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VCs do a tremendous amount of networking, but the older I get, the more I believe that the depth of your network matters so much more than the breadth Who are the folks you can count on? Who are the ones that you can be vulnerable with? Who are the folks who will tell you hard

May all of us approach our work days with the same enthusiasm that my 3 year old has for tee ball

Hosting 400+ insurance leaders tomorrow for Equal Ventures’ 1st ever Insurance Capital Summit CEOs/Presidents of ~100b of revenue and investors of ~100b of AUM on stage Literally trillions of dollars of insurance capital in the room… ics.equal.vc

An incredible team of incredible humans Very well deserved and a huge win for both the NYC VC ecosystem and enterprise seed stage founders everywhere!

Acts of kindness require such little effort and often have outsized impacts Same goes for acts of malice The folks who win in the long-term focus on the acts of kindness

Seed stage founder taking the over-priced TS from a multistage firm 👀

Gearing up for Equal Ventures 2025 Founder Summit - Kieretsu and Coladas

LP asked me what VCs we see as good sources of dealflow Reality is that if a VC is sending you a deal, they’re likely sending it to a lot of others FBOW, the best dealflow we’ve seen comes from direct relationships with the founders or outbound engagement based on our thesis

This is the single greatest flaw of VC Huge topic at a VC dinner I was at last night and while I don’t universally agree, sometimes doing the right thing (what helps you “win”) is NOT the popular thing We see board members who are happy to watch a company implode, rather than

Folks who say moats are mythical simply don’t understand what a moat really is There are plenty of monopolistic businesses that have customer captivity, network effects or other business characteristics that enable them to generate persistent above market ROE/FCF - that’s a

Over the last 20 years, I’ve worked with folks who are amazing (top 1%) and those who aren’t Competence, attitude and work ethic are important, but above all else ask yourself “Will they do the right thing even when it’s the hard thing?” Everything else is solvable

Over the last 2 weeks, I’ve largely worked out of the ICU. My dad has been there for the last 12 days and on a ventilator for the last 9…it’s been a tough time for me and my family. In preparation for our AGM today, last night I spent time with our founders, LPs and employees,

BIG FAVOR TO ASK My dad has now been in the ICU for >2 weeks and on a ventilator for 12 days. He’s fighting leukemia and ILD/IPS. He’s going into surgery on Monday. Today he was able to use a pen/clipboard and watch some TV. All he wanted to do was to watch ESPN and hear what

Been a tough couple of weeks and gonna be a rough road ahead, but grateful to celebrate 13 years of marriage with the one and only Lauren Zullo and our two munchkins - gotta seize the moments when you can!

📢📢📢 Excited to welcome Samantha Hughes to Equal Ventures as our 1st Platform Manager We've been blown away by our experience w/ Sam and know she'll be invaluable in helping us bring community, conviction and capital together unlike anyone else 👏👏👏 newsletter.equal.vc/p/welcoming-sa…

Equality isn’t about taking from one segment of the population to give to another It’s about giving everyone the opportunity for economic mobility Higher taxes, less police and less market rate housing only mean one thing - less opportunity for economic mobility for anyone

We believe the secret to industry transformation is bringing conviction, capital and connection together No event better demonstrates the potential of bringing those forces together than the Equal Ventures Climate Capital Summit I hope you’ll join us for our best event yet

The very 1st investment I made at Equal Ventures was in Ryan and the team at ThreeFlow Its been an amazing ride since, seeing them build one of the most transformative companies in the employee benefits arena Lots of incredible lessons/stories in this one with Turner Novak 🍌🧢

Last week, we lost my dad After 18 months battling cancer and 42 days in the ICU, he passed peacefully surrounded by his family While the last 6 weeks have been so difficult, I'm thankful we had that time together Live life with every minute you have obits.crabiel.com/richard-zullo

When my wife lost her mentor a few months ago, I wrote in our last LP letter that “Everyone deals with tragedy in different ways, but I think the best way we can honor those that have passed is to ensure that the life they lived inspires us to do something even better with our