Simran

venture partner, investing in ai. learnt ai @harvardmed. mom. @goldsmithsUol alum. project @iamkanegi volunteer @ishafoundation

[Paul Graham @paulg]

Noora Health is hiring a CTO. If you want to make the world a better place, it's hard to imagine a job where you could have more impact. They've already saved over 70,000 children's lives. Help them save more.

https://t.co/B4Uacg2kOg

[Maia Bittner @maiab]

look if I invest in your company I feel like you at least owe me an EMAIL if you shut down

[Simran @simransurii]

@vedulamba I’m here!

[Simran @simransurii]

@natashamalpani Check out @Abhindas1, he’s raising + building something cool!!

[Simran @simransurii]

@dishen2609 only here for the comments

[Simran @simransurii]

@ashajadeja Let’s meet if you’re in Bombay ?

[Dishen Shah @dishen2609]

The requirement to become a private market investor shouldn't be a finance degree, or IB/consulting experience. They should have tried building a company in the past before they actually start advising or evaluating founders about their companies.

[Bhavyam Arora @AroraBhavyam]

Techstars closed. a16z closed. YC closed....

But if you're an early-stage founder who still
hasn't applied anywhere, here's what's open:

- @join_ef Bangalore closes Jun 22, London closes June 21

- @betaworks Camp rolling, open now
(up to $500k, AI-native, NYC, 12 weeks)

- @hf0 rolling - $1M uncapped SAFE for 5%
(technical/repeat founders only, SF)

- @AlchemistAcc rolling - 6 months
(B2B enterprise only)

- @southpkcommons Fall apps open this summer
($400k for 7% + $600k guaranteed next round)

- @AIGrant rolling - $250k SAFE + $350k +
Azure credits (AI researchers + builders)

- @allen_ai rolling - up to $600k + $1M
compute credits (AI-first, technical founders)

- @ConvictionVC Embed rolling - $150 - 250k +
$1M + credits (B2B SaaS and infra)

- @joinstationf rolling - backed by OpenAI +
Anthropic + Google

- @Soma_Capital Fellowship rolling - up to $1M
uncapped SAFE, zero equity

- @NVIDIA Inception rolling - zero equity,
GPU credits + $100k AWS (stack this)

- @msft4startups Founders Hub rolling - zero
equity, up to $150k Azure credits

- @100X_VC bi-annual - India-based founders
only (₹1.25cr via iSAFE)

- @EWOR_official rolling - €150k, Europe-first
(extremely selective)

Follow @arorabhavyam for weekly content
around founders, startups and AI! 🫡

[Simran @simransurii]

@lavsmohan you’ll never be able to go back 😕

[Kartikeya Tanna @KartikeyaTanna]

Ironically, the world’s first trillionaire held an H-1B visa.

[Dishen Shah @dishen2609]

getting brunch at the inclination of capitalism and socialism

[Naval @naval]

If you don’t want this moment, then you will never be happy.

[Simran @simransurii]

@boardyai I tried to reach out to your ai, told him everything what I want, it doesn’t work. It hasn’t reached to you. It’s not working boardy.

[Simran @simransurii]

@kxushix @AroraBhavyam Such a great example of it

[Simran @simransurii]

@AroraBhavyam Why would you do this on the first place ? Enjoy the clout now 😅

[Jenny Fielding @jefielding]

I can look at any VCs website and be able to tell how much of a pain in the ass they will be to deal with. It’s a strange superpower, but a useful one.

[Brett Calhoun @brettcalhounn]

Most VCs want proof. We want obsession. $250–500k checks into early teams. Pitch us today. Link in bio.

[Simran @simransurii]

Everyone is obsessed with sectors.

I think geography is the underrated edge.

Taiwan → semiconductors.
China → manufacturing.
Indonesia → consumer scale (280M+ people).
Thailand → healthcare delivery.
India → entrepreneurial density.

But even within India, the next generation of companies won’t all come from Bengaluru.

Watch Surat.
Watch Rajkot.
Watch Tirupur.

The future won’t be built in one ecosystem.

[Matt Grimm @mttgrmm]

Ok I guess since we've all decided it's cool to air our stories of VCs being awful I'll share mine:

Years before Anduril I saw @traestephens at a grocery store in SF. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for photos or anything. He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?” I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen packs of Pokemon cards in his hands without paying.

The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be tired and not hear her, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.

When she took one of the bars and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each bar and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by yawning really loudly.

Founders Fund later led our seed round but I'll never forget that first meeting.

[Matt Turck @mattturck]

Ok bad stories about VCs are spreading on X right now, but VCs have horror stories about founders too

Like, that one time when a founder decided to take another term sheet with a higher valuation despite our obvious ability to add value, thought leadership and vendor discounts