Our event with @UseCorgi got picked up by @sfstandard!
Very cool to see founders taking pride in what they're building and walking the runway in their best merch
In an alley outside SF's Corgi Cafe, a 24-hour coffee shop operated by an AI insurance startup, around 50 people lined up Thursday evening to admire the latest tech company swag. Here's a taste of what that entailed.
See more: https://t.co/2GHc7vAv0o
What a turnout!
Huge thank you to all the founders and investors who came out yesterday to the Raisi x @FidelityPrivate breakfast event.
Boston is absolutely loaded with talented entrepreneurs building great companies, and it's always refreshing to get everyone in the same room and have real conversations.
A special thank you to our partner and friend Kristen Craft from Fidelity Private Shares for helping Robert Harary and team bring this event together.
Looking forward to the next one!
#Boston #Startups #VentureCapital #Founder #PrivateMarkets #Fundraising #Investor
🏙️ TECH WEEK by a16z NY Tech Week is always a good reality check.
You can spend months on Zoom and convince yourself you know what's happening in venture.
Then you spend a few days in rooms with founders, VCs, family offices, operators, LPs, and institutional investors and realize the market has already moved again.
We believe private capital markets need better infrastructure. Better ways for founders, funds, investment banks, and investors to discover opportunities, build relationships, and move capital more efficiently.
Tonight we're excited to bring together another incredible group of founders, investors, operators, and builders:
Joining us:
→ @brookeleblanc LeBlanc — Head of Community at @UseCorgi ($2.6B valuation)
→ Jeff Frommer — CEO of OWM (Creator Ownership) and former co-founder of MALKA Media
→ Linda Marmora — Managing Partner at a global family office
→ Kevin Mergruen — Managing Director at Bright Data
Most importantly, if you're attending tonight, come say hello to the Raisi Team!
@RobertHarary, @holdbru, @dankrieg , Caroline Fichthorn, Bryan Yankton, Felicia Fox, and Michael Edwards 🤝
HAPPENING TOMORROW: Announcing the panel for our June 3rd NY TECH WEEK by @a16z, hosted by Raisi, Seed2Table, Bright Data, OWM (Creator Ownership), and @PlugandPlayTC
This one's about the new operating layer of startups: community, audience, distribution, and the capital chasing all three.
Joining me on stage:
→ @brookeleblanc LeBlanc - Head of Community at @UseCorgi ($2.6B valuation). Former founder & CEO of Edge. Builds the SF founder/operator community Corgi runs on.
→ Jeff Frommer - CEO of OWM (Creator Ownership), CIO at Frommer Group. Co-founded MALKA Media, sold to MoneyLion for $75M. Now building the Ownership Economy.
→ Linda Marmora - Dozens of exits. Managing Partner @ a global family office. 20+ years in IB & M&A across Lehman, RBS, and Morgan Stanley. Advises IRS-CI, FBI, and Secret Service on financial crime.
→ Kevin Mergruen - Managing Director, Eastern Region at Bright Data - the world's largest web data infrastructure platform. 30+ years in enterprise software.
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Once OpenAI goes public - they're going to be under pressure to become profitable
Subsidizing the cost of AI credits will become unacceptable to public market investors and the cost will be pushed down to consumers
Allbirds has raised $50mm to pivot its business to AI compute infrastructure
Allbirds now has a long-term vision to become a fully integrated GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS) and AI-native cloud solutions provider
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I love @mercury and recommend it to everyone despite this problem - please please help me out here
@immad I really need your help man. I've been going back and forth with @mercury support for around a year now. First, one account randomly shut down and they mailed a check to me but I need to open a new account with you to cash the check - which I'm having trouble with - and/
How to Actually Get VCs to Respond - Ep drops soon.
@RobertHarary has been in venture capital since he was 17. Now he's co-founder of @raisi_ai , an AI platform that tracks investor behavior and connects founders with the right capital.
We talk:
The differences in raising $$ from VCs, angels, and family offices (and which one you should actually pitch)
-How to write cold emails that get investor responses
-What VCs look for in traction, team, and product
-Why most AI companies shouldn't raise venture capital
If you're building an AI product and need to raise money, this one's for you.
Episode drops soon.