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Welcome to #FlybridgeFoundersWeek ! We’re excited to kick off with our head of community, @sasyrae , and an awesome group of founders. 👏🏻 Let’s go!

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

We need to follow more rockstar community builders. Who should we follow?

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@flybridge

4 years

We believe 💯 in the power of community as a competitive advantage We’re thrilled to launch the Community Playbook for Founders It’s a detailed guide for entrepreneurs + has insights from @jonobacon @baileyelaine + more RT if you're community-driven

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8 years

The @Flybridge girls competing in human hungry hungry hippos!

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4 years

Tag a female founder👇that you admire

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7 years

Are you a female founder in Boston? Sign up for the Female Founders Office Hours on 2/27 with @katewcastle @ktrae @hodges @nstata @rudina11 @sarahfayboston @MITMillieLiu @MaiaHeymann and more!.

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3 years

👏🏻We're excited to share that we invested in the "open source Firebase alternative," @appwrite_io . As mentioned in the article, we backed Firebase early on, "so it seems somewhat fitting that Flybridge is now investing in Appwrite too eight years later."

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6 years

Love seeing so many Flybridge portfolio co's signing for #FoundersForChange @33Across @BetterCloud @bulletin_co @HyrWork @i4cp @MongoDB @Wethosco @Welltok & @XFactorVentures @courtbuddyinc @getmaude DarkLang & The Graduate Syndicate @WeatherRevealed @caminofinancial @fitzroytoys

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7 years

Flybridge Capital launches woman-only VC fund via @BostonGlobe

Flybridge Capital launches woman-only VC fund - The Boston Globe

The fund will back startups that have at least one female founder.

www.bostonglobe.com

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7 years

Thanks @lorakolodny ! Venture capital fund by women, for women launches at opportune time

Venture capital fund by women, for women launches at opportune time

At a time when venture capitalists are under pressure to become more inclusive, XFactor is launching to invest in women entrepreneurs.

www.cnbc.com

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3 years

@lolitataub @KauffmanFellows We continue to think that you’re a rockstar of the community-led venture world and want to support your future! We would be happy to fill one of these slots and put in $10k!

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@flybridge

7 years

Flybridge Aims to Back More Female Founders with $3M Seed Fund via @BostInno

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4 months

Today we officially announce our new pre-seed fund backing the next generation of game-changing NYC companies. Stay tuned to learn more about our investment partners - all who've built iconic companies in NYC. Here are a few 📸 from our launch party 🎉

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@flybridge

7 years

Launching @XFactorVentures today! Amazing team of female founders investing in 30 companies with female founders

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@flybridge

4 years

A key element to success - whether you build community around your product or a product around your community - is designing the community to support and nurture itself. @TheTeaGuns @J__Cub of @Commsor did just this when they went community-first.

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@flybridge

6 years

Led By Female Founders For Female Founders, VC Fund XFactor Ventures Has Big Plans To Triple In Size via @forbes

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@flybridge

4 years

What a team! We had a blast this week hosting our annual (virtual) founder event. Major thanks to all of our participants & partners: @VensureHR @expwelcome @roelofbotha @rebeccakaden @jeremysliew @Rich_Barton @sasyrae @erikbl Frances Frei @lolitataub @jonobacon @baileyelaine !

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@flybridge

7 years

It's official. We've moved! Our Boston team is excited to join the @WeWorkBOS community. Our new address is 31 St. James Ave. 6th Floor!

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@flybridge

7 years

Sold out of these books tonight! But still available on Amazon! @bussgang

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@flybridge

6 years

VERY excited @flybridge has been nominated for a new #NEVYs18 award from @newenglandvc honoring VCs committed to big issues like gender equity, diversity, and a healthy ecosystem! See you at the party on May 9th!

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@flybridge

3 years

Our own Jeff @Bussgang shares why “Crossing the Chasm” is due for a refresh on @TechCrunch .

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@flybridge

2 years

We'd love your help in spreading the word. We’re looking for the most amazing person to be Head of Community. They’ll be helping the 400+ founders we’ve backed plus our 50+ partners at @XFactorVentures , @thecommunityvc , and The Graduate Syndicate. #hiring

Flybridge is growing and we’re hiring our first Head of Community 🦕

I’m not sure how many of you know the history of Flybridge but I wanted to share a little story about why Anna, Chip, Jeff, and I do what…

medium.com

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7 years

Flybridge Capital's women-focused microfund announces 8 investments via @BosBizJournal

Flybridge Capital's women-focused microfund announces 8 investments

One of the funded founders was formerly the VP of product at Lola Travel. Others are working on tech from digital scheduling assistants to financial planning software.

www.bizjournals.com

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7 years

Awesome library of the books we've sent to our founders and Flybridge family members over the past 11 years! Loving this year's choice . . . Leonardo Da Vinci by @WalterIsaacson

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@flybridge

3 years

We are always open to cold emails if you're a fit for our stage & thesis. @srcasm & @shefska met when Zach reached out for office hours to talk @GetAutoAdvocate and we invested. @ae4ai cold emailed for an internship years ago & we later led @narratorai 's pre-seed and seed rounds!

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7 years

XFactor’s Castle Building a Future for Women via @WSJ

XFactor’s Castle Building a Future for Women

Kate Castle, co-founder of XFactor Ventures, hopes to draw more women into a startup ecosystem currently dominated by men.

www.wsj.com

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Flybridge

@flybridge

7 years

1 IPO, 1 Time Mag cover, 4 Forbes 30 under 30 winners, 17 new investments, 1 ICO, 1 new fund for female founders! Lots going on at Flybridge and our portfolio companies these days! Read more here:

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Flybridge

@flybridge

8 years

Thrilled to announce Jesse Middleton has joined the Flybridge family as a GP in New York. Welcome Jesse!

My venture into venture (capital)

In February I took a look at my journey into the angel investment world. I had been doing it for only a little over a year, but I learned a…

jessemiddleton.com

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Welcoming our latest investment @ProsciaInc to the Flybridge family -- fighting cancer by changing the way the world practices pathology:

Proscia Closes $8.3M Series A Round of Financing

Proscia has closed an $8.3 million round of Series A financing to advance its AI-enabled digital pathology platform for cancer diagnosis.

www.businesswire.com

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@flybridge

8 years

Exciting team news from Flybridge today. Thrilled to announce the promotion of @katewcastle to Marketing Partner:

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@flybridge

8 years

SxSouthie Flybridge style! @bussgang @chazard @srcasm

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@flybridge

5 years

Portfolio company, @bloXrouteLabs , ran a Bitcoin Cash Mining Test live on the BCH testnet — here are the results.

Bitcoin Cash Miner Test — Results

By: Eyal Marchovich, COO

medium.com

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Kicking off the @parity_partners Boston Kocchar pod meeting. What an awesome group of women!

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@flybridge

4 years

We pulled a few insightful snippets from our Oct 8 Community Playbook session during #FoundersWeek —including: What works for building community in 2020? And what are the metrics of success for Community? Thank you to @jonobacon @lolitataub @baileyelaine

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@flybridge

6 years

For the first time ever, more than 50% of @MassChallenge finalists are led my female founders!

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@flybridge

2 years

After hearing from @chazard about the state of the venture world, we now invite @bussgang and @dcancel to the “stage” to talk about David’s journey to a billion $$$ exit with @Drift last year! And his journey as a Latino immigrant founder.

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@flybridge

3 years

Congratulations to @clairehumphs , @rachren1 , and the entire @wethosco team on their latest fundraise! We continue to be inspired and excited about their vision to make the independent economy better, bigger, and stronger over the coming decade!

Wethos Raises $8M to Help Freelancers Earn Six Figures — Wethos

Wethos is an all-in-one tool for freelancers and our latest funding round led by Third Prime contributes to our mission of helping freelancers earn six figures.

www.wethos.co

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Awesome night at SxSouthie event tonight! Great to see so many entrepreneur and investor friends! Huge thanks to our friends @CooleyLLP for hosting with us!

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@flybridge

4 years

What is your best advice for first-time founders?

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@flybridge

6 years

Heard at the SxSouthie event tonight, “I never knew @chazard was so fun!”

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

We’ve been kind of obsessed with community lately, hence our latest investment thesis. If you are a founder and are passionate about building a community and using it as a competitive advantage, we want to talk to you!

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Join us in celebrating March 8th's International Women's Day with action! #StartWithEight @alphaedisonla @apogeeaas @XFactorVentures @BainCapVC @pillar_vc @G20Ventures @Accomplices @rethinkimpact @Rethink_Ed @NewEnglandVC @8VC__ @COSIMOventures + others!

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7 years

Honored to be named a #50onFireBos winner!

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Just used @asklorem to make a few design changes to one of our websites and even through we are investors, have to say this company rocks. Simple, fast, cost effective and saved our marketing partner @katewcastle hours of her time!

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@flybridge

9 years

Huge congrats to @bussgang for being named to Boston Mag 50 Most Powerful People List: http://t.co/LzLcQyGSIV

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4 years

This #FounderFriday meet @lindsaykap who is breaking the glass ceiling + looking to replace the ol' boys club with Chief. The exclusive women's club is all about women supporting women w/ mentorship + includes leaders from @spotify , @cartier + @wework .

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@flybridge

7 years

Team photo shoot for the #50onFireBos today!

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@flybridge

3 years

Catch @bussgang talking about how we are seeing “the best year in the industry’s history” on @YahooFinance . "We’re now focused on the age of vertical applications." Shout out to @BrightHireAI , @splice , @imperfect_foods , @Infracommerce , and more.

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Flybridge

@flybridge

6 years

Welcoming our latest investment in @MinimSecure -- $2.5M seed round in co. founded by @jhitchco Minim keeps your home safe by protecting connected devices and assuring fast WiFi @dba @fcollective

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@flybridge

2 years

Wilco is finally out of stealth! Excited to have backed @onfreund and his team! It's a "flight simulator" for developers, where you practice & develop skills. We have 5 invites. The first five to sign up through this link will get in without waiting:

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

Community is a competitive advantage 💪 Read our thoughts on why we believe so strongly in it

Flybridge Investment Thesis: The Power of Community

Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm investing in ambitious founders leveraging the power of community to create transformative…

medium.com

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

Today, we shared a statement with our founders re: recent tragic events & systemic racism in the US. We don’t have direct personal experiences or profess to be experts as we all try to make sense of the senseless. But as business leaders, we strive to be upstanders.

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Flybridge

@flybridge

7 years

This Women-Led VC Fund Wants To Show The Valley What Real Gender Equality Looks Like

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@flybridge

6 years

Awesome summer night bringing together female founders and investors in Boston for Rose on the Roof with our friends @OpenViewVenture @VictressCapital @GreenspringVC

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@flybridge

7 years

XFactor is a new $3M pre-seed/seed fund looking to invest in female-led startups via @techcrunch

XFactor is a new $3M pre-seed/seed fund looking to invest in female-led startups | TechCrunch

Part of the sexism problem in tech/VC comes down to the fact that women are far outnumbered by men, especially at the top of the food chain. Women

techcrunch.com

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

Our last session is going to be 🔥 It's all about COMMUNITY with: 🤓 @bussgang 👩🏾‍💻 @lolitataub 🤳🏾 @baileyelaine 📚 @jonobacon #FlybridgeFounders

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4 years

This #FounderFriday we're highlighting @rachren1 of @wethosco . Leader of an all-female team, her advice to women is "is to trust yourself, and trust your gut." Learn more about Rachel on this @Nasdaq @TradeTalks interview.

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6 years

Think finding 8 female founders outside your network to meet with can't start to change the diversity problem in the venture ecosystem? Think again. Thanks @chazard for sharing how it can be done! #startwitheight @startedwitheight

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7 years

Welcome @NicoleLSanchez to the @XFactorVentures investment team.

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6 years

Champions! Way to go Flybridge Eight! #bowdown

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5 years

Really excited to share this epic Part 4 of @chazard 's Venture Investor's Playbook: Take a deep dive into the "SSWISH" cycle and how to consider it in your venture process: "See, Select, Win, (Invest), Support, Harvest"

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Flybridge

@flybridge

4 years

Hey @flybridge Community! We’re launching something EXCITING tomorrow! Raise your hand if you’re going to be checking out our social channels tomorrow to find out what it is. 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏾 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏾 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏾 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼🙋🏼‍♂️🙋🏿‍♀️🙋🏼🙋🏿‍♂️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏼‍♀️🙋🏾

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6 years

There are a series of best practices now emerging for fundraising in a post blockchain world, blending traditional venture capital, crowdsourcing and the new field of crypto token economics for a new hybrid approach. Great read from @bussgang :

The Best Practices Playbook for Fundraising in a Post Blockchain World | HackerNoon

When I first wrote Mastering the VC Game, Satoshi Nakamoto had just issued his seminal Bitcoin white paper. At the time, no one could have imagined the transformative impact the invention of Bitcoin...

hackernoon.com

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2 years

Next up is one of our favorite founders in the world — @songelaron from @getsquire ! Our partner, @srcasm , was the first check in when he was an angel and no one else would give the team a chance. Thanks for hosting @bussgang . #FlybridgeFoundersWeek

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8 years

Team Flybridge at the lake! Thanks @bussgang w/ @chazard @srcasm @dba

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1 year

👏 Check out TeleFarmer from @TimBucher and the team at @Agtonomy – a new ag tech software suite that helps specialty crop farmers remotely execute labor-intensive field tasks and regain control of their operations. #Agriculture #AgTech #Farming

Agtonomy Unveils Groundbreaking TeleFarmer™ Solution for Specialty Crop Farmers — Agtonomy

New technology platform enables farmers to precisely plan and execute labor-intensive field tasks SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 2, 2023 -- Agtonomy, an ag tech software company with a focus on developing...

www.agtonomy.com

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8 years

Thrilled to welcome @remoteyear to the Flybridge family.

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6 years

Kicking off Female Founders Office Hours in Boston! Thanks @ktrae for hosting! #femalefoundersofficehours

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7 years

Fun interview with @jibo on The Today Show this morning! Hoda thinks he’s cute!

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6 years

Huge thanks to all the awesome VC firms joining the #StartsWithEight initiative! @HSBC @TheImpactEngine @KStCapital @SusaVentures @TwoSigmaVC #Project11Ventures #SusaVentures #RembrandtVentures @SchoonerCapital @UnderscoreVC @tuskventures @enginexyz and many more! #IWD

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6 years

Big news from @MongoDB today -- MongoDB Announces Multi-Document ACID Transactions.

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6 years

Here we go!!!

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7 years

Flybridge Recruits Female Founders to Run Women-Only Venture Capital Fund @weisul via @Inc

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8 years

Great night with @SmackHighTeam for a Smacktalks: marketing edition w/ @katewcastle and @DorchesterBrew Matt Malloy

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6 years

Awesome ladies tennis afternoon with fellow investors and entrepreneurs! Thank you @SVB_Financial Boston team for bringing us together!

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6 years

Closed out the day with a fireside chat with Dev Ittycheria and Dwight Merriman from @MongoDB .... from an idea to a $4B company

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8 years

Our very own @chazard judging tonight at TechCrunch Meetup Boston #tcmeetup

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4 years

This #FounderFriday meet @sasyrae of @TstmkrsAfrica . She recently launched the virtual event series, The Thread. Learn how she's gathering leaders in Africa + throughout the diaspora to share best practices to thrive and win in the #COVID19 era.

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6 years

Congrats to Flybridge portfolio companies @blinkforhome @feature_labs and The Graduate Syndicate's @lovepop for being named finalists for the @NewEnglandVC NEVY awards #NEVYs18 .

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7 years

Great to see @cynthiabreazeal on this list! @JiboRobot

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6 years

Welcoming our newest portfolio company! Meet the Only HBS Startup in This Summer’s Y Combinator Program via @BostInno

Meet the Only HBS Startup in This Summer's Y Combinator Program

By the time Yahoo! Finance confirmed it discontinued its API service, Harvard Business School startup Alpha Vantage was already up and running, ready to serve "the survivors of the ship wreck of...

www.bizjournals.com

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8 years

Huge congrats to the @Carnivalio team on their acquisition by @sailthru Awesome company we have loved working with!

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3 years

Check out why we are so excited to co-lead @appwrite_io 's seed round along with @BessemerVP , Ibex Investors, and @seedcamp . AppWrite is "often referred to as an open-source version of Firebase." -- @chazard

Our investment in Appwrite

Leading-edge software developers are amazing – yet incredibly demanding – early adopters. For products and platforms that increase development velocity, remove complexity, and dri…

hazardlights.net

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2 years

Our partner, @AnnaBPalmer , is kicking off the Pre-seed to Seed fundraising session at #FlybridgeFoundersWeek with a room full of amazing founders.

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4 years

Thank you, @Cookie for sharing @AnnaBPalmer ’s news that she’ll be joining @flybridge as our newest GP! Anna tells her story and talks about her areas of interest for investing across both the B2B & B2C landscape. @TechCrunch @StrictlyVC

Anna Palmer just became the first female general partner at Flybridge | TechCrunch

Better late than never. So it might be said of the Boston and New York-based seed-stage firm Flybridge, which is today announcing that Anna Palmer has

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7 years

Unconscious bias training thanks to the @NewEnglandVC

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5 years

"Investing in customers improves & simplifies your revenue mechanics; higher retention, happier base, less selling, better virality, better capital flexibility." - @redbord @HubSpot #CustomerSuccess #startupstories

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4 years

🙌 This Strategy Session feature by @crunchbase ’s @ChristineMHall gives a first-hand view into the origin and strategy of @thecommunityvc through the lens of co-founder & GP, @lolitataub . If you couldn’t tell, we’re pretty excited about this launch!

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6 years

So great to see both @marahml from @ShineText and @KristinaBingham from @courtbuddyinc included in this article.

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4 years

"The Community Fund's mission is to leverage the power of our incredible operator-investment team to invest in community-driven future unicorns.“ - @thecommunityvc @lolitataub @srcasm What’s a community-driven company? This 👉

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3 years

When you wake up to that @theinformation post all about @tiktok_us and, of course, @jvmaltby has something to say about it. #VentureCapital #venturetiktok #tiktok

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8 years

Welcoming @ellenchisa (and Gutenberg, our first firm cat) to the Flybridge advisor family!

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7 years

Face mask Fridays = entrepreneur awesomeness. @your_datalogue

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5 years

Proud of our very own @chazard for making @theventure360 ’s 2019 “Most Influential Investors” list. Congrats!

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10 years

Thrilled to announce our latest investment in @JiboRobot . http://t.co/4Qu9X1g2Mp

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2 months

Live look at AI Demo Day w/ @NextWaveNYC @Lynx_Collective @TheCouncilCap and @rhobusiness . It's a packed house at Civic Hall and a great start to NY #TechWeek !

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7 years

Way to go @MongoDB ! So proud to be an investor in this amazing team and company.

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7 years

#MongoDB #IPO 🛎 bell ringing ceremony! 👏🏼

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“Women have always been powerful — but today, that power is severely threatened.” Chief, one of our portfolio companies, on how they are taking action. Thank you for everything you do @lindsaykap and @cb_childers !

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7 years

Our organization supports @newenglandvc and the Startup Community on anti-discrimination & sexual harassment pledge

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9 years

Moving into our new office digs in NYC today! Our new address is 27 W 24th Street. http://t.co/wlcYWv7zGa

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