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Slow Ventures

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Slow Ventures

@slow

Generalist early-stage investors backing bold ideas. PortCos: Solana, Airtable, Gusto, Creators and more since 2011. @kevincolleran @lessin @wquist @yrechtman

SF, NYC, Boston

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Joined September 2010

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Apr 8
America invented drones. Then China took 70% of the market while we debated permits. The airspace below 500 feet is the most valuable undeveloped real estate in the country, and we're not even allowed to use it. New deep dive from @angelesahr on why the low-altitude economy is
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Slow Ventures
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Feb 12, 2025
Slow is launching our first Creator Fund—backed by institutional LPs—to support creator-first founders and redefine the future of entrepreneurship. Why does this matter? Because creators aren’t just glorified ad space anymore. The world is finally waking up to the real value
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Jul 26, 2025
Venture capital is shrinking so quickly that jr investors are running to reddit for career advice
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Apr 26, 2022
Announcing our newest $325M in new Slow Ventures funds led by @KevinColleran, @lessin, and @wquist with the new additions of @mmlightcap, @yrechtman, and @crabbylions
Slow Ventures’ Newest Seed and Opportunity Funds… More Of The Same!
From medium.com
Slow Ventures
@slow
Oct 7, 2025
We're excited (and shocked) to announce that @yrechtman is being promoted to Partner. As an explicitly non-expansionary firm there generally is no defined ‘path’ to partner / we don’t really do that. But most great things are exceptions to hard rules
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Mar 16, 2025
In venture, the real payout isn’t just in dollars—it’s in the ability to walk around and casually say, ‘I told you so’ @lessin on @tbpn with @johncoogan and @jordihays
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Slow Ventures
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Apr 29, 2025
There’s no longer a magic benchmark for moving from Seed to Series A, B, C, or D. It’s all based on belief—specifically, belief that there’s limited downside and infinite upside. Valuations today aren’t grounded in probability; they’re anchored in the narrative of endless
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Sep 10, 2025
Every VC offers term sheets. We’re offering table manners at @ycombinator's demo day. Just ask fellow Slow alumn @aofstad ;)
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Slow Ventures
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May 19, 2025
Founders chasing venture scale should take a page from the oldest playbook: repeatable, proven, capital-efficient growth--Franchises. They print free cash flow. VCs love to talk software, but let’s not forget—classic models like franchises often allocate capital better than your
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Oct 2, 2025
We led the $3M @memelordtech round alongside @LongJourneyVC , @unpopularvc, @balajis, and others. @lessin sits down with @iamjasonlevin to discuss why the future is memes, building a no-code project to $100K ARR, and what’s next. See replies for the full video.
Jason Levin
@iamjasonlevin
Sep 25, 2025
ANNOUNCEMENT: I raised $3 million to make memes. Yes, seriously. Memes make millions. Welcome to the new memelord.com
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Nov 3, 2022
At our annual meeting, we shared our list of ideas that are and are not exciting to invest in for the next year(s).
Slow Ventures
@slow
Mar 13, 2025
Don’t worry… We did it for you
Seth Rosenberg
@SethGRosenberg
Mar 3, 2025
Replying to @lessin
@lessin I’m going to buy the billboard on the opposite side
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Slow Ventures
@slow
Apr 11, 2019
We are proud to announce our two new @slow funds enabling us to invest an additional $220M to support founders for many more years to come!
The Journey Continues — $220M Slow IV and Slow Opportunity Fund
From medium.com
Slow Ventures
@slow
May 5, 2025
Tech used to be about solving hard problems. Now? It’s about who can narrate the infinite best. Elon built the prototype: sell the dream hard enough to get cheap capital, and the returns will manifest. Retail investors are in—because belief scales. So here’s the new investment
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