Roadrunner VC

Roadrunner Ventures invests in pre-seed and seed startups. Led by @nateobrienn @sebfung

[Y Combinator @ycombinator]

Congrats to @LemonSliceAI on their $10.5M seed!

They built the world's first interactive talking AI video model—a face layer for voice agents. Trained on a custom, 20B-parameter video diffusion transformer, streaming at 20fps on a single GPU. Infinite-length video generation with no error accumulation.

https://t.co/jyHm3lZqNZ

[Kai Micah Mills @kaimicahmills]

this week we performed the first @cryopets case, an emergency cryo procedure for a 60lb siberian husky

a historic moment years in the making

long live datsyuk, cryopet #00001

[Ankur Nagpal @ankurnagpal]

Just published my magnum opus on everything I have learnt about the most powerful tax break in America - QSBS

It's written for startup founders, employees and investors and covers every single question people have asked me over the years

Here are some highlights:

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

Big numbers keep getting bigger. ATHs across literally everything.

- #40 on App Store above many of our competitors who spend a lot of money on ads, IYKYK. We spend $0 on ads or influencers.

- Subreddit /r/TheRaceTo10Million is at 250K members now, up from 200K just 5 days ago.

- MAUs, WAUs, and DAUs are causing line charts to add new ticks, love when that happens.

Founders: take a note here. This is the power of playing the long game, growing a true community, and building a true network effects business.

Brick by brick

Momentum begets momentum.

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

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[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

Every founder tells me Reddit is the hardest platform to growth hack on.

Yet we did it.

Grew a subreddit to 85K and it's basically free traffic for our app.

What's the secret? (🔖 bookmark this)

- Started it 4 years ago
- Organically grew it to 25K members and it starts trending
- Use automod to sticky a comment about your startup
- Use automod to DM new members
- Sticky your own comments to the top posts

Best part: it actually converts.

[Nate O'Brien @nateobrienn]

@kevinxu @AfterHour_HQ I've been active on @AfterHour_HQ every day. I love the community

[Roadrunner VC @Roadrunner_VC]

Excited to support @AfterHour_HQ as they build the ultimate community financial app.

$200M of AUM already connected 👀 and they're just getting started 🚀

[Alpha @alpha_ai]

We’re announcing our $4.5M Seed Round with the participation of VCs like @foundersfund and @generalcatalyst ! (same team that invested early in Snapchat, AirBnb, and many more Unicorns/IPOs)

@AfterHour_HQ is a social trading app where you put your money where your mouth is by showing the verified positions in the callouts. It creates a high-quality community where the best DD/alpha/TA thrive. No fake gains and no bots. 🚀🚀

We see so many callouts - how much skin do those traders actually have in the position? Let’s solve that 👉 https://t.co/4pUqZN7oZf

[Augustus Doricko @ADoricko]

Announcing @RainmakerCorp ‘s $6.3M seed from @LongJourneyVC @1517fund @starship_vc @tamarackglobal @dayoneventures and angels like @garrytan and @balajis

Our farms and ecosystems at risk of collapse because we are running out of water. Rainmaker’s cloud seeding solves this.

[Royce Branning @rbfasho]

The #1 secret to a tech bro glow up ⬇️

[Aish @aish_caliperce]

Peter Thiel & Max Levchin had to pitch 150 investors to get their 1st check for Paypal.

The story of how they raised money for Paypal

[Augustus Doricko @ADoricko]

.@ClintonGlobal has done incredible work for global water infrastructure

It was a pleasure discussing how cloud seeding can enhance water supplies with # 42 @BillClinton !

[Peggy Wang @peggy_wang]

1\ We built a 3D simulation of a small town populated by fully autonomous AI agents inspired by @joon_s_pk's Stanford Generative Agents paper. We called it TownWorld and live streamed it to Twitch

[Kevin Xu @kevinxu]

Reddit is up 50% on the first day of options trading. So where are the supposed puts buyers? 🤨

Be wary of what you read online. Oftentimes the loudest voices are the most wrong.

They’re optimizing for engagement, with nothing monetary on the line for them being wrong.

On @AfterHour_HQ folks put their money where their mouth is. Every post comes with a verified position attachment.

This simple feature elevates the conversation and signal immensely

I’ve still got my 690 shares of RDDT sitting happy. I’ll be buying more on any dips too

The narwhal bacons at midnight!

[Peggy Wang @peggy_wang]

So grateful to have won second place at the @MistralAI @SHACK15sf @cerebral_valley hackathon with AI Pacman (watch an AI agent play Pacman fully autonomously from an image per frame). Thanks so all the organizer and sponsors - esp @FireworksAI_HQ and @dzhulgakov

[Michael Easter @Michael_Easter]

I partnered with @getclearspace to create the 2% Screen Time Challenge.

Clearspace is the most elegant and useful solution I've found to limit screen time.

It helps you leverage the upsides of apps and ditch their distracting downsides.

Join us ⬇️

https://t.co/q45oNxLHq4

[Roadrunner VC @Roadrunner_VC]

Congrats to the Passes team!

Excited to see what the future holds 🚀

[Lucy Guo @lucy_guo]

Announcing our $40M Series A led by @bondcap with @moodrowghani joining our board!

After just 14 months, we’ve paid out tens of millions to ~1000 creators. They’ve bought houses, paid off loans, and quit their day jobs because of Passes.

With this Series A, we’re building even more revenue streams so creators can make & manage generational wealth.

We’re excited to support this generation’s entrepreneurs 🚀

https://t.co/Wmu9puq523

[BOND @bondcap]

Creators and superfans fuel the content economy. We're thrilled to partner with @lucy_guo and the team building @JoinPasses, the platform giving power to the people

https://t.co/8yxH1gzZqF

[Alpha @alpha_ai]

We're just getting started.

Hear about the next phase of AfterHour in Magnum Dong Opus 4: Just The Tip coming Christmas Day 2023

Follow us. Repost this. Tell your friends. Not gonna wanna miss this 🚀

[Garrett Scott 🕳 @thegarrettscott]

In 1970 @Wendys invented the Drive Thru. Today they announced they will be the first to launch @pipedream_labs "Instant Pickup".

We've been super open about our mission to make hyperlogistics possible this decade, but our short-term roadmap has been in stealth. Quick Thread: