Coding VC

For the last decade, capital crowded into software because bits scaled faster than atoms.

About a decade ago, when I was still early in my VC career, I held founder/VC office hours for a few years around the holidays.

If you love deep tech and are curious about how it looks from a VC’s perspective, then you should check our new fellowship!

The hardest decisions in life — picking a partner, a job, or a city to live in — all start the same way: with uncertainty and too many options.

The Humba Ventures team is proud to announce the launch of Humba II, our oversubscribed $40M second fund focused on deep tech and American Dynamism.

A few months ago, I attempted to debunk some common misconceptions about startups in deep tech categories like robotics, space, and biotech.

I’ve now been a VC for almost eleven years.

Most startups fail because they run out of money.

Being a VC involves looking at thousands of pitch decks annually.

In my five years as a VC, I’ve worked closely with the founders of 50+ companies.

I’ve been a fan of Priceonomics for a long time.

“All dollars are equal, but some dollars are more equal than others.” - George Orwell’s imaginary capitalist twin In my college economics class, I was taught that money is fungible because there’s no difference between one dollar and another dollar.

VCs have 3 principal jobs: picking startups to invest in, helping startups after investing, and raising capital for investing.

VCs have 3 principal jobs: picking startups to invest in, helping startups after investing, and raising capital for investing.

My fund, Susa Ventures, just added Natalie Dillon to our team.

This page contains info on a 15-minute talk I gave at the SaaStr conference called “De-Risking Your Startup.”

“All models are wrong, but some are useful.” - George E.

For a while now, I’ve wanted to try holding office hours.

“In preparing for battle, I have always found that plans are useless but planning is indispensable.” - Dwight D.

In a previous post, I wrote that startups are collections of risks, and that the best way to make progress on a company (and to get higher valuations from investors) is to address the biggest risks as quickly and thoroughly as possible.