OCC granted conditional approval for a full-service U.S. national bank charter application to @OpenReserveBank.

Founders Dee Choubey and Rick Correia discuss designing a financial institution around 24/7 settlements, stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and onchain capital markets.

00:00 Introduction
01:17 Why now is the time to build a new bank
06:24 What a bank actually does
10:11 Rebuilding the bank core like an L1
32:43 What makes a founder partnership work
35:54 Why they decided to build another company
40:46 Building a bank for stablecoins
45:20 Stablecoins, tokenized deposits, and lending
56:04 Forward-deployed bankers & institutional sales
1:00:13 Why American capital markets matter
1:03:39 What Open Reserve plans to build next

@deechoubey @guywuolletjr

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

@OpenReserveBank just received OCC conditional approval for one of the rarest assets in American finance: a full-service U.S. National Bank charter.

Not a trust charter. Not a sponsor-bank wrapper. A real bank.

@deechoubey sold MoneyLion for ~$1B. Now he’s back, backed by @a16zcrypto and others, building an AI-native, onchain bank from the ground up. 24/7/365 Continuous Finance is here, fully enabled on Fed rails.

This is a much bigger deal than people realize given the high bar from the OCC.

2026 NATIONAL BANK CHARTER RECIPIENTS: @nubank @itau @Revolut @ereborbank

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

Our GP & Managing Director @odarwazah writes about his journey with @OpenReserveBank and @AAF_Management's Investment in the $25M Seed Round.
https://t.co/6daNMcjV5v

[Omar Darwazah @odarwazah]

At @AAF_Management we’re excited to have backed @OpenReserveBank in its $25 million Seed Round led by @a16zcrypto, @jumpcapital, @AcrewCapital, @cbventures, Clocktower Ventures and @QuonaCapital. See below our thesis and Why We Invested 👇🏼

https://t.co/8YRq2CK9vX

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

https://t.co/6HjJ2xSAQI

[Openreserve @OpenReserveBank]

Introducing the bank that never closes.

Onchain rails. Instant settlement. 24/7

learn more: https://t.co/OQahx2fLi4

[Flex @FlexSuperApp]

A little Flex in the financial capital of the world.

Times Square. Nasdaq.

New York City.

[AAF Management @AAF_Management]

The future of banking is here @OpenReserveBank

[Dee Choubey @deechoubey]

Introducing @OpenReserveBank , a blockchain native de-novo digital bank, finally out of stealth. This week the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) granted conditional approval of our full-service U.S. national bank charter application.

Preliminary conditional approval to charter a de novo national bank is a privilege our team does not take lightly. It is a significant milestone and the beginning of the most demanding phase of the work.

We're building toward real-time settlement across fiat and blockchain rails, direct Federal Reserve connectivity, tokenized deposits, and GENIUS Act-designed payment stablecoin infrastructure.

Thank you to the entire OpenReserve team, our board, investors, and to the OCC who ran a rigorous review. More to come!

See what we are building: https://t.co/wU9fPMLCr0

[Omar Darwazah @odarwazah]

At @AAF_Management we’re excited to have backed @OpenReserveBank in its $25 million Seed Round led by @a16zcrypto, @jumpcapital, @AcrewCapital, @cbventures, Clocktower Ventures and @QuonaCapital. See below our thesis and Why We Invested 👇🏼

https://t.co/8YRq2CK9vX

[Openreserve @OpenReserveBank]

See more of what we are building: https://t.co/4YDTCsi73T