Anna Piñol

NFX - Anna Piñol

Anastasia Budinskaya

NFX - Anastasia Budinskaya

Daniel Museles

NFX - Daniel Museles

Valerie Osband Mahoney

NFX - Valerie Osband Mahoney

Morgan Beller

Read Morgan’s techniques and frameworks for Web3, Space, and Fintech companies. Morgan is the co-founder of Libra and was Head of Strategy for Novi, Facebook’s digital wallet for the Libra payment system.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Morgan Beller - NFX Library

Omri Amirav-Drory, Ph.D.

Read Omri’s essays as he explores the latest innovation in biology and techbio. Omri is a scientist and an operator who has founded, scaled, and led a successful acquisition by Twist Bioscience.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Omri Amirav-Drory, Ph.D. - NFX Library

Pete Flint

See Pete’s 60+ resources on hiring, strategy, scaling, and fundraising playbooks for Proptech, Fintech, Marketplaces, Web3, and LatAm companies. He is a 2x unicorn Founder and former CEO of Trulia.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Pete Flint - NFX Library

Gigi Levy-Weiss

See Gigi’s 30+ resources on hiring strategy, scaling, and fundraising playbooks for Gaming, Web3, Bio, and Space companies. He is a 4x founder/operator. Founding CEO of Playtika. Head of NFX Israel.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by Gigi Levy-Weiss - NFX Library

James Currier

See James’ 100+ resources on network effects, market networks, and growth. James is a 5x Founder and invests in Marketplaces, Web3, Fintech, Gaming, and Bio.

[Year] Insights for Seed Founders by James Currier - NFX Library

As software advances, so do the threats. We back the founders building the future's defenses.

Cybersecurity

NFX - Cybersecurity

We’re Scientist-Founders. We’ve walked in your shoes, from the lab to scaling $B+ techbio companies.

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Bio, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Bio Founders - NFX Library

Gaming is about connection. As games Founders ourselves, we've been bullish on this market from day 1.

Gaming

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Gaming, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Gaming Founders - NFX Library

AI is the next step in software. It turns software into a collaborative partner across industries.

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Generative AI, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for AI Founders - NFX Library

Real estate is in early stages of tech adoption. Pete Flint is an unfair advantage to have in your corner.

PropTech

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Proptech, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for PropTech Founders - NFX Library

We're focused on backing the Founders who are building a space economy that makes life better on Earth.

Space

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Space, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Space Founders - NFX Library

Fintech is unlocking enormous value by digitizing and encompassing more of the transaction.

Fintech

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Fintech, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Fintech Founders - NFX Library

We have founded, advised, and invested in 80+ marketplace startups. Including DoorDash, Lyft, Trulia, and Patreon.

Marketplaces

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Marketplaces, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Marketplaces Founders - NFX

Crypto presents us with the opportunity to remake the Internet into a more creative, lucrative, sustainable, and safe place.

Crypto

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in crypto, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Web3, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Crypto Founders - NFX Library

The combination of great Founders and their networks has been the core mechanism of progress for all of human history. This is what makes Silicon Valley more than just a place. It’s a networked mindset. It's our central hub for a reason. 

Silicon Valley

The combination of great founders and their networks has been the core mechanism of progress for all of human history. This is what makes Silicon Valley more than just a place. It’s a networked mindset. It's our central hub for a reason.

NFX - Silicon Valley

Israel is a global software powerhouse. Gigi Levy-Weiss partners with Founders to build and scale.

Israel

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in Israel, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for Israel Founders - NFX Library

We’re seeing a new wave of innovative, competitive Founders driving the tech ecosystem forward in Europe.  

Europe

NFX - Europe

Millions of consumers are coming online in LatAm, quickly creating massive market opportunities.

LatAm

Weekly insights for pre-seed and seed stage Founders in LatAm, including fundraising tips, pitch decks, growth, hiring and more.

Top [Month] [Year] Resources for LatAm Founders - NFX Library

Legal Tech

NFX - Legal Tech

Insurance

NFX - Insurance

Consumer

NFX - Consumer

SaaS

NFX - SaaS

Network Effects

See 30+ resources on network effects for pre-seed and seed Founders. Companies with the strongest types of network effects built into their core business model tend to win – and win big.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Network Effects - NFX Library

Fundraising

Read 20+ NFX pitch decks, core metrics, and ladder of proof on how to fundraise your pre-seed and seed rounds.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Fundraising - NFX Library

Growth

See 100+ resources, frameworks, and guides from NFX to help pre-seed and seed Founders build iconic businesses during challenging times and navigate the new rules of growth.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Growth - NFX Library

Leadership

See 40+ resources on leadership strategies, playbooks, and podcasts for CEOs, CTOs, and founding teams for pre-seed and seed stage companies.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Leadership - NFX Library

Investment Memos

Learn more about NFX’s recent pre-seed and seed investments in Bio, Web3, Gaming, Proptech, LatAm, Space, Fintech, and Marketplaces.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Investment Memos - NFX Library

Psychology

See 40+ resources on useful pre-seed and seed Founder mental models. A Founder’s mental approach is the greatest point of leverage in a company’s success or failure.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Psychology - NFX Library

Announcements

The latest news from NFX venture capital. NFX invests in pre-seed and seed companies in Bio, Web3, Gaming, Proptech, LatAm, Space, Fintech, and Marketplaces.

Top [Month] [Year] Insights for Founders on Announcements - NFX Library

All NFX Content

Videos

Watch 30+ videos from NFX on hiring, fundraising, and growth for pre-seed and seed Founders. [Subscribers] startups get weekly insights from NFX venture capital firm.

Top [Month] [Year] Videos - NFX Library

Podcasts

Listen to 80+ episodes from NFX and industry leaders like Vitalik Buterin (Ethereum), Jeff Wilke (Amazon), Reid Hoffman (LinkedIn) and many more. 170k+ startups get weekly insights from NFX.

Top [Month] [Year] Podcasts - NFX Library

Essays

Read 100+ essays from NFX on hiring, fundraising, and growth for pre-seed and seed Founders. 170k+ startups get weekly insights from NFX venture capital firm.

Top [Month] [Year] Essays - NFX Library

Growth Frameworks For Your Marketplace

An inside look at 19 tactics top marketplaces have used to solve the chicken-or-egg problem and kickstart growth.

19 Tactics to Solve the Chicken-or-Egg Problem and Grow Your Marketplace

Use The NFX Marketplace Scorecard to uncover 20+ marketplace strengths.

See Your Score: The NFX Marketplace Scorecard

Market-networks will produce a new class of unicorn companies and impact how millions of service professionals will work and earn their living.

The Next 10 Years Will Be About &#8220;Market Networks&#8221;

The Next 10 Years Will Be About the AI Agent Economy

The AI-First Marketplace

See New Marketplaces Where Others See Crowds: The Inside Story of A.Team

The Durability Formula – How It Will Determine Your Startup’s Future Value

The New Operating Manual for Fintech-Enabled Marketplaces

“Crazy Until It’s Not”: New Story Charity’s Bitcoin-Based Mortgages, NFTs and 3D-Printed Homes

The Inside Story of Nextdoor: What Community Means Now

Demand Shocks Open A New Marketplace Era

Unlocking “Disruptive Power” For Your Marketplace

Making Markets with Prof. Scott Duke Kominers (HBS) &#038; James Currier

Enterprise Gateway Marketplaces Will Turn Large Organizations Inside-Out

Media Marketplaces and the Future of Digital Media

24 Ways B2B Marketplaces Win

The New Generation of Labor Marketplaces and the Future of Work

Leading Startups Through Uncertainty: Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO of TaskRabbit

NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint talks to Thumbtack co-founder &amp; CEO Marco Zappacosta about building billion dollar marketplaces.

How Billion Dollar Marketplaces Are Built with Marco Zappacosta, Co-Founder &amp; CEO of Thumbtack

They were rejected by 200+ investors. They were turned down by every single payment processor in the country. They discovered they were in violation of USPS regulations, and almost ran out of money. Yet today, Poshmark is one of the most successful marketplaces of all time.

What It Takes to Build an Iconic Marketplace: The Poshmark Story

Lessons for Founders from the SMB Tech Summit on May 15, 2019 in San Francisco presented by NFX and GGV Capital.

Inside Top SMB Startups

By using fintech to enable marketplace transactions, startups will be able to unlock new frontiers of opportunity. Fintech-enabled marketplaces are the next stage in marketplace evolution.

The Next Frontier for 2-Sided Marketplaces: How Fintech Will Unlock Enormous Value

How to turn a marketplace startup into a powerful market network – and win.

NFX Founder Room Ep. 1: Growing a Marketplace into a Market Network

Does Real Identity Matter for Networks?

Almost every marketplace will face similar problems in one form or another, but I believe our solutions at Trulia were uniquely effective. By sharing our story, I hope to cut through the of vague (and bad) advice out there with a detailed account of how we built a multi-billion dollar, category leading marketplace in under 10 years; a story which, I hope, Founders will find both interesting and useful.