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We partner with next-gen managers building firms to last.

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https://t.co/iGpNpONeQR

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Europe's finest, literally. @dannyrimer of Index Ventures lands at #26 on the 2026 Midas List. Figma made the difference. The Bridge between continents keeps delivering.

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From #87 last year to #6 this year. @eladgil just had the biggest single-year jump of any investor in the 2026 Midas List. OpenAI will do that. The Sniper lives up to his name.

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The Contrarian. Still in the top 5 of the 2026 Midas List. @peterthiel bet on SpaceX when most thought it was crazy. Turns out betting on the future works.

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An absolute legend of VC almost placed #1 for the 4th time. Congrats to coming in second in this year's Midas List @NeilShen

https://t.co/p95ucbRNML

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25 years in the making. Congrats on making #1 again at the 2026 Midas List @vkhosla. A true OG.

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@kseniam0s @CendanaCapital @AccoladePrtnrs @CrossoverVC @PatternVentures Check out https://t.co/maO45ZYaAx for more

[Pavel Prata @pavelprata]

What actually triggers a first close for an emerging VC manager? Spoiler: A strong Fund of Funds (FoF) anchor.

Me and @sharanjhangiani spent weeks analyzing 130+ Fund of Funds backing VC managers globally.

We mapped their geo concentration, how they evolved, and who the LPs behind them actually are.

Part 1 is out. Link in comments.

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@pavelprata @sharanjhangiani Great work, Pavel. Thanks for the feature.

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@ncsh Funds come and go. Firms endure. You know the difference. Glad the deck found your way.

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@stefanobernardi / Unruly
@calfonsorico / Cocoa
Sam Cash / Entropy Industrial
@RobinEricHaak / Robin Capital
@andreasklinger / Prototype
@bogdaniordache / Underline
@nathanbenaich / Air Street
@Carles_Reina / Baobab
@deckelly / Foreword
@francesco_srv / Silicon Roundabout
@mccabe / Nomad

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@murphcapital need this!

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🎯

[Semil @semil]

“Venture Capital is a world of contrarians who love following each other.” - @agarfinks

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Legend in the making. Congrats @kevinhartz, great news for the ecosystem and all founders out there.

[Kevin Hartz @kevinhartz]

Today, we're announcing A* III, a $450 million early-stage fund.

We started @A_StarVC with the simple idea to be a founder's first believer.

We are generalists by sector, but specialists in the stage and craft of seed investing. We partner with founders before there is consensus, before there is traction, and often before there is even a product. We are not organized around a market thesis. We back exceptional builders and follow them into the most important categories.

That matters because seed investing has changed. It is more crowded, more visible, and increasingly transactional. Too often, firms use seed to secure an option and then wait for proof before investing real time and attention. Seed has become a market of access. We believe it should be a market of conviction.

We built A* around a different model. We commit early. We show up before external validation, deploying both time and capital from day zero to help founders find their first customer, make an early hire, or work through the decisions that define the company.

We are selective at the start and concentrated over time. We partner with a small number of founders and deepen our commitment as their companies take shape. The best outcomes come from knowing where to go deep and having the discipline to do it.

This approach has led us to companies like Ramp, Decagon, Whop, Cape, Simile, Paraform, Watney Robotics, and Mercor.

We're grateful to the founders who have chosen to build with us and to the limited partners who have backed us. With this fund, A* manages over $1 billion in assets less than five years after launch. Our job remains what it was on day one: back exceptional founders early and be the partner they need when it matters most.

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@pavelprata @HummingbirdVC @barendvandenb @ileri @krakenfx @ileri and @barendvandenb are legends in the making

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@mignano @usv @fredwilson Legend

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The most contested gift in any VC office this Christmas.
Get your Legends of Venture Capital card game.

https://t.co/Ms5f4p5P5u

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@rexsalisbury @kevinhartz @ncsh @pitdesi @mattturck @semil @ileri @cyantist @chrija @iamjakestream Typo because of too much excitement typing down our favs 🥲

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Proven GPs and future legends in the making

A* @kevinhartz
Adjacent @ncsh
BTC @pitdesi
Firstmark @mattturck
Haystack @semil
Hummingbird @ileri
Long Journey @cyantist
Point Nine @chrija

[Colin Gardiner @ColinGardiner]

Who are Tier 1 VC funds? (updated)

Sequoia
Benchmark
a16z
Founders Fund
Khosla
Accel
Lightspeed
General Catalyst
NEA
Kleiner Perkins
Index
Thrive
GV
USV
Bessemer
Greylock
First Round
Insight

Contenders / rising stars / sector-dependent:

Menlo
Craft
8VC
Sutter Hill
Conviction
Elad Gil
Neo
Eclipse
HF0
Ribbit
Lux
Redpoint
Forerunner
Coatue

Still not ranking them, and sector/stage matters a lot. This reflects comments from my last post.

Who is still obviously missing or in the wrong spot?

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@shaig USV led by the legendary @fredwilson

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@bilalfarooqui Initialized Capital by @garrytan

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@murphcapital Thanks, honor coming from one of the most on point new voices in the industry out there!