I can’t recall the amount of times that, while chatting with people about what to do next, I got suggested to look at Entrepreneur First as one of the coolest new models around.ĮF is a pre-idea entrepreneurship program. The implications of this are hard to fathom, but if you take a look at their portfolio I’m sure you’ll be impressed. It’s basically saying that the concept of “proprietary” deal flow is outdated and that by using AngelList anyone can create a well-performing venture fund. One of their most recent efforts which had everyone pretty stunned was the announcement of a syndicates-only fund. He’s always been very generous of his time with me. Everyone who had the chance to interact with him knows how sharp and kind he is. On top of this, Naval is truly an extraordinary brain and person. It’s certainly not perfect at all at the moment, but if you want to innovate this is the price to pay - and I’m sure it will become so in the future. I’ve been investing in Syndicates sporadically but I’m just stunned at the quality of the stuff I get to see. In particular, Syndicates are the stuff of the future. I try to mention those in the details, but I’m surely biased even only for my knowledge of these firms’ existence.ĪngelList has completely changed the early stage investing world, plain and simple.įrom intros, to profiles (I use AngelList more than LinkedIn nowadays) and now syndicates it continues to innovate like no other in the venture space.
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I’m sure that I’m missing a bunch more, so feel free to tweet me some more and I’ll add them.ĭisclaimer: My small investment firm, Mission and Market, is an investor in a number of companies that received prior or further financing by many of the VC firms mentioned in this piece. Here you can find a list of firms that I think brought the most innovation to the VC landscape in recent times.
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That being said, VC has seen some massive innovation in the past decade: the rise of the super angels, the subsequent explosion of seed funds, VC blogging, AngelList - today the fundraising environment is certainly different for founders.Īs I’m thinking through how to approach investing in Europe ( I’ve just moved back here), I started to recall and research the most innovative VC firms and models that I’ve seen in the past years. Every new VC firm that launches touts to be a “new breed of venture capital firm”, but the reality is that most of the time it’s just a straight up old-school VC model.
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