Student debt is such a great problem that it has been the single handedly the core of Bernie Sanders 2020 campaign. We love what Lambda school and General Assembly and many others did to build the next generation of universities. Building low cost internet first universities with a fraction of the cost and all the…
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Dipsea virtual investment
This is a bigger round than I usually do but hey we are an opportunistic fund (and that’s becoming a normal first round of financing..thanks YC…) When I was in high school I wanted to become an Electrical Engineer so I would design smart homes for celebrities and make millions. Then Alexa hit the markets…
Morphin Virtual Investment
I have decided to deploy some virtual money into the Morphin Gifs app. While it may seem a fad the time of the writing, avatars for better or for worse have had such a strong run over the past 5 or so years. The launch of memojo from Apple, Bitmoji acquisition by Snap..etc etc On…
Pivoting [away] from a crowded space
A quick litmus test to filter your investors, ask them what they think about pivots. Smart money appreciates/encourages, celebrates it (when needed, done right obv), dumb money doesn’t understand/ can’t tolerate it. People pivot for all sort of reasons, but one area I am particularly passionate about is when people pivot cuz the market is…
9 Online Payment Gateway Startups Across MENA
This Article was originally published by Magnitt on 19/4/2018 during my time there. Whether you are a startup or an established business, payment gateways lie at the core of any business that aims to sell a product or service online. However, as most B2B-oriented startups, payment gateways do not receive the same amount of recognition…
The 26 reasons we pass on companies
Part of what I do on a regular basis is trying to rely more and more on data to assist with the investment decision making process. A huge part of that is working backward from why we reject or proceed further when we first get a deck. The rationale is simple if we can know…
New Virtual Investment Mate Labs
“Machine Learning as a service”Stage:SEEDTotal Round:550KAllocation:150K
NEW Virtual Investment “Zestful”
Stage:SEEDTotal Round : $1.1MAllocation: $250K
Don’t sell your Tech: sell your network effect
It’s been almost a year now since my first internship in the VC, this past year has probably been one of the most rewarding in the past 23 years of my life. I have decided to write a little bit about some of the (many many) learnings from the exposure to the brightest minds in…
Hardware is Hot, Hot, Hot
TL;DR Can 2018 be finally the year where hardware bounce back? Yes! Year after year we have seen the massively funded hardware plays go bankrupt. 2017 particularly has been a harsh year on hardware startups. Jawbone the infamous fitness tracker that racked over 900M in venture funding has announced its plans to close shop last…