Signature Block is one of my favorite newsletters for early to mid-career founders and investors. You know Ryan Hoover and Vedika Jain have engendered a lot of trust in the community because each edition features insights from names you know on the record.

Investing can take you down some wild rabbit holes.

Julian Shapiro, thanks for introducing us to Guillaume Verdon. 🙏🏼

See! You can do a lot in a weekend.

Introducing synthetic Ryan. He has something to share.

Yesterday we published a piece on VC fund stacks on Signature Block.

Here's ours...

The next Signature Block essay is hitting inboxes shortly. It's 5,732 words.

Whoops. 😅

'Who lives in SF and plays Padel?' ;)

currently reading:

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by Weekend Fund

Request for startup: Comply or die

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I.e. Compliance tools and infra to ensure companies aren't fined or imprisoned out of existence 😬

At Weekend Fund we aren't trying to predict the future. That's hard.

Instead, we look for founders that have a unique insight on a problem worth solving.

But, we have opinions.

Here's a living doc of spaces we’re excited to invest in:

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'2%+ GP commit isn’t necessarily required. 27.5% committed 1% or less.'

We can put one in the win column for lowering barriers to VC.

thanks Weekend Fund//Signature Block for the data

We're building an experienced, mission-driven team Truemed -- and looking for one more senior software engineer.

We will wire $10,000 to whoever refers the person we hire.

We'd much rather give this $ to this community than recruiters.

Email [email protected]

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Perhaps our wackiest portfolio co 🫶

Trying something new:

Founders, if your early-stage startup's core KPI (revenue, active users, etc.) is growing 30%+ MoM for 6+ months and you'd like a ~$300K check from Weekend Fund, DM me. :)

An 'unsexy' space for you to explore on the weekend. Enjoy!

Introducing 2022's Emerging 50:

The venture industry's newest fund managers as nominated by their LPs and the founders they've backed.

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We just returned Weekend Fund’s first fund today. 😊

1x DPI is far from its end state but it’s a big milestone for us. Feels good to pay our LPs back.

Announcing Emerging 50, a new project to highlight the venture industry’s new fund managers.

We’re now accepting nominations from LPs and founders for first-time funds that raised and deployed at least one check in 2022.

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Why we’re doing this…

New from Weekend Fund:

Open Market Maps, a collaborative project mapping emerging opportunities in tech.

Our first map: Vertical Labor Marketplaces

Recently Vedika Jain and I started a search for a part-time Analyst to join us at Weekend Fund. This led to 400+ applicants, 65 interviews, and 7 take-home tests.

Two exceptional candidates stood out. So, we invited both to join.

Introducing Selene Xu and Eric Little…