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Meet FJ Labs’ New Partner: Matias Barbero fabricegrinda.com/meet-fj-labs-n…

I love my apartment and think it's the best apartment in NY, but given changing life circumstances (my amazing kids), it's no longer serving my purposes and need to part ways with it. I hope one of you will love it as much as I have! fabricegrinda.com/please-buy-my-…

What drives the world’s top founders to succeed—against all odds? Petter Made asked me to draw from over 1,200 startup investments, and decades of entrepreneurial experience, to unpack the essential traits that define exceptional founders—ranging from obsessive curiosity and

We started off 2025 with a bang, with several exciting developments, markups, and exits in the portfolio. Ultimately, we believe the recent market turbulence has little to do with the startup ecosystem and the idiosyncratic nature of innovation and continue to think that 2025/6

Episode 48: Ask Me Anything x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

I had not done an Ask Me Anything session in over a year which led to many questions on a wide variety of topics: macro, marketplaces, AI, fundraising, wealth management, education, island shopping, India, how to lose your accent, adventure travel, climate tech, the state of VC,

"When a company gets overvalued, and I can no longer underwrite a 10x — and a round is happening with Sequoia, Andreessen and Greylock all competing to get in — a founder doesn't want dilution of 15% a pop, so they'll take like 30% primary and 15% secondary, I've been doing

💰 Why IRR is being gamed & secondaries are the new exits 📉 The LP crisis: what happens if liquidity do not return? 🛑 Why AI investing is worse than 2021 🌎 Should U.S. funds back Chinese AI startups? 📷 The Europe vs SF debate (Jason Lemkin: Europe has a “baguette and red wine

Episode 49: Dan Park and the Incredible Comeback Story of Clutch x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

As I was having conversations with marketplace founders about AI over the last few months, I felt that most founders were focusing on the wrong aspects of AI so I decided to do something about it :) fabricegrinda.com/the-impact-of-…

I didn’t expect to love this book. I picked up Dungeon Crawler Carl during a weekend wind-down thinking it’d be another throwaway LitRPG romp. What I got instead was a savage, smart, and strangely heartwarming odyssey that punched far above its weight class.

Clutch has had an incredible ride. As the “Carvana of Canada” it was a highflier in 2021. It had a brush with death in 2023 and effected an incredible turnaround. They are now once again on a tear. Dan Park, Clutch’s Founder & CEO, joined us to share all the lessons learned along

Still buzzing from our fireside with Fabrice Grinda (Fabrice Grinda). Here’s my cheat-sheet of golden nuggets that landed hardest with the Offline crew: 🔑 4-point “one-hour” deal filter 1️⃣ 🔥 Team = eloquent and execution-obsessed 2️⃣ 💸 Business = big TAM + pay-back ≤ 6

I had an engaging fireside chat with Dhruv Sharma , CEO of AngeList India, for Offline. Offline is a private members’ community for leading entrepreneurs in South Asia. It was a blast to chat with Utsav Somani and his community of extraordinary unicorn founders. India’s tech

Episode 50: Venture Market Trends x.com/i/broadcasts/1…

The venture market is in flux. AI is booming while the rest of venture is in the dumps. Venture capital as an asset class is evolving and retrenching. Fewer deals are happening at higher prices. New marketplace types are emerging. AI is impacting marketplaces in unexpected ways.

Feels like I could have written this myself it is so resonant. And by the way, it works even better at 500 than at 100 :)

Super fun and engaging conversation with my good friend Auren Hoffman!

In this episode of World of DaaS, Auren and I discuss: * Ultra-high-volume venture investing * What makes a founder truly fundable * The rise of secondaries in venture capital * How AI is reshaping research, strategy, and daily life fabricegrinda.com/world-of-daas-…

FJ Labs put out a ton of amazing content this quarter which we encourage you to check out if you haven’t already. It was also a busy spring on the investing side with many extremely exciting new investments of note — full detail below! fabricegrinda.com/fj-labs-q2-202…