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colossus.com The Man With the Hot Hand The dizzying rise, brief fall, and white-hot resurgence of Abstract’s 34-year-old founder, Ramtin Naimi Today we announced our $150M Series B led by @IndexVentures with major participation from @Redpoint and returning investors including @ThriveCapital, @Felicis, and @AbstractVC.
Across aerospace, energy, and manufacturing, engineering teams are pushing what’s possible. The software behind many of these systems hasn’t kept up. Revel gives engineering teams the infrastructure to test and control complex hardware systems with speed and confidence.
In just over a year, we’ve built a world-class team, converted every pilot into a customer, and are now expanding the platform across new industries. If you believe great hardware deserves great software, we’re hiring across the board.View quoted post on X
I’m always amazed how few investors can explain the specific thing they can do better than others.
When I first asked Ramtin (@ramtinnaimi) this question, he gave one of the most specific answers I’ve heard (about how he helps founders end up owning more of their company, along with his specific method for doing so). He details that and a ton more in refreshingly honest fashion.
He seems willing to answer any question about himself, and we explore his entire rags to riches to rags to riches story. The stuff on the intense parallels between art and investing is a first, too: how to work the playing field and win.
A unique convo with an investor who has never done an interview like this before.
Timestamps
0:00 Intro
0:25 The Art of Collecting
4:36 Parallels Between Art and Venture Capital
6:59 Challenges and Strategies in Art Collecting
18:19 The Role of Status and Reputation in Art
20:10 The Business of Art Galleries & Auction Houses
26:43 Building a Successful Venture Capital Firm
41:29 Leading Seed Financings
44:27 The Power of AngelList
46:40 Scaling and Building a Team
49:33 Identifying Exceptional Founders
52:32 The Importance of Dilution Sensitivity
54:18 Efficient Investment Processes
1:05:51 Winning Competitive Deals
1:15:29 The Value of Strong Board Members
1:21:37 The Importance of Personal Branding in VC
1:24:28 The Health of the AI Investment Ecosystem
1:28:11 Early Life and Entrepreneurial Beginnings
1:35:12 Starting a Hedge Fund and Lessons Learned
1:44:59 Building Abstract and Family Life
1:54:06 Insights on LPs and Venture Capital Trends
2:02:18 The Kindest ThingView quoted post on X
Excited to share some news @CrusoeAI. Today we announced our $600m Series D that was led by the talented team @foundersfund to usher in a new era of abundant intelligence. The future is going to be awesome, come help us build itView quoted post on X
crusoe.ai/blog/crusoe-em…
1/ 📣 Big news from Anon! We've raised $6.5M from @usv and @AbstractVC to be the Integration Platform for the AI internet.
Also announcing:
🌐 Initial customer launches
🌐 Expanded list of 10+ integrations
🌐 Public developer docs
🌐 Our "Messenger API" product
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