Perspectives on seed investing, technology, and company building
Our team shares frameworks, market analysis, and observations from working alongside exceptional founders at the earliest stage of their companies.
Before a product ships and before revenue accumulates, what signals matter most? We share the proprietary framework KnownWeil uses to evaluate founders at the earliest stage, covering the dimensions of insight, edge, grit, and co-founder dynamics that we weight most heavily in pre-revenue investments.
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A convergence of talent, capital, and regulatory clarity is creating conditions for European deep tech to compete directly with Silicon Valley for the first time. This analysis examines the structural shifts in the European technology ecosystem and where we see the most compelling investment opportunities over the next three years.
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Eighteen months into the enterprise AI wave, clear patterns are emerging. We analyze what distinguishes companies seeing genuine ROI from those stuck in pilot purgatory, drawing on conversations with over 40 enterprise buyers and observations from our portfolio companies delivering AI-powered products.
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Receiving your first term sheet is exhilarating and disorienting in equal measure. This practical guide covers the ten terms that matter most in a seed round, how to think about valuation versus dilution, and the red flags in investor behavior that signal a difficult relationship ahead.
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The most successful developer tool companies in our portfolio did not win by hiring a large sales team. They won by becoming genuinely useful to developers before asking for money. This piece traces the common architecture of successful developer-led growth strategies and the mistakes we have seen founders make when attempting to replicate the model.
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