I joined Designer Fund as an investor, but something I'm most excited to share is the tech jobs for creatives (design, research, content) in our network... 12 favorite current *creative* tech openings in the Designer Fund community ↓ - Visual Electric (remote) is hiring a

Today, I'm excited to share Ambrook's $26M Series A! Thank you to Allie Garfinkle for the story featuring Mackenzie Burnett and our wonderful customers. More to come — fortune.com/2025/07/01/exc…

excited to finally announce that Ambrook has raised $29M in funding to date, including a $26.1M Series A led by Thrive Capital and Dylan Field. thank you to everyone who has been part of our story so far. I can't wait for the story to come. ambrook.com/blog/company/a…

Congrats to Ambrook on their most recent series A! Companies that invest in design continue crushing in 2025. Well done Mackenzie Burnett, designer founder Jeff Anders, and team!

LOUDER FOR THE PEOPLE IN THE BACK designers are engineers now

Cecilia Uhr (@uhrcecilia) went from agency → Oculus → co-founding Bezi. In her Designer Founders interview: – How agency grit builds founder muscle – Ship simple. Solve core need and layer delight later – In AI, brand is the moat Full convo here: designerfounders.substack.com/p/cecilia-uhr-…

New Designer Founders feature is up with Cecilia Uhr, co-founder of Bezi! We talked about the benefits AND drawbacks of an agency background, why customization is the next big focus for AI tools, and tons more... Full interview here: designerfounders.substack.com/p/cecilia-uhr-…

Come join the design team at Linear :) Feel free to message me if you have questions. linear.app/careers/a03983…

Congrats to designer founder Sam Hashemi and team on launching Felt AI and their new $15M round. Creating complex maps just got a whole lot easier :) If you need to do anything map/spatial related no other tool comes close now...

"In some sense, starting a business, solving a design problem or solving a technical problem are no different. You are all making trade-offs." Here’s a highlight from our fireside chat with Designer Fund during Config 2025 💭

Love the way Ivan Zhao breaks down: 1. capability 2. agency 3. taste most of the time I see "taste" brought up it downplays the strategic element (which is more important than anything visual) h/t Ben Blumenrose + Julie Zhuo

100% this. You need to demonstrate that you value design through action to convince top design talent that they can do their best work at your company...

Alright folks, given all the people looking to hire designers we're going to do a virtual session covering all the tips and tactics - What to look for in an early-stage designer What top designers actually want Where to find overlooked talent How to run a strong hiring process

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A new look for a new era of game development.

New dream brand designer role just opened up at Copper—a startup based in Berkeley building the most beautiful, battery-equipped appliances you've ever seen (and they're a Designer Fund company as well). So much care goes into their work and they are incredible people...

New Designer Founder post with Plaid's founding designer, Al Hertz. We talked about how to find the right problem to work on, how to find cofounders, how to balance being a designer AND a founder, and tons more...

Another A+ design opportunity: product designer role at Quanta. Incredible/lovely team working 5 days/week in-person in downtown SF. Building an accounting and finance platform for startups. Backed by us, Accel, Homebrew, Elad Gil, and other amazing folks.