who are the founders raising pre seed to seed (lower than $15M post) right now? DM me your blurb 📥 i’ll review and warm intro through @TLDRintros. - General Catalyst Hustle Fund 🦛🌽💛 Peter Livingston Unusual Ventures and others have invested millions through my intros so far.

@alexyoungkwon Pollen Round Helpful resource for people getting their start. Thanks for sharing Alex!

📢 1 week in, Pollen Round 1.0 was not a success (2.0 in research mode). been building in public, so might as well fall on my face in public to share the lessons. this was our 9th pivot in a year. lessons learned 👇

Pitch me your startup. i'll say if i'd invest/not, and why. if incredible, i'll make warm intros to 200+ investors via Pollen Round team: e.g.) x-Stripe, x-Greylock, SPC backed product: e.g.) New linkedin built on warm intros 👇

🤝 Alex Kwon connected 🐐 Warren Shaeffer & 🌞 Vedika Jain Ryan Hoover from Weekend Fund

🐝 Alex Kwon introduced Epic Games-backed 3D startup to Niko Bonatsos & General Catalyst +5 🟡 karma points for Alex Kwon

follow our company acct @moonlab_xyz for consumer social pivots and beyond 2022: 🌱started, closed our seed 2023: 🎢 launched 11 no/light/full-code experiments (7 apps. 8th coming soon) 🥲 heartaches from pivots 🤝 team morale holding solid 🏎️ launching even faster 2024: 🌕

i’ve been watching this guy for years on twitter - one of the most creative talents i’ve seen to date (sw/hw/artist in one) meeting this thursday to hear his latest and ways to help with Pollen Round pumped for it. i love helping creative beasts like him.

raising your first round? DM Alex Kwon your blurb about the product/team, if it clicks with him, he will reply and make warm intros to 200+ early stage investors 🐝

Alex Kwon General Catalyst Hustle Fund 🦛🌽💛 Peter Livingston Unusual Ventures I vouch, alex has helped a ton of my friends raise their own startups

my hangout call with Pasquale D'Silva turned into a 90-minute heart-to-heart last night. if you are into AI & Art, he's a rare combination of art, engineering (sw+hw), and marketing in one. excited to feature his new startup as the first intro of the year via Pollen Round soon

I just received 5 honeys from niko on Buy Me a Coffee! buymeacoffee.com/pollenround/c/…

🍯 thank you Niko Bonatsos from General Catalyst for being the first donor of honey to Pollen Round this is a small experiment for the investor warm intros we make. GC has invested several times through our intros so far. more to come!

🐝 Alex Kwon made a warm intro. AI startup founder previously backed by Justin Bieber & ye <> Niko Bonatsos from General Catalyst +15 🟡 karma points for Alex Kwon

i'm delightfully surprised that founders and investors and starting to voluntarily tip me for my Pollen Round warm intros. the ~idea is to turn the pool of donations into a small consumer social fund i invest out of at one point. baby steps pollenround.com/honey

there’s so much joy in bridging people through warm intros. caught up with a friend in the AI/storytelling space looking for design/growth help, so i’m making several intros today. turning Pollen Round into a warm intro lab, so follow along if it sounds interesting to you 🍯

can you @ a founder raising seed/pre seed? my Pollen Round warm intros are booked for january, but still shuffling feb, so would love to intro compelling founders to my curated network of early stage investors, and start 2024 strong together

🍯26 honeys donated for Pollen Round by investors Sarah Tavel from benchmark Alexia Bonatsos from dream machine Niko Bonatsos from general catalyst Simon Says from ethos fund andrew kahn from crush ventures by makers @Aleksanshrestha Charlie Deane pollenround.com/honey

what it takes to 'survive' the early days of startups. ideating - building - shipping - persisting ⬇️ ideating