Brett O'Farrell

Venture Partner @blossomcap | Ex @Schroders @SchroderAdveq

[Jeff Richards @jrichlive]

Small TAM tweet: one of the most important things you can do as an investor / board member is give a founder/CEO confidence.

It’s great to ask questions + give feedback. But always remember you are trying to help someone climb a mountain. “You got this” can be very powerful at challenging moments…🤞

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

@OwenJones84 Yes look at KatKin - we have many Cat Experts on our team. What do you want to talk about, exactly?

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

@stepanhlinka @SaveToNotion #thread

[patronsaintofcats 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 💚🤍💜 @patronsaintofca]

Ukraine’s First Family. I’ve got a lot of respect for this guy

[samir kaji @Samirkaji]

For new managers, don’t be cavalier when speaking about “expected performance” I see too many managers throw out 3-5X like it’s nothing. 3X+ net is top decile in nearly every vintage year in history (in most cases, it’s upper, upper top decile). possible but hard.

Thread start/

[Kieran McHugh @kieranmch]

@aran384 https://t.co/meAslcPLOn

[AlexDunsdon @alexdunsdon]

Can't shake this thought...

The big Fortune 500 companies already HAVE all the people AND ideas they need.

What they don't are tools, processes, & incentives to help their entrepreneurial people thrive.

Why? Because they’re optimised for management not innovation.

[Ahmad Butt @ahmadmbutt]

18.) I hope you enjoy part 1 of the series: "Unpacking Alpha in Venture Capital — Chapter 1: Setting the Context" https://t.co/aYYdQFttdf

[Ahmad Butt @ahmadmbutt]

[THREAD] As a systematic public market investor, #VentureCapital was an asset class that felt opaque to me based on only my limited exposure of #AngelInvesting & my friends in the industry. In this article, I set the context for Unpacking Alpha in Venture Capital.

[LocalGlobe @localglobevc]

The analysis on "The Journey to Series A in Europe" with @dealroomco and @atomico is out!
@mishmashkautsan explains the data-driven benchmarks for founders looking to raise their Seed - how much to raise, for how long, and from whom?
https://t.co/C3ftxXpkNW

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

@norseprojects @JakeHunte @LibertyLondon Anywhere else in london where you have a wide selection of your jackets? Went to liberty and not great

[Diversity VC @diversityvc]

Following last year's report, we’re proud to launch our next study - Diversity in UK Venture Capital. We hope to shed light on the educational background, career pathways and ethnicity composition of those in the UK VC. Please complete our 2 min survey! https://t.co/i0dsht3Z1q

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

valuable data driven insights on the European venture opportunity
"All of these data points indicate an interesting and valuable market to invest in, regardless of the reputation Europe had developed during the last 15 years as a difficult market to make venture returns."

[Top Tier Capital Partners @TTCP_SF]

The Top Tier team is excited to continue to increase presence in #Europe by opening an office in #London! For details, see our new #blog post! #VentureCapital #openLP https://t.co/S1kA4xGkaE

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

@fdestin Hi Fred, interesting posts. Is this 3 gps within the same fund? If same fund, 3x fund track record or individually 3x?

[Forbes Under 30 @ForbesUnder30]

.@ophelia_brown: we use data science to identify interesting entrepreneurs and opportunities outside of major regions #UNDER30SUMMIT

[Blossom Capital @blossomcap]

Interested in applying to @ycombinator ? - attend the YC Q&A session hosted by our portfolio company @fat_llama_ltd (YC S17)

[Brett O'Farrell @brett_ldn]

@H4ryB let us know when/if you switch back! I tried it for a while...

[Imran Ghory @imranghory]

The top five tech exits of 2018 (so far...):

🇸🇪 Spotify - $30bn (IPO)
🇮🇳 Flipkart - $20bn (Walmart)
🇳🇱 Adyen - $17bn (IPO)
🇺🇸 Dropbox - $12bn (IPO)
🇨🇳 https://t.co/PQnQIe01MB - $9.5bn (Ali Baba)

We've entered the global age of startups.

[Chris Burniske @cburniske]

5/ Those are my takeaways from Hinman's watershed commentary yesterday. I look forward to #crypto going back to the magic of magic internet money: minting an asset over time directly in exchange for human or machine *work,* largely prioritizing labor over capital.