John Forbes

Climate & deep tech VC @ / @DeepChecksVC

[Jéssica Leão @jesslionness]

I’ll always be #DRF4Life - incredible evening reconnecting with all the @DormRoomFund alumni ✨

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@jesslionness @DormRoomFund @isabelle_zhou @themollette @shubgaur DEEEAAAALLLL TEEAAAAMMMMM!!!!

[HAUS @deeptechagency]

“We look for founders with a strong sense of mission and a high degree of persuasiveness. Can they sell to customers, hire great people, and fundraise effectively? That persuasiveness often comes from how deeply they’ve thought through the idea maze. We love meeting founders who have considered a problem from multiple angles.”

We spoke with @deepchecksvc's @john___forbes about trends in deep tech investing and what makes a great startup founder.

Click the link to read the full interview on Infinite Frontiers: https://t.co/uxiTQHPV3g

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

Second @deepchecksvc event in the wraps! Loved getting to bring together the NYC Deep Checks investors and friends of the fund alongside @abemurray, such a great crew.

[Abe Murray @abemurray]

Awesome time last night with @john___forbes and the @deepchecksvc team!

We hosted a packed room of deep tech GPs and LPs at AlleyCorp HQ - really great group, including a good chunk of folks I hadn't met yet!

Love how Deep Checks pulls in the truly early investors - and pioneers - in deep tech. Really great work you're doing Julian Shapiro to catalyze this ecosystem.

My biggest takeaway? It's impossible to be down about the future when you're surround by folks turning science fiction into science fact!

(As our friend @packyM is regularly pointing out!

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@Rick_Zullo @EqualVentures Dream internship!

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@gregisenberg @SarvasvKulpati is on it

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@suffiyanmalikk @luke_clancy1 Can’t wait!

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

Jamming on the future of investing in hardware vs software this afternoon at LA Tech Week. Swing by! https://t.co/Toe1LY23vB

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

I’m eight months in to working with @Julian and the Julian Capital + @deepchecksvc team. Our excitement only grows that we get to tell founders “we’ll put you in touch with the world’s best deep tech VCs, for free, just keep on changing the world”. And it only takes one minute!

[Julian Shapiro @Julian]

Crucially, we also created https://t.co/qvCMVJwvlG to help ambitious hardware & science startups get funded by many deeptech VCs—not just us. It's the biggest site of its kind. And it's free.

Submit a deck and hear from @JacobJacksonVC & @john___forbes

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@thesephist @ThriveCapital Let’s go! keep on Thriving 😎

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@isabelle_zhou @thesephist @slim_shreydy @DavidMackanic Daww

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

YC S24's @LilacLabs is automating drive-thru order-taking with a voice AI.

Their multi-lingual AI agent is perfectly trained, understands the menu, and can answer questions about ingredients/allergies.

https://t.co/flPGodiHRK

Congrats on the launch, @kamikariat + @sheldenshi!

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@SarvasvKulpati

[Mike Annunziata @nunzi46]

I think the best early stage investors move at founder speed

@Julian and the work he’s doing with @deepchecksvc is a perfect example

It will rival YC for quality deal flow in hard/deep tech by year-end

Arguably already does…

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

Huge. Go bears!

[Rich Lyons @richlyons]

Regents just approved @UCBerkeley’s new Innovation Hub development. Go Bears. https://t.co/DKJnRqIkLF

[Shawn Xu @shawnxu]

The #RamenMafia and @lowercarbon are teaming up to host a Climate Tech Happy Hour at @CompoundFoods HQ in SF on 9/29!!

Stoked to partner up with @a_laplaza @maricelsaenz to bring together A+ people working on climate. Check out details here!

https://t.co/V6qwT3nx9c

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@medhakothari @variantfund @ljin18 @jessewldn @spencernoon @jonitzler LETS GOOO!!! So happy for you 😁

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

@thesephist If blocks.css doesn’t bode “build it in the garage” energy I don’t know what will

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

Shoutout @SarvasvKulpati for dragging me out of the (hacking) cave, as uncomfortably as Plato presupposed https://t.co/B10IFfP9Dg

[John Forbes @john___forbes]

Excited to be working on this with @AnandLalwani15 & David Dellal. If you’re a current PhD and founder come join us for phenomenal speakers, wonderful vibes, and some entrepreneurial drive 💡

[Dorm Room Fund @DormRoomFund]

Dorm Room Fund is beyond excited to launch the inaugural Ph.D. Founder Track 🚀

Applications now open & due June 21st at 11:59 pm PT
– Apply here: https://t.co/1zDjDi62BC