Common Magic

Investing in the next wave of companies with community at their core across Europe + the US.

[Common Magic @_CommonMagic]

To save you the listen. The best way to get hold of Common Magic is:

🔵 send an email (cold or warm - reading them all)
🔵max 3-4 lines
🔵 include; what this is, why you, why me
🔵deck attached and (god tier bonus points) Calendly

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[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

So fun to join @Kieranleehill #20Angel pod for frank chat on angel investing + my new fund @_CommonMagic

If there's one thing I've put my 10k hours into, it's answering; "what IS community?"

Listen + tell me what you think of my current definition 🔥

https://t.co/wnA74sQyYq

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Whether through speed of shipping or quality of product, https://t.co/gW83UsR30U are one of the most tiny + talent dense teams I work with

Great roundtable with @AkashBajwa96 @EarlybirdVC x CTO @DJ_Mankowitz to go deep on building AI native eng teams

https://t.co/KpLtt9x12z

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Meet @sault_ai

Your agent needs pocket money; permissioned spend to execute autonomously

Salt's one of the oldest currencies humans have. It's reliable

And how much you use it is a matter of taste 🧂

Excited to back @gegatsur to increase the economic capacity of agents 🔥

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Endorse; this will be first hire @_CommonMagic

a high agency generalist with taste who builds trust

[Common Magic @_CommonMagic]

May reads;

everything's computer, modern politics inherit religious fantasies of Rapture, hazy afternoons on the Rock, London through oligarch's empty apartments

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Yes. Never liked phrase "network effects"; a bit distant + calculated.

But built @_CommonMagic on belief that:

Exceptional products are about being/working together

They should work + look so good you want to share

And great companies build gravitational pull around them

[Daniel J. Mankowitz @DJ_Mankowitz]

Today Ethos announces our $22.75M Series A led by @a16z, with participation from @generalcatalyst, @xtxmarkets, @MattEvantic, and @_CommonMagic.

Ethos turns what you know into recurring income - matching your expertise to expert calls, research, AI training, fractional work, and full-time roles.

35,000 people are joining Ethos every week. People are making $10,000 every month on Ethos.

AI shouldn’t replace you. It should make you irreplaceable.

Build your profile at https://t.co/2jTaj4zmjg.

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Ethos are building something rare + deeply aligned with what @_CommonMagic cares about; wildly optimistic AI infrastructure focused on human flourishing ✨

Proud to be day 1 supporter of @jamesyflo @DJ_Mankowitz + welcome @a16z @xtxmarkets @MattEvantic for next phase. Let's go!

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Modern travel should be as simple as moving from idea to inspiration to booking in one chat flow.

I dream of autonomous bookings based on stored preferences...but travel is dynamic, complex and regulated.

Your agents need the best tools.

Meet @jinko_travel 😍

[Common Magic @_CommonMagic]

@0xZane_ always!

[Common Magic @_CommonMagic]

Hello, world

https://t.co/to7hyBrjld

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Londoners; are you building + thinking about post-AGI/ASI societies?

Me + @DadaJudith are running a lunch, mid May, to go deep on this excellent topic. Founders, operators, researchers, artists - great group so far. Few more places. Who should join us?

[Modern Relay @modernrelay]

Today we're coming out of stealth at Modern Relay with $3M from @PointNineCap , @emergelab, @AminoCollective and @_CommonMagic alongside exceptional angels including Charlie Songhurst, Michael Boehler and Thomas Clozel.

We are building the context graph for AI-native orgs: the source of truth for company data, policies, decisions and the logic between them. Humans and agents share the same state in which they coordinate work, with changes branched, reviewed, and merged before they land. So knowledge actually compounds.

Omnigraph is the open source engine underneath: an agent-native graph database with git-style workflows, vector/fts search, and typed queries.

We believe intelligence is a solved problem. The next decade belongs to the companies that make their world models agent-accessible. And we're here to enable them.

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

We think "world models" is such a new concept

Anyone who has worked at global scale inside a complex org knows it is, in itself, a world model; a dynamic set of norms, codified / not

Agent workers make that more complex

Enter @Modernrelay. Proud investor! Go @ragnorco ❣️

[Common Magic @_CommonMagic]

@paw_lean @Londonmaxxing @charlierward @sarahdrinkwater 🔥

[Londonmaxxing @Londonmaxxing]

Announcing our next special guest for our @Londonmaxxing event at Ramen Space on the 23rd of April and appearing on our panel:

Sarah Drinkwater (@sarahdrinkwater) from @_CommonMagic

Sarah brings years of experience working closely with startups across the ecosystem, with a perspective on where London’s tech scene is heading. Sarah believes the next wave of great companies will be powered by community.

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Super proud of team @dreamer joining Meta Superintelligence Labs today

"Our bet from the beginning has been that software should be personal, malleable, and shaped by the person using it" - yes! @_CommonMagic can't wait to see how that vision works at the scale of billions.

[Menlo Times @menlotimes]

-> 🏪 Bounti raises €4M to bring AI into the “physical economy.”

While AI struggles to scale in white-collar workflows, the real opportunity lies in frontline industries, retail, hospitality, and services, where execution drives revenue.

Bounti’s bet: AI should act, not just analyze. ⚙️

-> 💡 What Bounti is building:

• AI that identifies issues → triggers real actions
• Links operational gaps directly to revenue impact
• Designed for frontline teams (not dashboards)
Bigger shift:
AI is moving from insights → execution.
The winners won’t just surface problems, they’ll fix them in real time. 🤖📊

Read More At: https://t.co/WPJu1QcFWs

Source: Press Release

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Request for startups; last year I became convinced AI enables new wave of startups building tools for national operating systems

Deep history in Europe from London's past govtech waves to Estonian e-state & Nordic/Dutch digital ID

Time for rewiring! DM if you're building here

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

When I first met @ASALBERT + Andrew, what stood out was their confidence zigging where others zag - bc they deeply understand culture.

Next gen consumers crave analog. Real friendships.

Escargot are building the celebration layer of the internet; proud investor @_CommonMagic

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

Hey! @theshre + are running this again early March

In London & sorting through ideas or at the very start of something new? Come join us for breakfast with a great group of peers - DM and we'll add you to list

[Sarah Drinkwater 🔮 @sarahdrinkwater]

You have to love a city with houses like these

Back in San Francisco this week & next & available for coffees 🇺🇸☕️