Looking Glass Capital

A pre-seed firm w/ independent conviction backing pre-consensus companies in healthcare, climate, & economic drivers: sharing portfolio news & industry thoughts

[Looking Glass Capital @LookingGlassCap]

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[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Where are all of the South Bay's Flock cameras coming from?

We asked MAIA: 158 Flock plate readers are mapped from El Segundo to San Pedro. For 86 of them, we found no owner.

A 🧵 #SouthBay #LosAngeles

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Salt Lake County is getting a new Trader Joe's in West Jordan.

But why up until now has Salt Lake County not had a TJ's on the west side?

We asked MAIA: the west side. 275,759 people live 5+ miles from every store.

A 🧵 #TraderJoes #SaltLakeCity

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

@honam This is the @LookingGlassCap thesis and portfolio model; a billion-dollar outcome should return a sub-$50M fund

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

100% agreed https://t.co/ajjmzqRwae

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

An admittedly biased investor but the mapping content threads that the @maia_analytics team has been putting out are so good — crazy useful (but also subtlety addictive) mapping tool

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

About 850,000 people in southern Brooklyn have no @CitiBikeNYC and no shared scooters.

NYC put e-scooters where Citi Bike wasn't, in the east Bronx (2021) and eastern Queens (2024).

Brooklyn never got a zone.

The docks stalled at its edge in 2023.

Now, they're moving again.

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

I’ve had this conversation with GPs, LPs, and founders almost daily for the last 10+ months

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Five Trader Joe's in metro Orlando, and 2 in 3 of us will still live 5+ miles from one.

We asked MAIA where the biggest gaps are.

Which one gets store six?

A 🧵

#TraderJoes #Orlando #Maps #MAIA

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Where's the best place to trick-or-treat in San Francisco?

We asked MAIA: the Richmonds, the Sunset and the Mission. 2 in 3 of the city's best blocks are there.

A 🧵

#Halloween #SanFrancisco #Maps #MAIA

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Where's the next Publix going to go in The Triangle, NC?

We asked MAIA: Fuquay-Varina and south Holly Springs. 9,604 new homes since 2020, all more than 5 miles from a Publix.

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#Publix #Raleigh #FuquayVarina #Map #MAIA

[Azer Koçulu @azerkoculu]

> create a solar-system folder and put 3D models of the planets in there
> add moon
> show me the entire solar system

https://t.co/xRmx27rwKE

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

One of those days when the @LookingGlassCap portfolio is pumping - cool to see @PilaEnergy get recognized by @TIME as one of the best inventions of 2026 https://t.co/X8rmRWdaXe

[El Camino Health @elcaminohealth]

Big news from El Camino Health and @millieclinic!

Together, we're opening our first joint maternity and women’s health clinic in Palo Alto in early December, with a second location coming to the South Bay soon.

Read the News Release to learn more: https://t.co/OLaEFoBAfF

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

Another major health system partnership for @millieclinic - this time partnering with El Camino to open a location in Palo Alto with another one already in development in the South Bay https://t.co/GFz4o4lGtH..

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Where does the Portland metro's fourth Raising Cane's go?

We asked MAIA: SW 185th & Farmington in Aloha.

Do you think we're right?

A 🧵

#RaisingCanes #Portland #Beaverton #Maps #MAIA

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

Big day for https://t.co/gc1QvonmVq, a @LookingGlassCap Fund II company, with a $60M Series B! Infra spend is one of the most important operating problems for tech companies, and that's only accelerating with AI. North is building an automated model to manage this: https://t.co/lDKXGQGXrG

[田中義弘 | taziku CEO / AI × Creative @taziku_co]

映像制作のサウンドデザインもAIで大幅に効率化できそう。

Mirelo SFX 2.0は、映像の動きに合わせて効果音や環境音を自動生成。既存のセリフを保持したまま、不要なBGMの除去にも対応。

映像生成だけでなく、編集・音響まで含めた制作工程のAI化が進んでいる。

[Adam Besvinick @Besvinick]

The quantity and quality of companies in my pipeline raising true pre-seed rounds (first money in, sub $3M raises, early product) is the highest it’s been all year. Great reminder that pre-seed is not just cheap seed.

[mitte.ai @mitte_ai]

sound design used to take hours.

this one took 10 seconds.

mirelo sfx 2.0 generates sound for motion graphics and real footage, and keeps the dialogue.

try it on https://t.co/ST7AP4a71W

[MAIA Analytics @maia_analytics]

Where could the next In-N-Out (@innoutburger) go in central San Diego?

We asked MAIA. The county's biggest crowded gap: 103,974 people over 3 miles from one, and only 37% of them live where downtown bans drive-throughs.

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#SanDiego #InNOut #MAIA #Maps