Ayala Ples

Head of Platform leading value creation for founders @Crane_VC | previously customer success @Tessian. Love building communities and connecting people

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

Many say that the most important thing about your work is the people - the right team is what it takes to build a good product and bring it to customers who need it.

We just launched our new *portfolio careers board* to help you find your new team 👪 https://t.co/EGwXVEtpa8

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike Thanks. This is not a one time problem today. It’s ongoing every day.

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike Any chance you could leave some space around my bike that I lock on a bike rack in front of my office? This is on Noel st London W1F 8GW. I struggle daily to unlock and take my bike onto the road as it’s blocked from both sides by your bikes. They’re so heavy to move.

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@forestbike_uk I tried to lock my bike securely outside the Supreme Court in London however all available bike racks are blocked by a series of your bikes. Can you help? @CityWestminster

[Shawn Shen @shawnshenjx]

I’m Shawn, founder of https://t.co/DLaNyXWuUn, former researcher at Meta and CS PhD at University of Cambridge.

Today we’re launching https://t.co/DLaNyXWuUn: we built the world’s first Large Visual Memory Model - to give AI human-like visual memories.

Why visual memory?

AI to date is chat-based, which has great applications, but humans are not only chat based. Humans have visual-memories, and are visually driven. https://t.co/DLaNyXWuUn enables AI agents, softwares, and even robots to see and remember the world the way humans do.

We just raised an $8m seed round led by @susaventures to build the visual-memory layer for AI.

Why is https://t.co/DLaNyXWuUn so groundbreaking? 👇

[Scott Sage @scott_sage]

We're thrilled to announce @crane_vc's expanded partnership into Asia-Pacific with MassMutual Ventures. This means $450 million of capital across new investments and portfolio will be overseen by Crane, significantly strengthening our global support for early-stage founders in Europe and APAC.

Since 2015, we've backed remarkable companies across post-quantum security, robotics, infrastructure software/tools, and AI systems.

We believe in early conviction and long-term commitment – being "first to believe, last to leave." This partnership reinforces that commitment, now with even greater reach and deeper insights to help founders scale.

A huge thank you to all our founders, LPs, team and supporters.

https://t.co/dom0aw8HQf

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@shaharglazner מזל טוב לכם!

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike once again all bike racks on Noel street and Berwick street are occupied by Lime bikes this morning. No space for me to lock my bike. Please can you address this?

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike I cycle to work on my personal bike and every day I struggle to access a bike rack to lock my bike. There are Lime bikes against every single bike rack on the street I work on as well as on the street perpendicular. @CityWestminster and @limebike please advise

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

Earlier today I struggled to get my bike out of the bike rack that I had locked it to as there were @limebike bikes surrounding my bike on all sides including behind it on the pavement. This is a health and safety hazard to all pavement users. This is on Noel Street in London

[Scott Sage @scott_sage]

Proud of our founders for putting @crane_vc among the top 5% value-add investors in Europe according to @dealroomco. Startups that raise Seed funding from top 5% VC funds are 4.5x more likely to secure Series A funding compared to those that raise from bottom 25% funds.

First to believe, last to leave.

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

That’s Waterloo roundabout!

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@lambeth_council I couldn’t cycle on my usual route home last night on Exton Street off of Waterloo roundtable because it was completely blocked by hundreds of @limebike s. Please can you advise what’s being done to address this? Most days this road is half blocked by like bikes.

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike Hi! Thanks. This was on Thursday evening and the road is typically blocked by lime bikes every evening. Will this stop?

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@limebike I couldn’t turn into the road I use to cycle home yesterday. Secker Road by Waterloo was totally blocked off by hundreds of lime bikes. It was impossible to drive or cycle on the road. I’m confused - is this within your policy? What will you do to address this?

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

This was actually Exton street!

[Sandgarden @SandgardenHQ]

👋 We've just begun the next stage in AI's development. It's not about leaping some imaginary new hurdle; it's about making AI more accessible to the people that want to use it.

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

Tell us if you'd like to join our next AI Bridge Series & where we should come to next.

[Morgane Zerath @MorganeZerath]

@crane_vc is back to school and we're celebrating in style in Paris this year! After taking our AI GTM event to a few European cities including Paris and Berlin, founders have asked for more...

We're back in Paris with new content on the 11th September ⬇️

[Encord @encord_team]

Announcing our $30M Series B to invest in the future of multimodal AI data🚀

AI models are only as good as the data they are trained on, and we’re ready to help more companies get their internal data ready for AI projects.

[Scott Sage @scott_sage]

We're thrilled to announce the newest addition to the @crane_vc investment team, 🇦🇺 @MaxChapman___!!

For the past 5 years, Max has been working in SF, most recently at Sierra Ventures where he was leading investments into enterprise software companies, focusing on data/AI infra, vertical apps, and dev tools.

Please join us in welcoming Max to London + Europe!! https://t.co/3dZ7KRY9NL

[Ayala Ples @ayala_ples]

@scott_sage @crane_vc @MaxChapman___ Welcome to the team Max!