Partner at @HummingbirdVC.

Joined May 2011
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One of Europe’s top venture capital firms is on a worldwide hunt for 'misfit' founders, as it closes in on an $800mn fundraise that will help it double down on a strategy of backing unconventional entrepreneurs. ft.trib.al/eBIkS8W
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18 Nov 2025
Hey everyone, We launched Lovable one year ago, and today we hit $200M ARR. Here's our story: (thread)
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23 Jul 2025
Lovable just crossed $100M ARR in 8 months. Faster than OpenAI, Cursor, Wiz, and every other software company in history. Today we're launching a game-changing update, it reduces the error rates by 91%. Introducing Lovable Agent:
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Replying to @Lovable
@lovable is on a tear, raising $200m at a $1.8b valuation only 8 months after launching. Already changing the fabric of the internet, Lovable makes it possible for anyone to build software. Congratulations to Anton, Fabian, and the whole team! 🚀forbes.com/sites/iainmartin/…
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We just delivered an ENTIRE BLOCK of 8 houses near in Assendelft (near Amsterdam). All the brickwork was entirely done with a fleet of 5 of Monumental's robots (yes, including the corners) working together, a first in the world.
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We are launching our first SF-based cohort of our Analyst Program. This is a two year program to be fully immersed in global, early-stage investing. Applications are open until April 25. hummingbird.vc/analyst-progr…
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Check out the new 2024 Cohort of Magnificent Grants. And happy to report that going forward, the fellowship application process will be on a rolling basis, launching a nomination system... substack.com/home/post/p-157…

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25 Feb 2025
0 to $17m ARR in 3 months. Still growing exponentially. Today announcing an added $15m in funding. More details: //1
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Another one to round out a big year at Enveda! 130 million more chances to deliver new hope to patients, the work experience of a lifetime for our employees, incredible returns to our investors, breakthrough technology to the world, and knowledge (Veda) to humanity 🚀
21 Nov 2024
We’re thrilled to announce $130M in Series C funding led by @KinnevikAB and FPV, with participation from @BaillieGifford , @premjiinvest , @Lux_Capital , @trueventures , and many more new and existing partners. With this new capital, we plan to advance multiple drug candidates through Phase 1/2 clinical trials. In just 4 short years since our seed round, we’ve gone from a concept to a clinical-stage company with a deep pipeline of 10 development candidates. 🚀 Thanks to the hard work of our team and the power of our platform, we’re delivering drug candidates 4x faster than industry average—a testament to our thesis, technology, and team. This marks a significant step forward in our journey to transform the future of drug discovery. A heartfelt thank you to our investors, partners, and, most importantly, our talented team for making this possible. Here’s to the next chapter of growth, discovery, and development! 💊💡 Learn more here: tinyurl.com/545v3bwu Read our feature in @Bloomberg here: tinyurl.com/yj4e8j8f
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31 Oct 2024
Introducing Oasis: the first playable AI-generated game. We partnered with @DecartAI to build a real-time, interactive world model that runs >10x faster on Sohu. We're open-sourcing the model architecture, weights, and research. Here's how it works (and a demo you can play!):
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25 Jun 2024
Meet Sohu, the fastest AI chip of all time. With over 500,000 tokens per second running Llama 70B, Sohu lets you build products that are impossible on GPUs. One 8xSohu server replaces 160 H100s. Sohu is the first specialized chip (ASIC) for transformer models. By specializing, we get way more performance: Sohu can’t run CNNs, LSTMs, SSMs, or any other AI models. Today, every major AI product (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Sora) is powered by transformers. Within a few years, every large AI model will run on custom chips. Here’s why specialized chips are inevitable:
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19 Dec 2023
Introducing gpt-engineer App👶 since gpt-engineer became the world's most popular codegen project I have been tinkering with the next step: how to make it practical, ie allow anyone to build and deploy web–apps with plain english Mission: Reduce barriers to build shout to stellar team ❤ //1 thread🧵
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We're looking to add an analyst/associate to our investment team in India. Email me at recruitment@hummingbird.vc, if interested! 🇮🇳🙏
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We are excited to be ranked among the top healthcare technology companies of 2022! ow.ly/mwkP50KbC3B #HealthcareTechnology #HealthcareTech
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19 Jul 2022
Mediocrity is like a magnet pulling organizations toward it. You can only avoid it by constant effort.
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18 Jul 2022
European biotech startups are attracting interest from domestic and international investors — and spurring the creation of specialised funds. sifted.eu/articles/european-…
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1/ The promise of engineering biology to create new food, materials and therapeutics is only limited by the biological tools we have at our disposal. Latent in the biological code around us are countless answers to cure human disease and climate change. 💊
Incredibly excited to continue building The AWS x Github for Biocomputing at @LatchBio.
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