Anna Piñol

NFX - Anna Piñol

Anastasia Budinskaya

NFX - Anastasia Budinskaya

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

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

Generative AI is the next step in software. It turns AI into a collaborative partner to unlock a frictionless creative process across industries.

Generative AI

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 Generative 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

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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

The AI Spectrum for Founders

The AI-First Marketplace

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.

The NFX of Trulia: Building a $3.5 Billion Marketplace

Stackable Business Models in the Age of AI

The Verticalization of Everything

The Killer Wedge Mini-Series

12 Killer Wedges for Your Company&#8217;s Growth

The AI Workforce is Here: The Rise of a New Labor Market

The Startup Advantage in AI

Why NFX Invested in Overmoon: Combining the Best of Airbnb + Hotels

Startups vs Incumbents in the AI Era

Meet the 2024 NFX Fellows

Why NFX Invested in Gizmo: The Generative AI Personal Learning Assistant

Real Estate&#8217;s Hidden AI Revolution

Why NFX Invested in Akooda: The AI Startup Helping Companies Make Faster Decisions

From Idea to IPO: A Behind-the-Scenes Retrospective on Building Trulia

Meet the 2023 NFX MBA Fellows

The NFX MBA Fellows Program:  Student Founders, Don’t Wait for Graduation

Real Estate 3.0 – The Ownership Revolution

Why NFX Invested in Shop Circle: The One-Stop-Shop for E-Commerce Software

Why NFX Invested in Clubbi: The Startup Digitizing Grocery Stores in LatAm

39 Moves to Survive (&#038; Thrive) in a Downturn: 2022 Edition

Why NFX Invested in Lev: The Startup Rebuilding Commercial Real Estate Financing

Why NFX Invested in Floki: The Food Service Automation Platform for LatAm

Why NFX Invested in Seso: The Workforce Management Platform for Agriculture

Why LatAm Is On The Rise

Why NFX Invested in Latitud: The Platform Automating Startup Formation and Growth in Latin America

Why NFX Invested in Melonn: The Company Automating E-Commerce for SMBs in Latin America

Why NFX Invested in withco: The First Commercial Property Ownership Platform for Small Businesses

The New Operating Manual for Fintech-Enabled Marketplaces

Anna Piñol Joins Our Investment Team at NFX

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

How To Run An Early-Stage Board Meeting

The Inside Story of Nextdoor: What Community Means Now

Why Google, Facebook, &#038; Microsoft Were Born On College Campuses

Demand Shocks Open A New Marketplace Era

Why NFX Invested In Collective: The Benefits Platform for Independent Workers

Why NFX Invested In Frontier: The Automated Hiring Platform Built for the Post-COVID Economy

Why NFX Invested In Tomo: The Fintech Startup Improving the Mortgage and Home Buying Process

6 Product Frameworks From the Inventor of the iPod, iPhone &#038; Nest

Major Opportunities for Young Founders with Jon Levin, Dean of Stanford GSB

Growth Frameworks For Your Marketplace

Startup Speed As A Public Good

The New World Of &#8220;Going Public&#8221; — Pros &#038; Cons of IPO v. SPAC v. Direct Listing

From Outsider to $5B SPAC in 6 Years

Hippo: From Idea to IPO with CEO Assaf Wand &#038; Pete Flint

The Pyramid of Co-Founder Success

The Insider Story of Twilio

The Founders&#8217; List: Pete Flint on &#8220;How to Manage Hypercompetitive Markets&#8221;

Reinventing Existing vs. Creating New Markets

Anti-Patterns of 10x Thinking

The Hidden World of Pricing: Uber, Trulia, Etsy, Superhuman &#038; More

Jeff Lawson on Ask Your Developer, with Pete Flint

Your Startup Life, Post-Pandemic

High Leverage Time Management

How CEOs Think: 5 Mental Models to Shift from Founder to CEO

The Product Thinking That Built Slack &#038; Twitter, with April Underwood

The Product Frameworks Behind Superhuman

Why NFX Is Investing In La Haus: The End-to-End Residential Real Estate Platform for Latin America

The New Generation of Labor Marketplaces and the Future of Work

The New Rules of Growth vs. Profitability

28 Moves to Survive (&#038; Thrive) in a Downturn

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

As the startup ecosystem has grown, we’ve seen a decreasing appetite for risk. Today, NFX Managing Partner Pete Flint is sharing a framework for all Founders to evaluate startup risk.

Why Founders Should Take More Risk

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

Why NFX is investing in Modus, a PropTech company building software to simplify the home closing process.

Why NFX Is Investing In Modus: The Company Automating the Home-Closing Process

4 Signs You’re Building A World-Class Team

Today, Let's Do This officially came out of stealth and announced $5M of seed funding led by NFX.

Why NFX Invested In Let’s Do This: The World’s Largest Online Marketplace for Endurance Events

7 key strategies for startups dealing with hypercompetitive markets characterized by capable &amp; well-capitalized competitors and incumbents.

How to Manage Hypercompetitive Markets

A checklist of 13 proof points for startups to put themselves in the best possible position to fundraise for a Series A or later.

The Fundraising Checklist: 13 Proof Points for Series A

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

10X Your Career: First Principles For Outsized Success

NFX Managing Partners Pete Flint and James Currier discuss Lyft's upcoming IPO, the defensibility of the ridesharing business model, and what Lyft should do next.
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NFX Podcast: Lyft vs. Uber and the Battle for Ridesharing Dominance

The Founders’ List: “Don&#8217;t Believe Your Own B.S.” by Pete Flint (General Partner at NFX)

A discussion with Andy Johns on growth hacking and balancing between optimization and innovation.

NFX Podcast: Why Growth Hacking Is Broken

See your score on The NFX Company Culture Scorecard. Use the Playbook to build great company culture.
<a href="https://content.nfx.com/team/pete-flint/">Pete Flint</a> and <a href="https://content.nfx.com/team/james-currier/">James Currier</a>, Managing Partners

The NFX Company Culture Scorecard and Playbook

Setter is your personal home manager: a one-stop home maintenance and repair service that allows homeowners to focus on living

Why NFX Invested In Setter: The Home Management Platform

Why NFX is investing in real estate by Trulia Founder and NFX Partner Pete Flint

PropTech: A Massive Opportunity We’re Seeing

Radius is the first mobile-powered platform that enables real estate agents to grow their business by easily exchanging referrals and market information.
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Why NFX Invested in Radius: The Tech-Enabled Real Estate Brokerage

Don&#8217;t Believe Your Own B.S.

To help better understand startup timing, we’ve developed a framework we call the Critical Mass Theory of Startups