Floodgate

Floodgate backs the top .1% Founders before the rest of the world believes in their movements.

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

Floodgate partner Ann Miura-Ko is featured in the Forbes 2024 Midas List, a partnership with TrueBridge Capital Partners, tracks the top 100 tech investors carving the future of venture capital investing.

https://t.co/InFc2EkP51

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

Floodgate partner Mike Maples sat down with Kyle Vogt of Twitch, Cruise Automation, and The Bot Company on his Pattern Breakers podcast. Find it wherever you get your podcasts!

Apple: https://t.co/pXs5bgTnrB
Spotify: https://t.co/MyIyzlA5kx

https://t.co/6g2N5sR8qB

[Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr]

May sure went fast… and Peter and I are only 40 days away from the release of our Pattern Breakers book on July 9!

If you pre-order through Porchlight before May 31 (this Friday), you’ll get a signed copy at a 30% discount and an immediate digital download of the book's Introduction.

https://t.co/6Sf0ikeOFV

#patternbreakers

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

From the very beginning (even before the beginning) it was clear that @AppliedInt founders Qasar Younis and Peter Ludwig were among the best founders I had ever encountered.

Today, Applied Intuition announced a $250M round at a $6B valuation.

Read more: https://t.co/5d8e4x6DKA

[Applied Intuition @AppliedInt]

We’re thrilled to announce our Series E funding round with some of the best investors in the world! Read the blog: https://t.co/Mm8b0U16kM

#appliedintuition #seriese #vehiclesoftwaresupplier

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

Huge congrats to our founders on making the @Forbes 30u30 list, including @gsivulka at @hebbia and @imrobertross + team at @TryLume in Enterprise Tech!

Incredibly well deserved. It's a blast working with you all.

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

Join us!

[Contrary @contrary]

We’re partnering with @floodgatefund to host the founders of @oneschema_co and @moduluslabs next Tuesday evening, December 5th at Stanford. If you’re a current or future founder, join us to learn from other builders through an interactive panel discussion.

[Afore Capital @AforeVC]

🌟The Investor Panel at our upcoming 6th Pre-Seed Summit is truly exceptional, featuring the brightest minds in the industry. Afore Capital will be joined by a stellar lineup, including Ann Miura-Ko, Chetan Puttagunta, Meka Asonye, and Natalie Sandman. 🚀

[Floodgate @floodgatefund]

Building in AI & B2B and looking for a co-founder? We are hosting a founder mixer with friends at @generalcatalyst in SF on Oct 19, and hope to see you there! https://t.co/KXrMOa33wm

[Leeor Mushin @lmushin]

.@chrisprucha has spent his whole life accelerating

Growing up in an automotive family in Detroit, Chris left Michigan to join Apple in 2011. After two short years, Chris left to cofound @NotionHQ before starting @Origin_io in the 3D Printing Space

Chris is now a leading voice of the e/acc or "effective accelerationism" movement, which has dominated parts of this platform this year

On this episode of @somethingnewp0d, we chat with Chris on:

▶️ the origins of Notion and how two teams merged through an interest in the future of the web
▶️ leaving Notion to start Origin and Origin's death-defying pivot to hardware
▶️ what e/acc means to him, its detractors, and why people like Marc Andreessen/Garry Tan count as supporters

[Maddie Hall @maddiehalla]

@Benioff We’re replanting land that was degraded by fossil fuel extraction—abandoned mine lands and turning them into carbon sinks with climate-smart seedlings and nutrient fixing microbes across the US 🌳 🧬

[Jimmy Douglas @jimmydouglas]

I’m thrilled to publicly announce @plugautomotive, a wholesale marketplace facilitating buying and selling of used EVs among a network for dealers and fleet operators. https://t.co/HEzlLtCExE

[Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr]

This is a great example of the impact YC has made. Congrats to @garrytan and the team for putting on a great event. Like a modern day version of a ticker tape parade to celebrate great founders.

[Harry Stebbings @HarryStebbings]

“There are good times to be buyers and there are good times to be sellers.

2021 was an incredible time to be a seller and anyone who didn’t see that was completely playing momentum.”

This Roundtable tomorrow with @epaley @jasonlk @m2jr is 🔥 👇

[Turpentine @TurpentineMedia]

🔥 Another episode of Turpentine VC just dropped with
@m2jr of @floodgatefund. On today's episode, Mike and Erik dive into why:

+ It's so important to force a choice and not a comparison when differentiating
+ Discipline and patience are a form of arbitrage
+ Floodgate has shifted their strategy to predict who the next great founders will be

and more. Links to the full episode in thread.

Cheers to @synaptic_data for supporting the show. If you’re looking to improve your sourcing, tracking, and due diligence, check them out.

[Ann Miura-Ko 🦖 @annimaniac]

Get your applications in if you're in school and have any interest in venture capital! https://t.co/wAZX8dm7QO

[Leeor Mushin @lmushin]

Founder Opportunity Filters by Sam Poirier

@samuelfpoirier, the founder of Mercantile, has a defined framework on which startup ideas are worth pursuing

If you're looking for a stress-testing mechanism for your startup idea...

His 21 dimensions and The ABSOLUTE GOLD ⬇️

[Mike Maples, Jr @m2jr]

Bottega Veneta take on a Thunderlizard. Holy crap is it awesome. Thanks Julie Maples!

[David McDonough @McDonut]

One of the most exciting days of my life: @JoinCommonstock is joining @YahooFinance!!!

[Leeor Mushin @lmushin]

For some people, a startup idea hits them like an apple falling from Newton's tree

For others like @samuelfpoirier, serendipity exists, but there is a process in determining whether that idea is worth pursuing

On this week's @somethingnewp0d, Sam talks about:
- Starting Mercantile
- The science behind his startup ideation
- What makes Thiel Fellow founders special