GPO Fund

Growth Funding for Globally Ambitious Founders

[NYSE 🏛 @NYSE]

IPO Monumental Moments 💚 $RVI

Congratulations to @VladTenev, @ShivVerma, and the entire @RobinhoodApp Ventures Fund I team on this exciting new chapter!

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

We put together an Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) Market Map to capture the momentum across this fast-evolving investment space. #drones #eVtols #Vertiports - Feedback welcome https://t.co/Zla6cA2Ae2

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Great interview with @rabois by GPO alum @MollySOShea - Recommend @Sourceryvc
podcast.

[Molly O’Shea @MollySOShea]

Top 15 Quotes from Keith Rabois

“What you want to find is someone who has a non-zero chance of changing an industry or the world. That's it. It's really that simple.”

“You don't wanna be the best in the world at what you do. You wanna be the only one who does what you do.”

“Most people are in the middle of the bell curve. Either they don’t have the skill or the ambition to be two standard deviations away. Investing is about finding those people who are.”

“You have to find what your comparative advantage is in life, and then double & triple down on it.”

“If you look at how almost every successful company was built, it’s heroic effort. And there’s no substitute for that heroic effort in the beginning.”

“Communication is only successful if the recipient understands what you’re saying. You don’t blame the recipient for fumbling the ball, you didn’t throw the pass correctly.”

“Every successful company is a cult.”

“Build a machine so strong that idiots can run it.” (Warren Buffett)

“The question I was encountering constantly from founders was: I raised money, I hired a bunch more people, yet I get less done. Why? The answer is barrels, and ammunition. You don’t have more barrels.”

“996 was lazy by my standards. At PayPal, 9–9–6 would’ve been an easy week.”

“I basically don’t believe in days off, for anything. Work, workouts.”

“Stress is not only good for you.. the more stress you have in your life and the more you embrace it, the healthier, more successful, & happier you’ll be.”

“From the time I was four years old, I was intellectually curious. My mom loves to tell the story — we had the World Book Encyclopedia & I read every single volume cover to cover.”

“I ran out of contrarian takes — they’ve all been proven true.”

“I have a lot of energy because I decide to. It’s like an acquired taste. You can teach yourself energy.”

@rabois

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Great post by @massimosgrelli at @lombardstreetVC "Why an Early IPO is in the Best Interest of Founders" Speaks to why we founded @gpofund - Turns out its great for investors too https://t.co/l13YCUuCuU

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

The IPO windows at the @ASX @LSEGplc and @tsx_tsxv open sooner, stay open longer, and can accommodate companies earlier in their growth cycle.

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

The FTC shutting down mergers and Figma will be a boon for @ASX @LSEGplc and @tsx_tsxv Wonderful venues for Silicon Valley companies to IPO.

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

The FTC shutting down mergers and Figma will be a boon for @ASX @LSEGplc and @tsx_tsxv Wonderful venues for Silicon Valley companies to IPO.

[Will Quist @wquist]

FTC shutting down mega mergers may actually be a net benefit...

Big acquirers will have to go earlier.

Figma is demonstrably a great company and will be fine.

This might open the aperture actually for more speculative acquisitions, before companies are obviously great...

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Wishing Everyone a Happy Thanksgiving.

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

UK VC investment has 80% going into the “golden triangle” of London, Oxford and Cambridge https://t.co/oFIfu0VARp

[FiscalNote @FiscalNote]

#FiscalNoteLive: Oct. 18, 2PM ET — Join us for "From Farm to Floor: 2023 Farm Bill Developments, Insights & Implications" w/ @CQnow @rollcall's (part of @FiscalNote) @vaferguson @davpjor and @jasonjdick providing a deep-dive into the issues. Register now! https://t.co/cn8BofBJ2g

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Wow, the new @build_Upright end-to-end real estate investment platform brand looks great! https://t.co/1GKCRPPv3K

[Spire @SpireGlobal]

We are thrilled to announce Leo Basola has been appointed as CFO at Spire, where he will lead financial oversight and support Spire’s next phase of growth and innovation.

Join us in welcoming Leo!

Read more: https://t.co/ZIbUESKTUo

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

So much respect for @timthwang and @FiscalNote. $NOTE - The core to a LLM is data and FiscalNote has decades of it. #AI

[FiscalNote @FiscalNote]

📣 @FiscalNote Launches “FiscalNoteGPT”, a Generative #AI System Built Specifically for the Policy and Regulatory Industry

Read the full release: https://t.co/e4fCESlhTs #FiscalNotable

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Think Global! The public markets are always open for funding, somewhere. Congrats to @ADIBTweets $750M - 7X OVERSUBSCRIBED! on the @LSEGplc https://t.co/2KROVapS5l

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Wow! Looks like @Centivo_Health is saving companies on average 21% on health care costs. Businesses are cutting out insurance carriers and "rolling their own" health care.

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

We continue to be amazed at the scope of @FiscalNote global regulatory landscape monitoring. So valuable for investors. They are even monitoring #pickleball zoning!

[FiscalNote @FiscalNote]

During the first quarter of 2023, local governments grappled with 3 top issues: the growth of #pickleball, new techniques for engaging constituents in the budget process and expanding access to high-speed internet. (@curatesolutions, part of @FiscalNote) https://t.co/tgdl5jMFTO

[Jeffrey Stewart @UrgentSpeed]

Way to go $NOTE and @OpenAI
...this is powerful for investors who need to understand how proposed regulation might impact their investments.

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Great to see GPO Fund portfolio company @FiscalNote is now integrated with chatGPT >>> Powerful $NOTE https://t.co/QLoBGPV674

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Great to see @FiscalNote helping companies and investors navigating the ESG Landscape.

[FiscalNote @FiscalNote]

⏰ FINAL REMINDER! Register now for Thursday’s (Mar. 23, 11AM ET) @FiscalNote_ESG virtual roundtable, “The ESG Landscape” and gather insights on future EU regulation and their global implications to help inform your #ESG strategy. https://t.co/Q2kgSnU1xy

[FiscalNote @FiscalNote]

TODAY at 2PM ET! Join our @votervoice (part of @FiscalNote) webinar to learn how to maximize your #advocacy results with limited resources, strategies for building a successful team + leveraging tech to reach your goals, with @AdvocacyUSA.

Register now! https://t.co/AuA0hNJBkP

[GPO Fund @gpofund]

Founders are amazing. One just simplified our tagline "Growth Funding for globally ambitious Founders" to "go public, go global" ... wish we thought of that