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How To Pitch A Real Estate Tech VC

Dream It

Camber Creek portfolio companies benefit from the network effects of his four partners from the real estate world. Founders speak to this network as part of the diligence process and get feedback. Will the startup own the category? His portfolio now includes companies like Compstak, Latch, VTS, 42Floors, and more.

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Proudly Investing in Businesses that *Get Better* as People Use Actually Them, Not Worse

This is going to be BIG.

goTenna's new Mesh product enables off-grid communications in a network that improves as more people have it. The more businesses they sign up, the more efficient their network gets, cutting delivery times, improving service levels, and most important for me as an investor, improving their bottom line.

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Why Has Seed Investing Declined? And What Does this Mean for the Future?

Both Sides of the Table

In this post I set out to explain why the seed market emerged as its own category in the first place and why it’s declined as of late. ( I have very strong conviction that seed investing will remain its own category. The skills and networks inherent in making the early bet are consistent with the funds that play in this category.

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Exceptional Startups Are Needles in a Haystack. So the Best VCs Build Needle Magnets.

Hunter Walk

’ In addition to hustle and one’s existing network, I’m always interested in whether or not a ‘needle magnet’ is being built alongside the other efforts to find startups. Did I miss any categories? This post is about ‘seeing.’ What’s my needle magnet definition?

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When VCs Play Defense

Both Sides of the Table

They usually have strong networks to begin with so suddenly you’re hit up by everybody you know who has a friend. You want to build your network with other VCs so you go to demo days, SxSW and so forth. Their dealflow is angels or seed investors pitching “their best deals” to you in emails. Same objectives.

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Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8 Billion Valuation

American Entrepreneurship

Dan Amiga, Islands CTO and Co-founder, emphasized the importance of customer collaboration in building the product: Creating and growing a new category requires deep technical partnerships and maximum trust between CIOs, CISOs, and product teams. The post Island Raises $250M Series E Funding, Reaches $4.8

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Both Things Can Be True: Bias and Bad Fundraising Advice

This is going to be BIG.

If I was to guess, the demographics of people pitching me are reflective of two things—what my own network looks like and what my portfolio looks like. First is network bias. We need to make networks more accessible and change who is on the other side of the table so we don’t have monolithic assumptions about what makes a good pitch.

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