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Henri Pierre-Jacques
@hpierrejacques
Founder @HarlemCapital tweeting about life lessons & VC 🇭🇹 ⛪️🤵🏽
Miami, FL
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Feb 23
    Let me re-introduce myself. My name is Henri Pierre-Jacques and I am co-founder of @HarlemCapital, a fund backing the next generation of winners. My mission is to build rooms that didn't exist before. Not more seats at someone else's table, entire rooms. I was fortunate to
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Jun 17, 2021
    I never could’ve imagined that angel investing $50k of my money would lead to a track record to raise a $40M fund and that would lead to raising a $134M fund. The $50k was a TON of money for me, but when you invest in yourself others eventually will invest in you
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Feb 2, 2022
    🧵How does Seed stage fund math work? Now that I invest in funds, I’ve seen dozens of emerging manager decks and the fund model is one of the biggest decisions and misses that I see. VC is as much math as gut/luck. Let’s get into it
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Dec 2, 2019
    I am beyond excited to announce the closing of Harlem Capital's debut fund at $40.3mm. An 18 month journey that humbled and pushed me to new levels. Time to back women and minority founders 👊🏽
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    Harlem Capital Closes $40mm Inaugural Fund
    From medium.com
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Sep 30, 2022
    Founders, it’s really hard to go from $0 to $1M It often takes $3-5M+ of capital and 2-3+ years from launch Social media may make it seem much easier, but it’s really hard Keep pushing!
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Jul 30, 2023
    Just had a Founder say “F**k you” after I passed via email Some forget how small this world is and that no’s aren’t personal. I deleted and will let karma do the reply Founders, do not make the mistake of writing your emotions in an email. There is ZERO upside and ALL downside
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Aug 3, 2022
    A company that isn’t venture backable, is still financially backable We’ve created two flaws 1) Young companies are now all called ‘startups’, implying they are tech focused when most aren’t 2) We pushed all young companies towards VC, when most shouldn’t raise venture
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Oct 25, 2023
    What I’m seeing for rounds today Pre-Seed: $1-2M at $8-12M post w/ $0-100k ARR Seed: $3-5M at $12-18M post w/ $0-300k ARR Seed+: $2-3M at $18-25M post w/ $300k-$1.5M ARR Series A: $8-12M at $40-60M post w/ $1.5M+ ARR The biggest range is Series A, rest have remained steady
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Sep 21, 2021
    I am a Venture Capitalist, but I am also a - Black man - Christian - Husband - Athlete - Nerd What else are you?
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    May 20, 2022
    I truly don’t know what pre-Seed, Seed or pre-Series A is anymore. I just tell founders and VCs, I invest $1-2.5M in $2-5M rounds. Whatever you decide to call that works for me. Focused on the founders, not the definitions
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Oct 6, 2021
    We can just get rid of VC round letters (A, B, C) now right?? I’ve seen $20M+ Seed and $100M+ Series As…they truly have no meaning to me anymore. I just tell people we invest in $2-5M rounds, lmk what you’re calling that
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Aug 15, 2022
    I can’t help but think would any women or POC have the privilege to have have one of the biggest startup blowups of all time in WeWork and then raise $70M for a climate startup in May and $350M for a RE startup in August??
    Not looking back.
    Adam Neumann Gets a New Backer (Published 2022)
    From nytimes.com
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Nov 17, 2024
    Several regular nyc hotels are $700-$2k a night…I don’t know how this is even possible and who is staying in these hotels???
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    Henri Pierre-Jacques
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    Dec 17, 2022
    The All In podcast was by far my fav podcast of 2022, but now it’s become a political battle b/w @DavidSacks and @Jason It use to provide a balanced political and economic view, but now it feels more like a yelling contest Hoping they can turn it around, but losing hope weekly
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