The public narrative about consumer investing is detached from the potential. Last year, VC firms distanced themselves from the category and just 7% of seed capital went to consumer. But consumer company performance largely outpaces enterprise. My piece in The Information:

We’re backing Craftwork, building the first iconic consumer brand in home services thru a trusted, reliable, tech-enabled source for home repairs — while also reshaping the SMB sector in this space to be more equitable and lucrative for its many hardworking craftspeople.

Congrats Rex Woodbury ! Your savvy take on trends, consumer behavior, and start ups will no doubt lead Daybreak to great success.

An allstar crew 🙌 Eurie Kim Rebecca Kaden Nicole Quinn ! Another must listen episode from Harry Stebbings 🌟💫

Hard to think of a more powerful duo than Faire & Shopify when it comes to driving economic growth for SMB retailers worldwide, which do more aggregate revenue than Walmart & Amazon combined! This partnership is a strong endorsement of Faire's value and execution.

Indeed! 🙌

We Forerunner are leading the $7m seed for boombox.io, which is reimagining the best of AI-powered productivity software for music producers, a massive & growing demographic that cares deeply about their craft.  axios.com/pro/media-deal…

'If you ever wanted to ask an AI who among your connections has ever been to a specific place, works at a particular company or is knowledgeable about a particular topic, Clay’s new AI navigator, which it’s dubbed Nexus, could help.'

Congrats Clay! techcrunch.com/2023/05/16/per…