Tavares

I make products that help people actually make plans happen. Founder @ CoHost SF | ex-Meta & LinkedIn | design + tech + good vibes

[Ksenia Moskalenko @kseniam0s]

A fresh fund has one job: deploy. These ones just closed and the clock is running:

- @Playground_VC $475M Fund IV (CA)
- @VersionOneVC $108M (Vancouver, B.C.)
- @LightningCapAM $100M Fund I (Miami)
- @MightyCapital $91M Fund III (SF, CA)
- @ZealVC $82M Fund II (Washington, DC)
- @rachelchalmers's Generationship $2.7M Fund I (SF)
- @refactor by @zalzally $50M Fund IV (CA)
- @WisdomVentures_ $77.7M Fund II (CA)
- @restivevc $45M Fund III (San Francisco, CA)
- @balerionspace $90M Fund II (Dallas, TX)
- @N49PVC $25M Fund IV (Toronto, CA)

P.S. Raising your own fund? Your LP data room should be as sharp as your thesis. Build best rooms at → @ThePageform

[Ivan Burazin @ivanburazin]

Our pre-seed round had 60 angels.

When we started hosting events, I could call on all 60 of them to show up. Ofc, not all of them could. But some would. And they'd bring all the credibility associated with them + their own networks.

We got both the money and the distribution. A single large fund gives you one check and one set of relationships. 60 angels give you 60 different doors.

[Sridhar A @sridharfyi]

excited to support ambitious builders this summer.

[Darrel Frater ✝️ @DarrelFrater]

Any founders interested in pitching my friends at Lightbank?

They’re a Chicago-based VC firm investing $500K–$5M checks into founders building generational companies across AI, consumer, insurtech, healthtech, and more.

Comment “DM” below. Happy to get you connected.

[Tavares @Moofaces]

@audrlo @fdotinc Building CoHost.

Communication is solved.

Coordination isn’t.

Group chats became the operating system for real life, but they were never built for planning it.

We’re building the layer between group chats and real-world plans.

[Audrey @audrlo]

i know a guy writing $100k-$250k checks for students.

he was also my first investor (@fdotinc)

they're throwing the biggest summer program at their founder campus.

tell me what you're building + i can refer you!

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

Nailed it.

[Venture Launch @venture_launch]

🔴 $250 000 Accelerator by @jointhebridge

8 weeks in SF to build a company from scratch.

~ Flights, housing, food, and visa support fully covered
~ Cofounder matching and personalized support
~ Backed by people who built Stripe, Google, and DeepMind

Apply before June 1 👇

[Tavares @Moofaces]

@ItsWillHenry Let me know when do the same for SF. Safe travel 🧳

[will (in sf rn) @ItsWillHenry]

I will be in NYC for 3 weeks

If you are building something cool, drop me a DM.

Let’s hang out and tell me how can I help you

Food is on me.

[Ksenia Moskalenko @kseniam0s]

Pre-seed is the loneliest stage in fundraising. These funds exist specifically to write the first check:

- @RightSideCapVC (San Francisco)
- @redbikecapital (New York, NY)
- @YellowRocksVC (San Francisco, CA)
- @geek_ventures (New York, NY)
- Underdog Labs @alexchangsf (San Francisco, CA)
- @seracventures (Oklahoma City, OK)
- @congruentvc (San Francisco, CA)
- @ChargeVC (Brooklyn, NY)
- @dvc_collective (Los Altos, CA)
- @UntappedVC (remote)
- @ZettaVentures (San Francisco, CA)

P.S. The first yes moves fast. Don't lose it because your materials weren't ready. Build your data room before you start pitching → @ThePageform

[Ksenia Moskalenko @kseniam0s]

Founders apply to YC, get rejected, stop. These programs are accepting applications now that nobody is talking about:

1. @RedHat Open Accelerator in collab w/ @Mass_Tech and @IBMVentureGroup, Mass founders, strategic investment + technical guidance. Rolling

2. Scale2Miami x @ManaTechMiami - 4-phase, up to $300K, global founders targeting the US market. Cohort 3 apps open now.

3. @OregonUAS Fall 2026 Cohort — 12 weeks hybrid, UAS, robotics, autonomy, air/ground/maritime. $5K non-dilutive grant. Deadline: July 19

4. @acceler_8africa 8 weeks, $250K–$500K, early-stage African startups. Deadline: July 25

5. @arc x @encodeclub Programmable Money Bootcamp - 4-week async bootcamp, hackathon, accelerator track. Stablecoins, cross-border payments, agent-driven finance. London workshops. Open now

Best programs fit your sector. See 1st edition in comments.

P.S. If you're fundraising or applying to any of these, your data room needs to be ready now. Build yours in under 10 minutes → @ThePageform

[1752vc @1752vc]

40+ VC Funds For Early Stage Founders

Raising your pre-seed or seed? Here are 40 US funds actively taking new meetings and offering new term sheets.

@1752vc — Generalist
@M25vc — Generalist
@122WESTVC — Internet and software
@2080_ventures — Generalist
@abstractvc — Generalist
@AccionVLab — Social impact, fintech, insuretech
@agroecologycap — Proteins, bio-solutions, nutrition
@ANIMOvc — Enterprise, consumer, diverse founders
@ascendstl — Enterprise software, diverse founders
@atypicalvc — Deep tech, AI/ML, APIs
@PrecursorVC — Diverse founders, pre-seed
Bayes Ventures — Health, B2B, hard tech
@betaworks — Consumer software, diverse founders
@BetterVentures — Diverse founders, social impact
@_bluecollective — Industry agnostic
@BoweryCapital — Generalist
@CapInnovators — Industry agnostic
@capitaltvc — Software, Northern Europe
@chapterone — Generalist
Class 5 Global — Emerging markets, fintech
@LoopFund — Packaging, supply chain, agtech
@zachcoelius — IT
@congruentvc — DTC, consumer, CPG
@ConvergeVC — SaaS, DevOps, ML
@HustleFundVC — Pre-seed, software, fintech
@Creative_VC — Enterprise, AR/VR, food & beverage
@crescentridgeVC — DTC, enterprise, consumer
@darlingvc — Enterprise software, diverse founders
@designerfund — Generalist
@differentialvc — Enterprise, fintech, cybersecurity
@DreamitVentures — Real estate, cyber, health tech
@e14fund — Generalist
@SperoVentures — Purpose-driven tech
@emerging_v_c — Emerging tech
Empowerment Capital — Synthetic data, defense
@SWOAngels — Enterprise software
@evolv_vc — Food value chain
@ffvc — Generalist
@fiftyyears — Industry agnostic
@FirebrandVC — Generalist
@OpCo_VC — Enterprise, B2B, operators

Save this for your next raise — and tag a founder who needs it.

[1752vc @1752vc]

Raising a seed round?

Reply to this.

We want to see who’s building right now.

[Katie @katiekirsch]

Today we're thrilled to announce the @a16z FDE fellowship!

A new 8-week cohort for world-class FDEs and Applied AI leaders at the forefront of deploying AI into real-world enterprises.

We've already got an incredible lineup, including...
- Perry Ha, VP, Agent Product at Decagon
- Senta Knuth, Enterprise Product Deployment at ElevenLabs
- Rohan Chandra, Regional Director, AI Deployment at Cursor
- Isabel Gomez, Technical Deployment Lead at OpenAI, prev Palantir
- @nikogrupen, Head of Applied Research at Harvey
- @barrald, Cofounder & CEO at Hex, prev Palantir
- @lkothari, GM, AI FDE at Snowflake, prev VP Product at Scale
- @LeoMehr, director of engineering at Ramp
- @zkevinbai, founding FDE at Rippling, prev Palantir
- Gene Karshenboym, Director of Engineering, Operations and Strategy at Google, prev CEO at Phiar

and many more.

Join us! Apps went live today, and the fellowship kicks off in July 2026.

Link in thread:

[Tavares @Moofaces]

@pejmannozad @cognition 10x enterprise growth + nearly $500M run rate in this market is wild. AI infra/application velocity right now feels unprecedented.

[sarah guo @saranormous]

AI is largely frozen after deployment. That has to change.

Excited that my partners at Conviction (@mvernal @igarciacamargo) are backing @TrajectoryLabs as they help companies improve agents based on signals from real world interactions.

[Pejman Nozad @pejmannozad]

Congrats @cognition on raising $1B on $26B valuation! 🚀🍐

[Tavares @Moofaces]

@quionie @hii_mohit @zach_yadegari I mean, like what else is he gonna do after a while think about this humanly possible anyone who just has nothing but time on their hands will eventually get bored. Especially if they don’t have any other purpose in life.

[Tavares @Moofaces]

@simonecanciello @hii_mohit @zach_yadegari I mean is he only smart because he got money. I mean, the guy worked on the right idea at the right time with the right execution.💰 there is some luck in my guy