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TX led our first round (a $1M pre-seed) and was the key person in making our second two (a $5M seed and $15M series A) happen. When we first met I liked him but didn't really know what to expect — he's a buttoned-up guy and seemed like a typical VC. In working with him, though, I've been just blown away: he's the hardest-working person I know and went to bat for us in SUCH a big way at every stage: quarterbacked our funding rounds, arranged venture debt on amazing terms, closed key hires, etc. When I told him I wanted to have kids before long he encouraged me to sell some shares in secondary so we could afford it and helped me negotiate to make it happen. When I thought we might need to haircut Fika's pro rata to get a great investor at Seed, TX was *incredibly* kind about it and volunteered to do it (while smaller investors were jerks). Every Series A investor in America seems to know and love him (I've had partners at a16z/Sequoia/etc. sing his praises) and he's also just a wonderful guy on a persona level. Absolutely could not recommend more highly.
TX led our first round (a $1M pre-seed) and was the key person in making our second two (a $5M seed and $15M series A) happen. When we first met I liked him but didn't really know what to expect — he's a buttoned-up guy and seemed like a typical VC. In working with him, though, I've been just blown away: he's the hardest-working person I know and went to bat for us in SUCH a big way at every stage: quarterbacked our funding rounds, arranged venture debt on amazing terms, closed key hires, etc. When I told him I wanted to have kids before long he encouraged me to sell some shares in secondary so we could afford it and helped me negotiate to make it happen. When I thought we might need to haircut Fika's pro rata to get a great investor at Seed, TX was *incredibly* kind about it and volunteered to do it (while smaller investors were jerks). Every Series A investor in America seems to know and love him (I've had partners at a16z/Sequoia/etc. sing his praises) and he's also just a wonderful guy on a persona level. Absolutely could not recommend more highly.
TX led our first round (a $1M pre-seed) and was the key person in making our second two (a $5M seed and $15M series A) happen. When we first met I liked him but didn't really know what to expect — he's a buttoned-up guy and seemed like a typical VC. In working with him, though, I've been just blown away: he's the hardest-working person I know and went to bat for us in SUCH a big way at every stage: quarterbacked our funding rounds, arranged venture debt on amazing terms, closed key hires, etc. When I told him I wanted to have kids before long he encouraged me to sell some shares in secondary so we could afford it and helped me negotiate to make it happen. When I thought we might need to haircut Fika's pro rata to get a great investor at Seed, TX was *incredibly* kind about it and volunteered to do it (while smaller investors were jerks). Every Series A investor in America seems to know and love him (I've had partners at a16z/Sequoia/etc. sing his praises) and he's also just a wonderful guy on a persona level. Absolutely could not recommend more highly.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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He cancelled our 2-weeks in advanced scheduled call last minute and sent a mass Bcc style email to every founder he just cancelled. In his email, he said he decided to take a few vacation days that week and will unfortunately not be able to make the meetings. Since he doesn't think he has any remaining meeting time available that month, he will open more slots for the founders when he returns. I guess the founders are supposed to check his calendar periodically to make sure they have a 15 minutes call with him in case he opens up more slots. He must be delusional. Respect for others' time: 0, Communication Skills: 0
He cancelled our 2-weeks in advanced scheduled call last minute and sent a mass Bcc style email to every founder he just cancelled. In his email, he said he decided to take a few vacation days that week and will unfortunately not be able to make the meetings. Since he doesn't think he has any remaining meeting time available that month, he will open more slots for the founders when he returns. I guess the founders are supposed to check his calendar periodically to make sure they have a 15 minutes call with him in case he opens up more slots. He must be delusional. Respect for others' time: 0, Communication Skills: 0
He cancelled our 2-weeks in advanced scheduled call last minute and sent a mass Bcc style email to every founder he just cancelled. In his email, he said he decided to take a few vacation days that week and will unfortunately not be able to make the meetings. Since he doesn't think he has any remaining meeting time available that month, he will open more slots for the founders when he returns. I guess the founders are supposed to check his calendar periodically to make sure they have a 15 minutes call with him in case he opens up more slots. He must be delusional. Respect for others' time: 0, Communication Skills: 0
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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Jill is a diamond in the rough. She is true to her word and will always speak her mind, regardless of consequence. She is acutely aware of the often unauthentic culture engrained into the VC-world and does what she can to fight it. And fwiw, of all our investors, she is by far the one who I'd most like to hang with on a Sunday.
Jill is a diamond in the rough. She is true to her word and will always speak her mind, regardless of consequence. She is acutely aware of the often unauthentic culture engrained into the VC-world and does what she can to fight it. And fwiw, of all our investors, she is by far the one who I'd most like to hang with on a Sunday.
Jill is a diamond in the rough. She is true to her word and will always speak her mind, regardless of consequence. She is acutely aware of the often unauthentic culture engrained into the VC-world and does what she can to fight it. And fwiw, of all our investors, she is by far the one who I'd most like to hang with on a Sunday.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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I was talking to someone else at this fund at the start of the year. We had several conversations, he had explained his thesis on my space which its embarrassing to say but he gave our pitch better then I did. He told us exactly what he would need to see in order to lead our next round. He checked in several times and even made a bunch of customer intro's and a couple executive candidate intros, one of which we even hired. I was excited to come back to him with an update. Turns out he is no longer with the firm and I got introduced to Steve when an email bounced on his account. I read the reviews on here, and thought they must just be from the small minority....boy was I wrong. First, he canceled our meeting via his admin 10 mins before it was scheduled to start. When we do connect he proceeds to bad mouth this former employee and how the firm is better without him....wow. He seemingly paid little attention to our pitch till our financial slides he gets all hot on our ARR progress and tells us he is interested. We ask how he can help...He offers a bunch of intros to customers (none of which came through). He introduced us to some random consultant on his team who honestly had nothing interesting to say and acted like he was our professor giving us homework for the next meeting. I email Steve back, nothing for a week. Then he passes me off to an associate who asks for all the same info we already provided. Don't bother with these guys...everything on here is true.
I was talking to someone else at this fund at the start of the year. We had several conversations, he had explained his thesis on my space which its embarrassing to say but he gave our pitch better then I did. He told us exactly what he would need to see in order to lead our next round. He checked in several times and even made a bunch of customer intro's and a couple executive candidate intros, one of which we even hired. I was excited to come back to him with an update. Turns out he is no longer with the firm and I got introduced to Steve when an email bounced on his account. I read the reviews on here, and thought they must just be from the small minority....boy was I wrong. First, he canceled our meeting via his admin 10 mins before it was scheduled to start. When we do connect he proceeds to bad mouth this former employee and how the firm is better without him....wow. He seemingly paid little attention to our pitch till our financial slides he gets all hot on our ARR progress and tells us he is interested. We ask how he can help...He offers a bunch of intros to customers (none of which came through). He introduced us to some random consultant on his team who honestly had nothing interesting to say and acted like he was our professor giving us homework for the next meeting. I email Steve back, nothing for a week. Then he passes me off to an associate who asks for all the same info we already provided. Don't bother with these guys...everything on here is true.
I was talking to someone else at this fund at the start of the year. We had several conversations, he had explained his thesis on my space which its embarrassing to say but he gave our pitch better then I did. He told us exactly what he would need to see in order to lead our next round. He checked in several times and even made a bunch of customer intro's and a couple executive candidate intros, one of which we even hired. I was excited to come back to him with an update. Turns out he is no longer with the firm and I got introduced to Steve when an email bounced on his account. I read the reviews on here, and thought they must just be from the small minority....boy was I wrong. First, he canceled our meeting via his admin 10 mins before it was scheduled to start. When we do connect he proceeds to bad mouth this former employee and how the firm is better without him....wow. He seemingly paid little attention to our pitch till our financial slides he gets all hot on our ARR progress and tells us he is interested. We ask how he can help...He offers a bunch of intros to customers (none of which came through). He introduced us to some random consultant on his team who honestly had nothing interesting to say and acted like he was our professor giving us homework for the next meeting. I email Steve back, nothing for a week. Then he passes me off to an associate who asks for all the same info we already provided. Don't bother with these guys...everything on here is true.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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We met Amanda as part of a previous fundraising round. She's an incredibly impressive investor - sharp as they get with great questions and insights. In the blur that is fundraising, she clearly stood out among the dozens of other investors that we met with.
We met Amanda as part of a previous fundraising round. She's an incredibly impressive investor - sharp as they get with great questions and insights. In the blur that is fundraising, she clearly stood out among the dozens of other investors that we met with.
We met Amanda as part of a previous fundraising round. She's an incredibly impressive investor - sharp as they get with great questions and insights. In the blur that is fundraising, she clearly stood out among the dozens of other investors that we met with.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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Low quality partners and fund. Disrespectful to both myself and other founders who have worked with them - behavior includes, but not limited to - checking phone the entire time we were talking, multi-tasking during our meeting, general rudeness. (for context, I me them AFTER we raised money from much stronger VCs than this firm. I only took this meeting out of respect to the person who introduced us, but was very disappointed by their behavior) Read other reviews.
Low quality partners and fund. Disrespectful to both myself and other founders who have worked with them - behavior includes, but not limited to - checking phone the entire time we were talking, multi-tasking during our meeting, general rudeness. (for context, I me them AFTER we raised money from much stronger VCs than this firm. I only took this meeting out of respect to the person who introduced us, but was very disappointed by their behavior) Read other reviews.
Low quality partners and fund. Disrespectful to both myself and other founders who have worked with them - behavior includes, but not limited to - checking phone the entire time we were talking, multi-tasking during our meeting, general rudeness. (for context, I me them AFTER we raised money from much stronger VCs than this firm. I only took this meeting out of respect to the person who introduced us, but was very disappointed by their behavior) Read other reviews.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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DNX's entire model uses corporate LPs to vet startups: they just do it poorly. We have had difficulty getting them on the phone, despite one of their biggest LPs directly contacting us (hello!! isn't that the purpose of the model?) Rickie is super snobby and has a "better than thou" attitude. Note: This review was edited per Community Guidelines.
DNX's entire model uses corporate LPs to vet startups: they just do it poorly. We have had difficulty getting them on the phone, despite one of their biggest LPs directly contacting us (hello!! isn't that the purpose of the model?) Rickie is super snobby and has a "better than thou" attitude. Note: This review was edited per Community Guidelines.
DNX's entire model uses corporate LPs to vet startups: they just do it poorly. We have had difficulty getting them on the phone, despite one of their biggest LPs directly contacting us (hello!! isn't that the purpose of the model?) Rickie is super snobby and has a "better than thou" attitude. Note: This review was edited per Community Guidelines.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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Lucy and Dave were one our first checks and have been some of our strongest supporters, even before investing. Lucy personally helped me design our pitch deck and made several investor intros during our fundraise. They have helped us recruit 3 of our first hires. I couldn't recommend them enough.
Lucy and Dave were one our first checks and have been some of our strongest supporters, even before investing. Lucy personally helped me design our pitch deck and made several investor intros during our fundraise. They have helped us recruit 3 of our first hires. I couldn't recommend them enough.
Lucy and Dave were one our first checks and have been some of our strongest supporters, even before investing. Lucy personally helped me design our pitch deck and made several investor intros during our fundraise. They have helped us recruit 3 of our first hires. I couldn't recommend them enough.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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Dan is a motivator, believer and excellent at the soft skills of being an investor. His bedside manner is second to none, most likely because he started a company himself. He's also an insane hustler, has been building the Deciens brand, which I fully expect to be a household name in no time.
Dan is a motivator, believer and excellent at the soft skills of being an investor. His bedside manner is second to none, most likely because he started a company himself. He's also an insane hustler, has been building the Deciens brand, which I fully expect to be a household name in no time.
Dan is a motivator, believer and excellent at the soft skills of being an investor. His bedside manner is second to none, most likely because he started a company himself. He's also an insane hustler, has been building the Deciens brand, which I fully expect to be a household name in no time.
Verified Investor Response:
Helps Founders:
10/10
Saves & Gives Founders Money:
Yes!
Needs to be Profitable?
Nope!
Is This For Real?
13/10
Founder Guarantee?
Nope!
Fees?
Unlimited cards. Zero fees.
Spend Control & Transparency?
13/10
Built to Save Founders Monay?
Yes!
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