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I am a VC and have made over 300 pre-seed investments.
Stacking SAFES at different Cap rates can be a successful fundraising strategy for pre-seed, but there are a few things for founders to pay attention to.
Here are the best and worst practices IMO.
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Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC)x.comI'm investing up to 250k first checks in teams building:
- robotics, drones, space
- applied ai/ml
- ar/vr
- manufacturing, logistics
- stable coins
DMs always open. Tell me what you're building!
Hubert Thieblotx.comI have invested in over 250 pre-seed startups, mostly in B2B software. The most successful ones have had some distribution tricks to quickly get their first happy customers.
Here are the Best (and worst) distribution wedges I have seen for Pre-Seed software startups.
Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC)x.comI'm investing up to 250k first checks in teams building:
- robotics, drones, space
- crypto
- applied ai/ml
- ar/vr
- manufacturing, logistics
DMs always open. Tell me what you're building!
Hubert Thieblotx.comIf you’re in the S24 YC batch, working in AI, ML, or robotics, come get in touch. https://t.co/p1LH5dTsNY writes $100K-$250K checks.
I was YC W08 & W15, worked at Dropbox, and have backed 31 YC companies.
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Ivan Kiriginx.comDeep Tech founders:
As promised, I’m passing along my go-to investors
I hope this can aid those struggling with traditional VCs
These investors, who have supported me at Archer Aviation and Figure, fly under the radar yet are willing to make significant... See more
Brett Adcockx.comTrends – Artificial Intelligence (AI) – May 2025 – BOND
The document analyzes rapid growth and transformative trends in artificial intelligence, highlighting unprecedented user adoption, technological advances, global competition, enterprise AI integration, and associated benefits and risks shaping the future.
bondcap.comWhat I'm seeing for B2B software rounds today:
Angel: $250-$750K at $3-$7M post w/o any code.
Pre-Seed: $500-$1.5M at $6-12M post w/$25-$150K ARR
Seed: $3-$5M at $12-$18M post w/ $250-$500K ARR
Martin Tobias (Pre-Seed VC)x.com🚨 Hey folks I got something to announce:
I am launching a new investment fund brand:
Prototype Capital 🦾
A globally-active first-check investment fund.
We focus on cool stuff that's technical hard to achieve, but also still new enough to be a bit... See more
Andreas Klinger 🦾x.com