Investing early in tech founders strengthened by struggle (Pre-Seed)

Joined June 2021
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Anthropic raised $65 billion. A two-year-old YC company, Corgi, doubled its valuation in three weeks. And Peter Thiel packed up his family, bought a $12 million mansion in Buenos Aires, and left the United States. redbud.beehiiv.com/p/47-june…
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Investors don't fund ideas. We fund the person most likely to figure it out when the idea is wrong.
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here's jam it's the simplest interface for marketing in the agentic era we now have 2000 companies, developers, and operators enjoying jam we started it as a side project, then devtool founders paid us thousands to use it it's come a long way since, and we've just released it for anyone to try, no waitlist and also we are now hiring (see below!) you build, jam spreads
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In Edition #4 of Field Notebook, we discuss the implications of noise in early-stage investing, conditions for innovation, and how our investing opinions have changed. 🕺 🔗: redbud.beehiiv.com/p/field-n…
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If you're building something that sounds insane in 2025 but obvious in 2030, we want to hear from you. $250–500k checks. 🔗 in bio.
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Tim Cook is passing the keys to John Ternus after 15 years of running Apple. SpaceX filed for the largest IPO in history. Altman vs. Musk gets a courtroom twist as Brockman's diary spills secrets. Read it here: redbud.beehiiv.com/p/46-may-…
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My new interview with @brettcalhounn from @redbudvc who just raised an oversubscribed $25M Fund II straight out of Missouri
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MOSW 2026 Final Pitch session is about to go live! Join the stream here: youtube.com/live/e5oQamIvCI0
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New month, new headlines! Claude ended the month with a bang when part of their source code was leaked. A YC-backed compliance startup got accused of selling fake compliance; and yes, they are Forbes 30u30. Obviously the most important news of the month is Redbud announcing its $25M Fund II 😁 Read it here: [redbud.beehiiv.com/p/45-apri…]
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