Focal

#1: 2023 tech reality check

#2: Pocket guide of essential YC advice

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👋 - Looking For Pre-Seed Funding?

At focal, we lead pre-seed rounds backing software / platform / infrastructure builders across the 🇺🇸/ 🇨🇦 reinventing how industries operate and business is done.

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June 6, 2023

June 7, 2023

Introducing findfunding.vc 🧨

We're thrilled to announce the launch of our open source VC database - findfunding.vc

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April 26, 2023

focal is live 👋

We just launched our firm's new name and bold brand: focal

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February 22, 2024

February 28, 2024

Early vesting is broken!

At startups, too often, too much of the cap table is owned by individuals who left before things started to work, causing resentment amongst the ones who made it work. Early vesting needs rethinking.

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October 19, 2023

October 27, 2023

What it takes to raise capital in 2023

The fundraising environment remains tricky to navigate for startups. Frameworks, like Point 9’s renowned SaaS funding napkins, offer a good a good temperature check on the early stage funding market.

pascal's notes

September 29, 2023

October 27, 2023

Cold Outbound is Under-Appreciated

To get to their initial B2B customers, most founders first tap into their network. That works well for some, but leads many others down a wrong path. Cold outbound is an under-appreciated alternative.

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July 13, 2023

July 20, 2023

🧱#8: The VC Rebrand Guide

Rebranding and revamping your website is no easy task. We lay out step-by-step how we did it for focal, all the way to launch.

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April 12, 2023

April 25, 2023

🧱#7: Navigating Year-End

Now that the busy year-end season is (mostly) behind us, we look back at the operational lessons we've learned in the last six months.

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March 20, 2023

April 25, 2023

🧱#6: On Point Offsite

In January, we had a week-long team offsite across Virginia & Miami. While the primary draw was to see each other, reconnect, & align, we also got a ton of work done. Here's what we learned.

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November 13, 2024

November 14, 2024

5YF Episode #27: Gecko Robotics Co-Founder Troy Demmer

Industrial Robots, Smart Infrastructure, Predictive Maintenance, Reinforcing America’s $5T Backbone and the future of robotics w/ Gecko Robotics Co-Founder, Troy Demmer

5 year frontier

October 30, 2024

5YF Episode #26: Prolific Machines CEO Deniz Kent

Machines Controlling Biology, Light Reprogramming Cells, Algorithms for Drug Development and Commoditizing Pharma w/ Prolific Machines CEO, Deniz Kent

5 year frontier

October 16, 2024

5YF Episode #25: Arctic Wolf CEO Nick Schneider

Cyber Attacks, AI Criminals, Deep Fakes, Data Shields, and the Future of Cybersecurity w/ Arctic Wolf CEO, Nick Schneider

5 year frontier

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#1: 2023 tech reality check

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