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Follow me @samirkaji for my thoughts on the venture market, with a focus on the continued evolution of the VC landscape.We are joined by Jonathan Abrams, Co-Founder and General Partner at 8-Bit Capital. Jonathan previously was an angel investor and entrepreneur founding both Nuzzel and Friendster, the latter of which he helped grow to over 100MM users and where he met his current partner at 8-Bit, Kent Lindstrom. Jonathan also co-founded Founders Den with Zack Bogue of DCVC in 2011, which quickly became one of San Francisco's earliest and most popular startup work and event spaces.We think you'll really enjoy Jonathan's story, and how he thinks about all aspects of seed-stage investing.A word from our sponsor:Tactyc is the first software solution for venture capital portfolio forecasting and planning. The platform is rapidly increasing efficiency and data-driven decision-making for GP's and works with over 150 funds globally.Tactyc makes it easy for managers to build (and maintain) their portfolio models without dealing with complicated spreadsheets. It enables portfolio construction in minutes and for managers to share their intended fund strategy with potential investors. Post-launch, Tactyc also offers advanced analytics for GPs to optimize reserves, analyze probabilistic outcomes for their investments and extract insights for future capital deployment.Check them out at tactyc.io.About Jonathan Abrams:Jonathan is a co-founder and General Partner of 8-Bit Capital, an early-stage investing firm. He is also a co-founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, San Francisco's favorite workspace and community for startups and investors.Previously Jonathan was the founder of the professional news discovery service Nuzzel and the pioneering social networking service Friendster, and a software engineer at Netscape and Nortel. Jonathan is an investor in over 50 startups, including AngelList, ClearTax, CoinList, Docker, Front, HelloSign, Instacart, Mixmax, Pachyderm, Republic, SafeGraph, Sense, Shortcut, Slideshare, Stream, and Zeplin. Jonathan received an Honors B.Sc. in Computer Science from McMaster University in Canada.In this episode we discuss:01:57 Jonathan's journey to creating 8-Bit Capital with Kent04:08 The opportunity they saw when founding 8-Bit06:07 How his experiences at Nuzzel and Friendster shaped his view as an investor08:20 What being founder friendly truly means11:37 Shifting from an active angel investor to a fund manager14:41 The hardest lessons leveling up from an angel investor18:14 Dealing with the deal flow noise as a team of two21:20 How to deal with conscious and unconscious bias when advising founders23:28 Jonathan and Kent's decision-making process25:02 Thoughts on scaling 8-Bit28:11 Competing against larger, later-stage funds getting into seed-stage investing31:23 Deciding on follow-on investing33:35 How they came to decide on 50-50 fund construction for follow-on35:41 Keeping and increasing their pro-rata in competitive later rounds38:19 Biggest lessons from Friendster39:49 The advice he would give himself at the start of 8-BitI'd love to know what you took away from this conversation with Jonathan. Follow me @SamirKaji and give me your insights and questions with the hashtag #ventureunlocked. If you'd like to be considered as a guest or have someone you'd like to hear from (GP or LP), drop me a direct message on Twitter.Podcast Production support provided by Agent Bee Agency This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit ventureunlocked.substack.com

Jonathan Abrams is an engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is also the Co-Founder and General Partner of 8-Bit Capital—an early-stage investment firm that invests in startups which connect businesses and people in new ways—and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, a workspace and community for startups and investors in San Francisco. He has invested in over 50 startups, including AngelList, Slideshare, and Front, and has been a mentor at Techstars and The Founder Institute. Jonathan currently serves at Girls in Tech as a board member dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. Jonathan joins me today to discuss why the funding disparity between men and women persists in the tech industry. He shares what drives him to make a difference, support womens' progress in tech, and promote diversity and inclusion. He describes the companies he and 8-Bit Capital invest in and discusses the different emerging trends he sees in venture capitalism and technology. He also underscores how women can benefit from networking and joining organizations such as Girls in Tech and highlights how men can help empower women in tech. “Men, get involved in an organization like Girls in Tech. Volunteer in some capacity, mentor, or write a check. If you're a board member, investor, or CEO, recruit a woman to the board or introduce her to some opportunities.” - Jonathan Abrams This week on Girls in Tech: Supporting women in tech and why Jonathan became a part of Girls in Tech Jonathan's path to becoming a venture capitalist Why the gender gap in startup funding persists today What “pattern matching” means in venture capitalism and how it prevents diversity The power of networking and connecting with other women entrepreneurs How COVID-19 accelerated tech trends such as digitization and cloud migration Emerging cities for tech and the role of fear in entrepreneurship Jonathan's advice for men who want to support women in technology Connect with Jonathan Abrams: 8-Bit Capital Founders Den Jonathan Abrams Website Jonathan Abrams on LinkedIn Jonathan Abrams on Twitter Jonathan Abrams on YouTube Inspiring Girls in Tech...One Conversation at a Time Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Girls in Tech. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeartRadio Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners, like you. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website.

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Jonathan Abrams is an engineer, entrepreneur, and investor. He is also the Co-Founder and General Partner of 8-Bit Capital—an early-stage investment firm that invests in startups which connect businesses and people in new ways—and Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Founders Den, a workspace and community for startups and investors in San Francisco. He has invested in over 50 startups, including AngelList, Slideshare, and Front, and has been a mentor at Techstars and The Founder Institute. Jonathan currently serves at Girls in Tech as a board member dedicated to diversity and inclusion in the tech industry. Jonathan joins me today to discuss why the funding disparity between men and women persists in the tech industry. He shares what drives him to make a difference, support womens' progress in tech, and promote diversity and inclusion. He describes the companies he and 8-Bit Capital invest in and discusses the different emerging trends he sees in venture capitalism and technology. He also underscores how women can benefit from networking and joining organizations such as Girls in Tech and highlights how men can help empower women in tech. “Men, get involved in an organization like Girls in Tech. Volunteer in some capacity, mentor, or write a check. If you're a board member, investor, or CEO, recruit a woman to the board or introduce her to some opportunities.” - Jonathan Abrams This week on Girls in Tech: Supporting women in tech and why Jonathan became a part of Girls in Tech Jonathan's path to becoming a venture capitalist Why the gender gap in startup funding persists today What “pattern matching” means in venture capitalism and how it prevents diversity The power of networking and connecting with other women entrepreneurs How COVID-19 accelerated tech trends such as digitization and cloud migration Emerging cities for tech and the role of fear in entrepreneurship Jonathan's advice for men who want to support women in technology Connect with Jonathan Abrams: 8-Bit Capital Founders Den Jonathan Abrams Website Jonathan Abrams on LinkedIn Jonathan Abrams on Twitter Jonathan Abrams on YouTube Inspiring Girls in Tech...One Conversation at a Time Thanks for tuning into this week's episode of Girls in Tech. If you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe and leave a review wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts | TuneIn | GooglePlay | Stitcher | Spotify | iHeartRadio Be sure to share your favorite episodes on social media to help us reach more listeners, like you. Join us on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn. For more exclusive content and information, visit our website.

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Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was fun for a few reasons. First, it was our own Connie Loizos’s first time leading, and it was our very first regular episode that included us recording remotely. I mention that as Matthew Lynley and I were each in different places, meaning that we had a bump or two to smooth out. Your patience is more than appreciated. Happily, we didn’t have to adventure alone, as Jonathan Abrams of Founders Den was on hand to help us cart through the news. Up first: A huge round for Rover, bringing even more money into the dog- and pet-focused space. As you’ll surely recall, this is not the first time that a tectonic sum has been disbursed into the pet-care vertical. Hell, Rover’s $155 in new capital, while impressive, still can’t touch Wag’s epic $300 million infusion that happened earlier in the cycle. While we were on the subject, another Softbank-backed company made waves: Uber. Yes, our favorite and least favorite topic is back. This time Uber released yet another grip of statistics relating to its financial performance in the first quarter. The big picture? More gross spend, more net revenue, smaller losses. But how you measure Uber’s pace of financial improvement depends on how you measure its losses and its remaining markets. This being Equity, however, we couldn’t avoid the IPO topic. So, in order: A Foxconn subsidiary will soon be making big waves in China with a huge debut; A Dutch payments unicorn is going public on the back of great results; GreenSky went out, and did pretty ok, which was a change of pace from recent debuts. All that and we had a laugh. Thanks for listening in, and we are back next week.

Hello and welcome back to Equity, TechCrunch’s venture capital-focused podcast where we unpack the numbers behind the headlines. This week was fun for a few reasons. First, it was our own Connie Loizos’s first time leading, and it was our very first regular episode that included us recording remotely. I mention that as Matthew Lynley and I were each in different places, meaning that we had a bump or two to smooth out. Your patience is more than appreciated. Happily, we didn’t have to adventure alone, as Jonathan Abrams of Founders Den was on hand to help us cart through the news. Up first: A huge round for Rover, bringing even more money into the dog- and pet-focused space. As you’ll surely recall, this is not the first time that a tectonic sum has been disbursed into the pet-care vertical. Hell, Rover’s $155 in new capital, while impressive, still can’t touch Wag’s epic $300 million infusion that happened earlier in the cycle. While we were on the subject, another Softbank-backed company made waves: Uber. Yes, our favorite and least favorite topic is back. This time Uber released yet another grip of statistics relating to its financial performance in the first quarter. The big picture? More gross spend, more net revenue, smaller losses. But how you measure Uber’s pace of financial improvement depends on how you measure its losses and its remaining markets. This being Equity, however, we couldn’t avoid the IPO topic. So, in order: A Foxconn subsidiary will soon be making big waves in China with a huge debut; A Dutch payments unicorn is going public on the back of great results; GreenSky went out, and did pretty ok, which was a change of pace from recent debuts. All that and we had a laugh. Thanks for listening in, and we are back next week.

Jonathan Abrams is CEO of Nuzzel, co-founder of Founders Den, and founder of Socializr.  He sits on the board of Girls in Tech, and has invested in over 50 startups.  But before all that...he founded Friendster.  Recently, Gimlet Media's "Startup" podcast covered Friendster.  Here Jonathan shares his thoughts on how THAT podcast went.  

Jonathan Abrams is a busy guy.  He has two kids.  He co-founded The Founders Den, an entrepreneurial center in San Francisco,  He founded, built and sold Sociializr.  He's invested in nearly 50 startups, many of which have grown enormously, some beyond a billion dollars in valuation.  He founded Nuzzel, and is currently its CEO.  Nuzzel has become the largest aggregator of business, media and tech news in the world. But before all that, Jonathan founded Friendster and started the social networking industry.  Recently the Gimlet podcast "Startup" did two episodes about Friendster.  In THIS podcast, Jonathan talks about what they got right, wrong -- and what they missed.

Jonathan Abrams, founder and CEO of Nuzzel, is a busy man. Jonathan previously founded Friendster and Hotlinks, is an active angel in companies like AngelList and Docker, co-founded Founders Den in San Francisco, and is an LP in some great VC funds. We discuss Jonathan’s move to Silicon Valley in the late nineties to work for Netscape as an engineer, starting his first companies, and discovering the layer of capital and people behind the venture community.

Adriana is the Founder and CEO of Girls in Tech, a San Francisco-based non-profit organization devoted to empowering, educating and mentoring women in the tech industry across over 60 chapters internationally. She is also a partner at Founders Den in the heart of San Francisco's SOMA district where Girls in Tech's offices are located.  No stranger to growing brands and building amazing companies, Adriana has also served in executive roles at RxMatch and QwikCart, Ogilvy & Mather and SecondMarket, the largest secondary trading platform, where she was responsible for branding strategy, event production and digital media efforts.  In addition to working with technology start-ups like Indiegogo, SGN, Algentis, Democracy.com, Swyft, ImpulseFlyer and GUBA, Adriana has served as a strategic advisor for companies like NexTravel, StartupStockExchange, Numiyo Technologies, Palindrome Advisors, CharityBlossom, DooChoo, and Change.org. She is also on the advisory boards for Nailbot, Cocoon Cam and Roost.  Adriana holds a bachelor’s degree in Sociology and Economics from the University of California at Davis, received a certification from El Tecnologico de Monterrey in Aguascalientes, Mexico, and participated in Semester at Sea, University of Pittsburgh in 1997. Adriana is also fluent in Spanish.

In part 2, Kent Lindstrom continues his talk with Jonathan Abrams -- founder of Friendster, Nuzzel, Founders Den (with a few others), as well as Socializr and Hotlinks.  He is on the board of Girls in Tech.  In this continued conversation, some of the evils of VC firms are discussed.  Also discussed are sexism in Silicon Valley (a serious topic) and TV shows, and Sci Fi books (not a serious topic). -- In the Something Ventured podcast, Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines as he sits down with the people who are shaping the way we view the world online and beyond.

Jonathan Abrams founded Friendster -- the first social network, whose patent on social networking is now owned by Facebook.  He also founded Hotlinks, Socializr, and Founders Den.  He is currently CEO of social news site Nuzzel, which he also founded. Jonathan has also invested in many seed stage startups, and sits on the board of Girls in Tech. Jonathan has a unique perspective on Silicon Valley -- and in this podcast, he shares it.   -- In the Something Ventured podcast, Silicon Valley insider Kent Lindstrom explores the reality behind the Silicon Valley headlines, as he sit-down with the people who are shaping the way we view the world online...and beyond.

Jonathan Abrams is the CEO and founder of Nuzzel. His company developed an app that has quickly become one of my faves. Nuzzel solves a problem we all have - overload of information on social media. It allows you to get personalized, relevant news from your friends on Twitter and Facebook without overwhelming you. Jonathan shares with us some insights into this amazingly helpful, free platform. It’s available to use on the web, mobile, and email. Jonathan holds an impressive career portfolio having worked at Netscape, started a few companies including Friendster, and having given a TEDTalk. He’s a true pioneer on the internet and in the social space. Episode Highlights: Nuzzel is a great content curation site that started off with Jonathan’s personal need for really good content. What makes the app unique is that it gets personally relevant news to you without having to do any work. Jonathan shares with us Nuzzel’s new feature which allows you to turn your Nuzzel feed into an automated newsletter with relevant content. Now you have a platform that automatically sends out your top 5 daily news stories to people who subscribe to you. Another feature is the Discover section where you can browse recommended feeds curated by Nuzzel and its users. Jonathan walks us through the process of using Nuzzel. It’s available for free on the web, email, Android, iPhone and iPad. It’s easy! Tweetables: We’re helping people solve their social overload and find the stuff they really need to know about. People can piggyback on your curation choices and get some of your top Nuzzel news without installing anything. Links to tools and resources mentioned in this episode: Nuzzel –  the super-easy way to see news from your friends. Buzzsumo – content curation tool Electoral – build, manage, and explore Twitter lists Feedly – RSS and blog reader TweetDeck – your personal Twitter browser Hootsuite – social media management tool Founders Den – coworking space in San Francisco and where Nuzzel is located Chris Sacca’s Periscope Skimm –  daily email newsletter REDEF – daily “interest remixes” which are curated information streams Drudge Report – Links to international news sources and columnists 99Designs – marketplace for graphic design, including logo design, web design and other design contests. How To Reach Jonathan: You can reach Jonathan on Twitter at @abrams or LinkedIn or visit his website at www.nuzzel.com. Your Call To Action: Your call-to-action for this episode is to check out Nuzzel and sign up for a free account. You can do this on the website or through the iOS or Android mobile device. It also works on Apple watch. It’s a great app! I definitely encourage everyone to get on it. Once you do this, please tweet me @MadalynSklar. I want to hear from you! Share your love for Nuzzel! www.madalynsklar.kcom/nuzzel Share The Love For This Podcast: Want an easy “one-click” way to Share The Love for this podcast? Go here: www.madalynsklar.com/love to tweet out your love. Thanks for the listen! I appreciate you listening to this podcast, and would be extremely grateful if you would take a moment to rate & review it on iTunes. By doing this, my rankings will increase and more people will be able to benefit from the tips and tools shared in this #TwitterSmarter podcast series. Please also subscribe to this podcast while you’re there. It will ensure you don’t miss an episode! I read every review that comes in, so please know that you have my sincere thanks!