Exemples de lead magnets LinkedIn en venture capital

🚨 BREAKING: I’m partnering with Deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000 🤑 Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament, for the best founder in the world. The prices: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE  • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed And we’re officially partnering with them to push this to the Market Fit audience 🔥 This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a real funding vehicle. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Submit a 5-minute application 2️⃣ Top startups get invited to regional in-person finals 3️⃣ Regional winners get funded 4️⃣ Global finalists compete for $1M Just product, team, and ambition. I know how cracked my founder audience is. If you’re building something serious, this is an asymmetric upside. Don’t worry, we’ll be spotlighting strong applications from our side 😉 I’ll personally be backing and pushing the strongest applications. Apply. Swing big. Let’s fund one of you! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 🔥

Introducing Reforge Build: AI prototyping that starts from your product, not from zero. Try it here: https://reforge.com/build AI app builders are built for founders starting from scratch, not product teams building from an existing product. Using a 0 to 1 tool, for 1 to N work means: ❌ Generic prototypes that miss the mark ❌ Describing your brand colors to AI for the 47th time ❌ Prototyping variant A, then starting completely over to explore variant B ❌ Switching between 5 tools to get from idea to validated feedback ❌ You end up fighting the tool instead of working with it. Reforge Build is fixing this. It’s AI Prototyping built for Product Teams. You can try it here: https://reforge.com/build ➤ Prototypes that look like your product ➤ AI that remembers your customers, feature set, and strategy ➤ Plan mode that structures ideas before generating ➤ Generate multiple variants, not just one output ➤ Built-in collaboration with sharing, commenting, and remixing ➤ Validate with customers w/ AI Interviews and Surveys (coming soon) The difference? AI App Builders Start From Scratch → Build An App → Deploy + Host Reforge Build Start From Your Product → Explore Variants → Collaborate → Validate If you’re a product team not building your first app, stop using tools that assume you are. Other tools are built for starting from scratch. We are building for the reality of product teams. Reforge Build is now available with a free tier (link 👇) Like & Comment “Let’s Build!” and I’ll DM you a free month of premium and additional credits. Hit that repost button, and I’ll DM you two free months.

When life gives you lemons... 🍋 While most articles about Europe (especially those written in Europe) tend to look at what does not work, this article published a few days ago in The Economist is a welcome change. What's the thesis? Out of the 100 most valuable #tech companies, only 6 are in Europe versus 56 in the US and 16 in China. Europe also lags behind the US in venture capital and the EU Observatory of Critical Technologies from the European Commission shows a big gap in AI but also in critical clean technologies. After Covid, the war in Ukraine, Trump, the current turmoil on the oil/gas markets, there have been enough reminders... But the winds might be changing, helped by a global context which shows almost every day that Europe needs to increase its resilience, its #energy security and strengthen/master its supply chains. It does require to tackle some of the well-known bottlenecks (market fragmentation, lack of risk taking capital, lack of growth capital, regulations). Europe is doing well in the #climate tech sector (helped by the strong push back in the US), and its deeptech sector is attracting increasing interests. Defense spending is going up- and we see the flywheel (slowly) starting with successful entrepreneurs backing the new generation. Initiatives such as EU–INC are getting serious traction. Link in comments 👇

🚨 BREAKING: I just partnered with Deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000+🤑 First stop: DUBAI 🇦🇪 Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament to find the best founders in the world. The prizes: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed And the first regional competition is happening in DUBAI on April 27th. If you’re building something serious, this is one of the highest-upside shots you’ll get this year. DUBAI details: 📍 Regional final: April 6 ⏳ Apply before the March 13 deadline Dubai is quickly becoming one of the most exciting startup hubs in the world. So let’s make sure one of you takes this. We’ll be spotlighting the strongest applications from our side 😉 And I’ll personally push the best ones. Comment “PITCH” and I’ll send you the application link 🔥

Most founders waste 𝟲 𝗺𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗵𝘀 chasing investors. The smartest do it in 𝟲 𝗱𝗮𝘆𝘀. And the mistake has nothing to do with your product. It’s your investor list. I just compiled 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 into a single system. So founders can stop chasing warm intros. And start building pipeline like enterprise sales. 𝗛𝗲𝗿𝗲’𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝘆 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗸𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗲: You’re pitching: • Series A funds at napkin stage • SaaS investors with DeepTech • Growth capital before traction Not because these are good fits. Because your list is too small to be selective. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝟮𝟬 𝗶𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗺𝗶𝘀𝗲. 𝗪𝗵𝗲𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬+, 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗹𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻. 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁’𝘀 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗱𝗲: 1️⃣ 𝟱𝟬+ 𝗡𝗮𝗽𝗸𝗶𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀  Boost VC • Pear VC • Hustle Fund • Forum Ventures • Afore Capital (Funds that invest before traction) 2️⃣ 𝟮𝟭 𝗛𝗲𝗮𝘃𝘆 𝗛𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗦𝗲𝗲𝗱 𝗜𝗻𝘃𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘀 Partners who backed: DoorDash • Figma • Robinhood • Chime • UiPath 3️⃣ 𝟴 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗖𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗡𝗲𝘁𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸 𝗗𝗮𝘁𝗮𝗯𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘀 (VCs) USA • Europe • Australia • India • Baltics • and more In total: 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬+ 𝗰𝗮𝗽𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀. 𝗪𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝘂𝗹𝗹 𝗹𝗶𝘀𝘁? 👇 Comment "𝟭𝟬𝟬𝟬" below. Like this post. Connect so I can DM it to you. Repost to help others (and get priority) 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝘁𝗵: Fundraising is pipeline math. 20 investors = hoping 100+ = leverage 𝗧𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺 𝗴𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝟭,𝟬𝟬𝟬+.

🚨 BREAKING: I’m partnering with Deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000 🤑 Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament, for the best founder in the world, presented by J.P. MORGAN. The prizes: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed And we’re officially partnering with them to push this to the Market Fit audience 🔥 This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a real funding vehicle. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Submit a 5-minute application 2️⃣ Top startups get invited to regional in-person finals 3️⃣ Regional winners get funded 4️⃣ Global finalists compete for $1M Just product, team, and ambition. I know how cracked my founder audience is. If you’re building something serious, this is an asymmetric upside. Don’t worry, we’ll be spotlighting strong applications from our side 😉 I’ll personally be backing and pushing the strongest applications. Apply. Swing big. Let’s fund one of you! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 🔥

We invested in Lucis (YC X25) 🖤 I’m so happy to share that Lucis just raised $8.5M in a Seed round led by General Catalyst. 🎄 And we’re giving a free Discovery Plan (worth 190€) to 5 people who comment « Lucis » under this post 🤘🏻 Most healthcare systems wait until you’re sick to act. That’s a bug, not a feature. The future isn’t reactive care. It’s structured prevention. That’s why Lucis is building the first European preventive health Operating System. I met the team (Max, Baptiste, Max) during my time at Antler, so this one feels very special 🫶🏻 Watching them grow from early interactions to this massive milestone has been nothing but inspiring. Christmas is coming, so why not gift yourself a shot at living a longer and healthier life?

𝐓𝐡𝐞 27 𝐌𝐨𝐬𝐭 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐢𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐀𝐈 𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐮𝐩 𝐏𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬 🥇 I compiled 27 AI startups that raised capital from top investors in 2025. Some are already unicorns. Others are just getting started but have massive potential 🔥 These decks include: • Perplexity, ElevenLabs, Mistral, Humane • Hedra, Synthesia, Moises • Octave, Artisan, Gradient Labs, Nexad • Profound, Omnia, Artificial Societies • Heidi Health, Charta Health, Axle, Doctronic • Paramark, Goodwork and more I think this is super valuable because: 1. You get to study how the smartest AI founders frame a problem, present a vision and pitch a fundable story. 2. You also see the business ideas top investors like a16z, Sequoia, Greylock, Bain and Point72 are actually backing. 3. Perfect to improve your own deck and understand what VCs say yes to right now. Comment "Decks" below and I’ll send you the link 👇

ASU+GSV Summit - Woof Woof The DOGS are gathering. If you are attending ASU-GSV and want to meet other edtech folks come join us. All are welcome. Great News! - The founding dog, AKA old dog, Chuck A. will be at this gathering. If you’re a PE or VC guy who wants to truly understand K12 Edtech, try and get a meeting with Chuck. Make sure and say hello to Chuck, since he will has some of the rare DOG pins. Chuck A., Tiffany Law, Todd Brekhus & Jeff Patterson will be at this DOGS. Send me your email address to get added to the list or put your address in a comment here temporarily. There will also be another DOGS at CoSN the following day. Consortium for School Networking (CoSN) -------- What are the DOGS? -------- The DOGS are an all-inclusive, education industry networking group. DOGS participants include Edtech executives, district leaders, VC & Private Equity folks, Edtech Press and other thought leaders. We gather at many of the industry conferences with the goals of fostering informal networking, industry collaboration and having fun. DOGS is not a sponsored event. We buy our own drinks and drinks for our friends.

🚨 BREAKING: I’m partnering with Deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000 🤑 First stop: TEL AVIV Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament, for the best founder in the world. The prices: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed and the first regional competition is in TEL AVIV on March 23 If you’re building something serious, this is one of the highest-upside shots you’ll get this year. TEL AVIV details: 📍 Regional final: March 23 ⏳ Applications close: March 13 Tel Aviv is one of the most cracked founder ecosystems on earth. So let’s make sure one of you takes this. We’ll be spotlighting the strongest applications from our side 😉 And I’ll personally push the best ones. Comment “PITCH” and I’ll send you the application link 🔥

In 2026 AI has gotten specialized. One tool doesn't do it all anymore. So you need to know WHICH tool to use for WHICH job. These are just some of the tools I use daily. I'd you'd like my full stack of 30+ tools mapped to specific business functions, message me "AISTACK" and I'll send it over. My gift to you 👊 -DM

Une conférence d'1h42 pour comprendre pourquoi l'intuition est le mode de connaissance des entrepreneurs (par opposition à l'intelligence). Dans cette vidéo j'utilise la pensée de Bergson pour lever quelques zones d'ombres éternelles autour de l'acte entrepreneurial, entre autres : - Pourquoi il est si difficile de prévoir la nouveauté - Pourquoi sur les 4939 boîtes financées par Y combinator, le plus gros incubateur de startups du monde, moins de 10% ont réalisé un exit et seulement 4% sont devenues des licornes - Pourquoi mêmes les meilleurs VCs du monde, ceux dont prévoir le changement est le métier, ont un taux d'échec élevé ? - Pourquoi tous les plus grands créateurs de notre époque (Kevin Systrom d'Instagram, Daniel Ek de Spotify, Travis Kalanick d'Uber etc) se sont trompés sur au moins une leur tentative suivante - Pourquoi est-il si difficile d’enfermer la prédiction de la nouveauté dans des modèles mathématiques - Pourquoi les gens intelligents sont rarement à l'origine des empires - Pourquoi les plus grandes idées de notre ère se sont révélées par des intuitions C'est dispo en 1er commentaire ! Bon visionnage - Théo

These emails filled my partner's monthly pipeline with 40+ qualified calls. (Free Sonnet 4.5 prompts) These email-building prompts: → Replace the need for a copywriter by drafting emails using buyer language + pains + beliefs. → Lock in the promise + ICP + proof in your offer, so emails stay consistent and don't drift into false promises/claims. → Force one clear takeaway per email (a diagnostic question or objection handler), so replying feels like the natural next step. → Close with a direct booking-link CTA after the takeaway, so emails turn into scheduled calls. My partner booked 25 calls in under a week using them. They turned his leads into a steady stream of calls with high-intent buyers. I'm helping him share them. Want the prompts? 1. Comment "PROMPTS" 2. Connect with me and Harald Røine and we'll DM them to you → Repost this and I'll also send you a video breakdown of his marketing strategy that 10X'd his lead volume.

🚨 BREAKING: I partnered with Deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000 🤑 Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament, for the best founder in the world. The prices: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE  • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed And we’re officially partnering with them to push this to the Market Fit audience 🔥 This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a real funding vehicle. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Submit a 5-minute application 2️⃣ Top startups get invited to regional in-person finals 3️⃣ Regional winners get funded 4️⃣ Global finalists compete for $1M Just product, team, and ambition. I know how cracked my founder audience is. If you’re building something serious, this is an asymmetric upside. Don’t worry, we’ll be spotlighting strong applications from our side 😉 I’ll personally be backing and pushing the strongest applications. Apply. Swing big. Let’s fund one of you! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗣𝗜𝗧𝗖𝗛 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 🔥 PS: Applications at https://lnkd.in/e5G32F9i Good luck!

$42.6 Billion into AI. In Jan 2026 alone But here's what nobody's telling you ↓ This is what we discovered at Global AI Forum In our AI Funding Compass xAI raised $20B : largest AI round ever. Strip that out? The market still moved $22.6B. One company = half the market. That's not a trend. That's a warning. Follow the GPUs, not the hype: NVIDIA backed 13 deals worth $27.2B combined. ↳ xAI ↳ CoreWeave ↳ Databricks ↳ Skild AI ↳ Waabi They're not selling shovels anymore. They're buying the entire gold mine. The real signal hiding in plain sight: $2.7B poured into robotics in January alone. ↳ Skild AI → $1.4B ↳ Waabi → $750M Physical AI just graduated from demo to deployment. The last time capital moved this fast into hardware? 2007. Right before the smartphone explosion. Meanwhile, at the other end: Half of all deals were Seed or Pre-Seed. Average seed? $11.7M. Khosla Ventures, General Catalyst, SV Angel all hunting early. Translation → VCs are placing more bets, earlier, at higher prices. They're terrified of missing the next foundation model. What's dying: Generic AI wrappers. Horizontal platforms. "ChatGPT for X." What's winning: Vertical AI with distribution moats. Infrastructure with NVIDIA on the cap table. Robots that actually ship. Bottom line: The AI market is splitting in two. Mega-rounds for the few. Speed rounds for everyone else. The middle? Gone. Want the full sheet of 473 AI companies who raised in January? Comment "Funding Compass" (like, follow, and share with anyone building in AI)

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗨𝗹𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗔𝗜 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗹𝗼𝘁 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗙𝗼𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗖𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗱𝗲 🔥🚨 Most founders still raise like it’s 2015. They: - Build slides manually - Guess financial projections - Email random VCs - Hope someone replies Then they blame “the market” The truth? Raising isn’t hard because capital is scarce. It’s hard because most rounds are structurally weak. So we built a 3-part AI Fundraising Copilot using Claude: 1️⃣ Deck Engine (Claude × PowerPoint) Build a Sequoia-structured investment case in minutes, not a “cool startup deck,” but a fundable narrative. 2️⃣ Financial Model Engine (Claude × Excel) Driver-based projections using the Creandum template. Real unit economics. Dynamic runway. Scenario testing. 3️⃣ Investor Engine (Claude × Clay) Filter funds by stage, check size, thesis, recent deals. Rank Tier 1–3. Write context-aware outreach. This is not “AI help”, its infrastructure. Deck → Model → Distribution. If you want the full breakdown + prompts + templates, comment “FUNDRAISE” and I’ll send it to you 👇🔥

350+ most active Angel Investors in USA Finding business angels and identifying those who might be interested in supporting your startup in its early stages can be challenging This is a list of the most active Angel Investors in the USA. It aims to bridge the gap between startups and potential backers want it? comment "US" below 🔥

Most founders still prompt AI for answers. AI-first founders are quietly building AI operating systems to run their startups end-to-end 😳 I built one on top of Claude AI. It’s an actual AI operating layer for a startup. 12 interconnected skills covering the entire founder stack: ↳ 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → Mom Test scripts, GO/PIVOT/KILL criteria, real case studies (Vanta, Flexport) ↳ 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 → 55 patterns + LTV/CAC/payback calculators wired into decisions ↳ 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 → Sequoia/YC 10-slide structure built around how VCs actually decide (cash-on-cash, IRR) ↳ 𝗚𝗧𝗠 → Waitlist → launch → first 100 customers with explicit PLG vs sales-led logic ↳ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹, 𝗢𝗽𝘀 → All referencing each other as one system To test it, I ran a complex fintech idea through it. What came out surprised me because it wasn’t generic AI advice. It looked like an experienced team had worked on it for weeks: → Decision-backed validation memo → Evidence-based pitch deck → Unit economics driving roadmap choices → Board-ready updates → Clear regulatory questions before talking to lawyers This is the biggest shift people are missing today: 99% of founders still use AI like autocomplete. Surface prompts → surface answers. But systems compound. Outputs connect. Decisions improve. When AI becomes your operating system - not your assistant - the minimum viable team shrinks. Of course, this won’t replace co-founders. But AI-first founders who architect AI as an operating system will outcompete those who just prompt. I wrote a full breakdown of the 12-skill Startup Copilot system (with templates & extras). Comment “AI Copilot,” and I’ll send you the link 🤖 P.S. also check out how I Turned Claude Cowork Into My Personal COO that does work while I sleep 🧠: https://lnkd.in/eS6JCk2G

Most founders think investors say no because of the idea. They don't. They say no in the first 90 seconds based on pattern recognition. Before you've explained your traction. Before you've shown your model. Before you've made your ask. Here's what they scan for: → Do you sound like founders I've backed before? → Do you reference people I know? → Do you carry yourself like you belong in this room? This isn't about merit. It's about familiarity. Many investors use fast, pattern‑recognition‑based judgments. The founders who don't fit the pattern, who didn't go to the "right" schools, don't have the "right" network, don't speak in VC-fluent jargon, sadly get filtered out before the actual evaluation begins. Sutin (who's been investing for 20+ years) and I (a founder who's been in the trenches) have watched it happen time and time again... The good news: once you understand the game, you can play it differently. You can't change the system overnight. But you can learn to signal competence in ways investors recognise, while staying true to who you are. That's what we're building at The Uprising. A space where underestimated founders can get the playbook that's usually only passed down through "right" networks. If you're raising and feel like you're constantly being underestimated, you're probably not imagining it. We'd love for you to join our community. We've had over 500+ community applications and counting. And we're building deeper support options to help founders play the game. Drop "I'm interested" in the comments below and I'll send you more info 🚀

We're hiring more ex-founders at Corgi. Many from our team have already: - built a venture-backed company - exited a startup - scaled products to millions of users - figured things out We believe ex-founders are best suited to build and scale the largest companies. We're looking for more of us that have the drive to build something generational. If you've built cool things before but want to go bigger (insurance is 12% of the US GDP), this is the place to be. Comment a link to prev. work + email and we'll reach out. (Here's a pic of us at the beach this Saturday)

Most founders will never see how top VCs actually decide 💔 For years, the craft of venture lived in private dinners, internal memos, partner meetings, and backchannel WhatsApps. Not because it was secret. Because access was limited. The people who actually know how to build $1B+ companies don’t usually publish how they think. That changes today. I’m launching VC Market Fit: a daily platform where top investors break down how they actually make decisions, spot winners, and build billion-dollar companies. Directly in your inbox. This first batch includes: - Creandum Partners (one of Europe’s earliest and best funds, behind companies like Spotify, Klarna, and Trade Republic): - Staffan Helgesson - Peter Specht - Carl Fritjofsson - Simon Schmincke - Fredrik Cassel And some of the most impressive investors (and former founders) I’ve met: - Andrew Tan (TLDR, GP at Humans) - Michael Stothard (Sifted, firstminute capital) - Jack Cantillon (Green Room) - Saran Davies (Moonfire) - Jay Patel (Picus Capital) This is venture from the source, straight from the investors: - How they actually make investment decisions - The internal frameworks they use - How they think about AI, distribution, and moats - What founders consistently get wrong The kind of insight that used to require a warm intro, a $50M fund, or a seat at the table. Now it’s in your inbox. Free. Comment “VC” and I’ll DM you the subscription link 🔥

Most founders don't fail at fundraising. They fail at signal. That's why becoming a Deal Partner at Boardy Ventures matters to me. Boardy is an AI super-connector that has already spoken with: • 8,000+ founders (raising $20B+) • 1,000+ investors (managing $1T+) But here's what actually makes this powerful 👇 It's not intros. It's selection. Over the past weeks, I've built an agentic founder intake workflow inside BlackCube Labs that filters signal over noise before any introduction happens. What we look for: – Founder clarity and intent – Real problem depth (not trend chasing) – Responsible, human-centric AI thinking – Clear fundraising reality (stage, timing, use of funds) – A real reason why the network matters If a startup doesn't pass that bar, it doesn't get introduced. Simple as that! This means founders in my network, especially pre-seed and seed teams, now have access to: • A serious AI-led venture fund • A credibility-first referral path • And a process designed to protect founders’ time and reputation This fits how I work: helping founders think clearly, build properly, and raise with intention, not noise. So, if you are: • Preparing to raise pre-seed or seed • Building something ambitious and AI-native • Tired of random investor outreach Comment "Onboarding" to get evaluated to be introduced to the fund (make sure we are connected). #boardy #fundraising #founders #ai #blackcubelabs

In 2026 AI has gotten specialized. One tool doesn't do it all anymore. So you need to know WHICH tool to use for WHICH job There's a lot more to this than I can cover here... I'm breaking all of this down inside my free AI CEO Challenge this week. If you want the full breakdown on how to use this stack, comment "CHALLENGE" and I'll send you the invite 👊 -DM

# Fundraising is scamming investors 🎯 (we said what we said) How many startups treat raising funds as the goal? Not as the start of real responsibility. This broken thinking created the "golden rules": 📉 3 out of 10 startups will succeed 📉 1 in 100 covers everyone else's losses 📉 ROI measured as >2x multiples over years We're done with this old system. IMpakt28.com is changing the game 💪 Here's what makes us different: ✅ 14% average ROI on 14-month vesting ✅ Secondary marketplace for liquidity before 14 months ✅ 100% operational involvement in every project ✅ Several ventures already highly profitable What we work on matters 🌍 Housing 🏠 Education 📚 Health 🏥 Mobility 🚗 Real solutions for everyday people. If we can build this, anyone can. So let's stop treating investors like pigeons 🐦 They deserve transparency. They deserve real returns. They deserve respect. P.S. Want our contract templates? Send "pigeon" on WhatsApp: +33621141093 📱

Not yet an adult, no longer a child... 🍼 This is what came to mind when reading the recent "State of Climate Tech 25" from Net Zero Insights. Let's first define climate tech: the technologies that are specifically aimed at addressing or mitigating climate change-related problems and therefore focus on - reducing GHG emissions - Removing carbon from the atmosphere - improve human adaptation to climate change Climate tech saw a boom of VC investments in 2021-2022 (due to a variety of reasons) and since then the sector has strongly evolved. As the graph below shows, which looks at the number of company by TRL stage, the field is moving from early stage to commercial readiness and deployment. This actually creates a "pre-seed vacuum" but is also a good news for the climate because the impact of those companies start when they can scale and take market shares. But scaling is hard: the gap between pilot success and commercial readiness (the "valley of death") is widening, with companies facing longer engineering cycles and financing shortages at the demonstration stage. Interest in adaptation is growing but remains really small, and carbon removal is struggling due to the lack of clear political signals to create demand. Europe has en edge at the early stage where it generates a higher volume of hard tech companies than the US, but it then struggles to get them to scale- due to the low volume of risk-taking growth capital Link to the report in comments

STOP donating money to ad platforms. You only need $5/day. Most B2B founders are falling victim to cruel CPMs. This system makes you look like you're everywhere. (you only spend $5/day) The math is simple. LinkedIn CPMs regularly exceed $100. Meta CPMs can come in as low as $5. That difference alone changes everything. My partner built a system around this. Here's what it does: → Retargets your existing leads with resources they actually want to read. → Builds cold, warm, and hot audiences that auto-sync from your email list. → Uses reach campaigns so your market sees you constantly. → Turns your best lead magnets and emails into ads that don't look like ads. I got permission to share the full guide for free. It includes a CustomGPT trained on his best-performing ad frameworks to write your copy in minutes. Want them? Comment "CPM" Connect with me and Harald Røine so we can send it to you ♻️ BONUS: Repost this and I'll also send you his detailed rundown of his marketing strategy that 10X'd his lead generation.

In the AI era, the only reliable way to get rich (without getting lucky) is to productize yourself. Naval Ravikant said it years ago, and AI just turned it into the default playbook for one-person companies 😳 Most people still misunderstand what this actually means. “Productize yourself” is not motivational advice. It’s a two-variable formula: Specific knowledge × leverage = wealth. Break either one, and the system doesn’t work. Here’s how it actually plays out: 1️⃣ Specific knowledge Not degrees. Not credentials. It’s the unusual intersection of things only you understand. Examples: → The operator who understands fintech + regulation + APIs → The engineer who knows machine learning + supply chains → The analyst who explains complex finance clearly on camera These combinations become personal monopolies. But knowledge alone won’t make you rich. Without leverage, you’re just selling hours. 2️⃣ Leverage Turn that knowledge into something that scales beyond your time. Naval breaks leverage into four types: → Labor - hire people → Capital - deploy money → Code - software that runs while you sleep → Media - content consumed infinitely The last two are the unlock. They scale with near-zero marginal cost. And AI just made both dramatically easier. That’s why the new playbook looks like this: → Find your specific knowledge intersection → Turn it into code or media → Let capital and talent come later Same knowledge. Completely different trajectory. One path sells hours. The other builds assets that compound. So I built something to help people actually apply this. A full framework breakdown + 13 AI prompts that help you: ↳ Identify your specific knowledge edge ↳ Choose the highest-leverage path ↳ Stress-test opportunities through long-term games ↳ Build a 12-month roadmap to productize yourself ↳ Escape competition through authentic positioning These are not motivational exercises. These are actual diagnostics you can run on your career. Because in the AI era, the most valuable startup might not be a company. It might be you. Comment “Productize” and I’ll send you the full guide 🧠

The next unicorn will have one employee + AI 🦄 AI-first founders aren’t hiring faster - they’re quietly building AI operating systems to run their startups 😳 I built one on top of Claude. It’s an actual AI OS to run a company end-to-end. 12 interconnected skills covering the entire founder stack: ↳ 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 → Mom Test scripts, GO/PIVOT/KILL criteria, real case studies (Vanta, Flexport) ↳ 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗠𝗼𝗱𝗲𝗹 → 55 patterns + LTV/CAC/payback calculators wired into decisions ↳ 𝗙𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗴 → Sequoia/YC 10-slide structure built around how VCs actually decide (cash-on-cash, IRR) ↳ 𝗚𝗧𝗠 → Waitlist → launch → first 100 customers with explicit PLG vs sales-led logic ↳ 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁, 𝗦𝗮𝗹𝗲𝘀, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝗙𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲, 𝗟𝗲𝗴𝗮𝗹, 𝗢𝗽𝘀 → All referencing each other as one system Then I ran a complex fintech idea through it. What came out wasn’t generic AI advice. It looked like a coordinated team had worked on it for weeks: → A decision-backed validation memo → A coherent pitch deck grounded in real evidence → Unit economics driving roadmap choices → Board-ready updates → Clear regulatory questions before talking to lawyers This is the shift people are missing: Most founders still use AI like autocomplete. Surface prompts → surface answers. But architecture compounds. When AI becomes your operating system - not your assistant - the minimum viable team shrinks. This won’t replace co-founders. But AI-first founders who architect AI as an operating system will outcompete those who just prompt. I wrote a full breakdown of the 12-skill Startup Copilot system (with templates & extras). Comment “Startup Copilot,” and I’ll send you the link 🤖 P.S. also check out how to Turn Claude From a Chatbot Into a Thinking Partner 🧠: https://lnkd.in/eDGHRw94

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐬 💸 Over the last 3 years I’ve curated 8 investor databases (6,600+ entries) so founders can stop guessing and build a real fundraising pipeline. Because fundraising isn’t “meet more investors”. It’s: - target the right ones - reach them directly - follow up like sales What you get inside (this is the important part): ▪️ 𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐨𝐫 / 𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝 𝐧𝐚𝐦𝐞𝐬 ▪️𝐓𝐲𝐩𝐞 (angel, VC, family office, CVC, LP, accelerator) ▪️𝐒𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐬 (pre-seed, seed, Series A…) ▪️𝐑𝐞𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 + 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐫 𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬 ▪️𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐞𝐬 ▪️𝐋𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐞𝐝𝐈𝐧 / 𝐗 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤𝐬 (so you can actually contact them) ▪️𝐈𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐢𝐭𝐲 + extra notes when available What’s included: 💰 1,000 Family Offices investing in startups 💰 1,000 Most Active Angel Investors 💰 AI Unicorn Angels (Lovable, Cursor, Mercor, Polymarket, Synthesia, ElevenLabs) 💰 160+ No-Warm-Intro-Required Investors (checks from cold emails/DMs) 💰 300 Most Active Seed VCs worldwide 🗽 1,000 Corporate VC funds 🏛️ 3,000 LPs (HNWI → institutions) 🟧 Top 150 accelerators/incubators/micro-VCs Comment “INVESTOR” and I’ll send you the link 👇

Sharing an opportunity from a peer venture in our ecosystem. 💥 A team at InnovArise by Grupo AG is looking for a mid–senior Frontend Developer to lead frontend development for TrabajaYa. They’re looking for someone who:  ➟ Can work autonomously and take real ownership of FE  ➟ Collaborates well in a small, fast-moving team  ➟ Ideally has some backend exposure  ➟ Is curious about AI and modern product workflows  ➟ Native Spanish speaker, good English knowledge, preferably based in LATAM If this resonates with you, or with someone in your network, feel free to comment or DM me, and I’ll make the intro.

8 of OpenAI’s 11 original founders have already LEFT (including Elon Musk) This image shows the part of the story people skip: founding teams evolve long before outcomes solidify. What’s striking is how much happened after that early phase. Recent OpenAI metrics put the scale in context: ▫️ ~$13B in annual revenue today ▫️ $5.5B generated in 2024 ▫️ ~$10B annualized by mid-2025 ▫️ Projections point to ~$29B in 2026 ▫️ Some estimates reach ~$125B by 2029 (Bloomberg) All of this traces back to a moment when there was: a mission, a small team, and a clear narrative. I’m sharing 𝐎𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐀𝐈’𝐬 𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐜𝐡 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐤, from before ChatGPT, GPT-4, and mass adoption. It explains how they framed ambition when nothing was guaranteed. 👉 let me know below if you want it and I'll give you access

He exited his company for $120M. And paid $0 in taxes. That’s exactly what Roblox CEO David Baszucki did when the company went public. Not because of a loophole. But because of a legal provision in the tax code most founders don’t fully understand. It’s called QSBS (Qualified Small Business Stock). Under the right conditions, QSBS allows founders to exclude up to 100% of capital gains taxes on the sale of their company. In practical terms: - A $10M exit could mean $10M kept — instead of ~$7M after taxes. - A $50M exit could mean $50M kept — instead of ~$35M. The difference can be life-changing. But here’s what most founders don’t realize: QSBS isn’t something you decide at exit. It’s determined by how your company is structured years earlier — often starting from day one. Many founders unknowingly disqualify themselves long before an exit is even on the table. And historically, implementing these structures required specialized attorneys and $50k–$100k+ in legal fees. That’s starting to change. Alessandro and the team at GetDynasty.com have spent years automating the process and becoming a licensed Nevada trust company to make these structures accessible to founders — at a fraction of the traditional cost. They’ve created a comprehensive guide breaking down exactly how QSBS stacking works. It’s one of the clearest breakdowns I’ve seen of how it actually works. If you’re a founder, operator, or investor, it’s worth understanding early. Comment “QSBS” and I’ll send it over.

Anthropic's original 2022 pitch deck just leaked and the backstory is wild ! Late 2022. Claude didn't exist. 100 employees, a waitlist, and a 10-slide deck. The lead investor on their $580M Series B? FTX Sam Bankman-Fried's money helped launch what became the biggest AI safety company on earth. ▫️ Then: $1B raised, 2,500 companies waiting, zero revenue ▫️ Now: $63.7B raised, $14B ARR, $380B valuation Same founders. Same mission. 76x in under 4 years. Comment "Deck" and I'll send it your way :)

Claude Copywriter just dropped. (Sonnet 4.5 prompts) I'm sharing a Claude Copywriter prompt that: 1) Studies your draft's structure and identifies moments where readers lose interest. 2) Writes hooks with immediately useful insights. This builds reciprocity and pushes your leads to read the rest of the copy. 3) Rewrites your Call to Action with specific "Inaction Costs. This builds FOMO and adds urgency to book a call. It's generated 350,000+ impressions with its edited LinkedIn posts and 15+ calls with its email drafts. I'm sharing it for Christmas. Want it? Comment "COPY" Connect with me and Lasse Flagstad and we'll DM them to you BONUS: Repost and I'll also DM you the Claude Sonnet 4.5 GTM Planner (full GTM plan in 20 minutes)

26 pitch decks from founders who raised in the last 3 months. Pre-Seed to Series B.💰🚀 YC-backed startups included. These founders agreed to make their decks public so other founders can learn what actually works. Real decks. Real rounds. Real results. Comment "DECKS" and I'll give you access 🤝

10 VCs actively writing ₹2Cr to ₹20CR+ cheques in India right now. Stop scrolling. Check down the list below: → Venture Highway – Early-stage investor backing technology-led startups across AI, healthcare, manufacturing, and emerging tech with cheque sizes ranging from $200K–$2.5M across Pre-Seed to Series A. → PeerCapital – Early-stage VC investing $200K–$800K in Pre-Seed and Seed startups focused on fintech, enterprise software, and consumer technology. → GEMBA Ventures– A Pre-Seed focused VC investing $200K–$250K in fintech, consumer tech, and B2B services startups. → Whiteboard Capital – Early-stage fund investing $120K–$250K in Pre-Seed to Pre-Series startups across technology, fintech, marketplaces, SaaS, and consumer brands. → Shastra VC – Early-stage venture capital firm investing $200K–$3M in deeptech, AI, SaaS, cleantech, and consumer brands from Pre-Seed to Pre-Series. → 247VC – Seed-stage VC investing $200K–$500K in consumer brands, deeptech, and enterprise software startups. → Anicut Capital – Growth-oriented investment firm deploying $200K–$12M across Seed to Series B startups across diverse sectors. → Axilor Ventures – Early-stage VC and accelerator investing $200K–$1M in Pre-Seed and Seed startups across SaaS, fintech, healthtech, agritech, logistics, and consumer tech. → Sadev Ventures (Formerly Eternal Capital) Ventures – Early-stage investor deploying $200K–$800K across Pre-Seed to Pre-Series startups in consumer brands, consumer tech, SaaS, and general technology sectors. → z21 Ventures – Early-stage venture fund investing $200K–$1M from Pre-Seed to Series A in SaaS, enterprise applications, and consumer technology startups. If you want to accelerate your fundraising and reach out with these VC firms in less than 2 minutes, Comment “Growth” and I’ll share our platform to automate the outreach and maintain a CRM for you.