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

Startups Are The Ultimate &#8220;Mental Game&#8221; — Part I

The Irrational Truths of User Behavior, with Dan Ariely

Status Games: Engineering Scarcity in a World of Abundance

The Psychology of Founders Who Win in Downturns

The AI Wrapper is Dead: 3 Approaches to Verticalization for Early-Stage Startups

Functional AGI is Already Here

AI Zen

The Infinite Game: What Artists Know That Founders Don’t

What Comes Next Is Bigger Than SaaS Ever Was

The Screenless Startup: A New Philosophy For AI Applications

Ask NFX: James Currier on When to Pivot, What to Ignore, and How to Move Faster

The 5 Ideas That Defined 2025 &#8211; According to Founders

1,000 Simultaneous Experiments: The Next Mental State for Founders

The False-Positive Incumbent

The &#8220;Intangible&#8221; Game: How VCs See You

How VCs Become Assholes

Hidden Patterns of Great Startup Ideas (Live from GSB)

A Scientific Approach To Your Company (And Your Life)

A Scientific Approach to VC

The NFX Bio Guide to JPM Success

NFX Playbook for Naming Your Company &#8211; Part 1

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

Keep Them Coming Back: 23 Habit-Making Insights for Product-Minded Founders

How a Top Investor Sees the World with Saar Gur

Startups Are The Ultimate &#8220;Mental Game&#8221; &#8211; Part II

The Rise of “Reality Entrepreneurs”

The Passion Economy and Its Hidden Currency

The Founders&#8217; List: Mind the Moat: a 7 Powers Review (written by Hamilton Helmer) from Flo Crivello (Founder &#038; CEO Teamflow)

The Goldilocks Zone of Startups: Why &#8220;Just Right&#8221; Is Not In The Middle

The Founders&#8217; List: Nir Eyal on &#8220;Hooks: An Intro on How to Manufacture Desire&#8221;

The New American Dream

Anti-Patterns of 10x Thinking

The Founders&#8217; List: James Currier (General Partner at NFX) on &#8220;The Psychology of Startup Growth&#8221;

The Founders’ List: Email Exchange on Instagram Acquisition by Facebook (Kevin Systrom &#038; Mark Zuckerberg)

The Winning Psychology of Top Founders in Fundraising Meetings

Scott Belsky: &#8220;Creativity Is the New Productivity&#8221;

The NFX Frameworks Collection for Founders

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

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

Frameworks for Using Diversity to Win

How Contrarians Think: The Early Days of Square, Yelp &#038; PayPal with Keith Rabois

Whiteboard Breakdown: A Founder&#8217;s Guide to Taking Advice

Whiteboard Breakdown: What Makes A Strong Startup CEO

A Founder’s Guide To Taking Advice

The Founders’ List: &#8220;How To Make The Most Out Of Your Time And Your Life&#8221; by Nir Eyal (Author + Former Stanford Professor)

The Founders&#8217; List: Steve Job&#8217;s Famous &#8216;Thoughts on Flash&#8217; (Famous Memos)

The New Growth Mindset with Sean Ellis &#038; James Currier

5 frameworks to help Founders coming up with a new startup idea that is the most likely to lead to a transformative company.

The Hidden Patterns of Great Startup Ideas

How VCs Think: The Psychology That Drives Investing Decisions

The Psychology of Focus: How Great Teams Find Traction Amid Distraction

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

Growth is not a one-time gimmick. To get 1000% growth, there is no silver bullet. Growth comes from adopting the right psychology. From an approach you bring to your daily work consistently for years.

The Psychology of Startup Growth

The Founders&#8217; List: Slack&#8217;s Internal Memo &#8216;We Don&#8217;t Sell Saddles Here&#8217; (Famous Memos)

The New Mindset for Product-Market Fit

The Founders’ List: “Status as a Service (StaaS)” by Eugene Wei (Former Product Leader at Amazon, Hulu, Flipboard, Oculus)

The Founders&#8217; List: Nir Eyal (Author, Professor, &#038; Investor) on &#8220;Hooks: An Intro on How to Manufacture Desire&#8221;

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

As an investor in IvyMark, we wanted to share six quick, behind the scenes lessons from IvyMark’s Acquisition by Houzz.
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