Motivate VC

A venture firm that invests in fintech, web3, and B2B SaaS pre-seed and seed stage startups.

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@Samirkaji Always enjoy your insights. “The people who sound most certain are usually the most invested in a particular outcome being true.” rang especially true

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@MarikHazan @feltsensefund @MattPRD @moltbook @crunchbase @joinrepublic @DraperVC @PrecursorVC @Liquid2V Let's go Feltsense!!

[Marik Hazan @MarikHazan]

Just raised $5.1M to build agents as fully autonomous founders.

@feltsensefund is backed by @MattPRD (founder of @moltbook) along with the founders of @crunchbase and @joinrepublic, and VCs like @DraperVC, @PrecursorVC, and @Liquid2V.

You're already using products our agents built.

Thread on what we learned last year 🧵

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@niccruzpatane Our very own @davidjwieland just posted something similar about this…

https://t.co/ISOfonHvCc

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@lukeshepard @bubjacks Yes! @davidjwieland is an angel NRI’s pre seed

[Jackson @bubjacks]

I dug into the Chicago tech scene going back ~50 years. How many successful tech companies were founded here? Who is behind them? How much value have they generated? I struggled to find good data, so I did some research...

Chicago Tech’s $100M List: https://t.co/T8gXJMj4l7

[David Clark @daveclark85]

So what are the takeaways? We've seen the value of the top 1% exits essentially double every 5 years. If this trend continues then the top 1% exit for funds investing today would be $40bn+ (8-10 year holding period). This doesn't seem unreasonable. /6

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@chrissyfarr @ReloShare

[Birch @BitcoinBirch]

It’s finally time 🙏

We’ve been in open beta now for 3-4 months onboarding thousands of investors & we’re kicking it up

✅ SEC Regulated crypto app
✅ Secure custody
✅ Managed & self directed portfolios
✅ Much cheaper fees than Coinbase

Stop trading. Start investing.

[Ash Lamb @ash_lmb]

A quick call can turn into a long fall from productivity. 😆

[Alex at Hallow @alexathallow]

Temu employees: 10,000+

Instagram employees: 50,000+

TikTok employees: 35,000+

Google employees: 100,000+

Netflix employees: 10,000+

Amazon employees: 1,000,000+

…

Hallow employees: 80

+ Jesus

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

yes, yes they are

[Daily Loud @DailyLoud]

These Gym Pods are dope af 👀🔥

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

LFG JB!

[Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 @nic_detommaso]

2/ Jackson Bubala, Senior Associate at @MotivateVC

[Angeles Investors @AngelesInvestor]

Listen to CEO Chris Aguas of @AngelesInvestor portfolio company @CorechainTech on how they are disrupting the B2B blockchain payments space.

#Web3
#payments
#Blockchain

https://t.co/CUQIgBSg6N

@uluventures @MotivateVC

[Jim Dallke @jdallke]

I’ll be working on national Inno projects and initiatives, and working with our Inno reporters in 40+ cities. Still in Chicago, but I’ll no longer be on the daily Chicago tech beat. We’re hiring for my replacement! https://t.co/oitzAZmXfI

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

Congrats to the team! https://t.co/T9erRCWzel

[david.me @davidjwieland]

Congrats to Michael and the Embed team on their official launch!

Motivate Venture Capital https://t.co/dfkaKLL2eJ

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

Magical words

[Patrick Collison @patrickc]

"Pessimists sound smart. Optimists make money." —@natfriedman

[Motivate VC @MotivateVC]

@MacConwell @OhRebeccaO 100% include management fees, etc. whatever LPs have wired you