Connor Ryan

At the @GoTechChicago Capital Summit, I talked with some amazing VCs about fundraising advice for founders. I wrote down some of my favorite tactical takeaways here👇 Check it out! medium.com/thoughts-from-…

@landon20s @claudeai Subscribed 🫡

@ConnorRyan2013 @claudeai landonsloop.com

Chicago needs less happy hours and more hackathons 👨🏽‍💻👨🏽‍💻👨🏽‍💻 Nice turnout for the first @claudeai meetup

@landon20s @BridgeInvestVC 👋

Every venture firm in Chicago: bullishonchicago.com

@drewfallon12 🤢

this is basically the way it goes *ask claude for something sophisticated “oh wow! *validate data “oh wow” the thing that makes me nervous is that i don’t think people are validating. how could they? anyone who tells you they are is lying like look at this formula claude made 😂 =IF(OR(IF($CR$1=1,ROW()-316>29,(ROW()-317)*$CR$1+1>30),IF($CR$1=1,ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1,(ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1)*$CR$1)>30),NA(),IF(IF($CR$1=1,SUMIF($BN$3:$BN$200,ROW()-315,$BP$3:$BP$200),SUMPRODUCT(($BN$3:$BN$200>=(ROW()-317)*$CR$1+1)*($BN$3:$BN$200<=(ROW()-316)*$CR$1)*$BP$3:$BP$200))=0,NA(),IFERROR(SUMPRODUCT(IF($CR$1=1,($BN$3:$BN$200=ROW()-315)*1,($BN$3:$BN$200>=(ROW()-317)*$CR$1+1)*($BN$3:$BN$200<=(ROW()-316)*$CR$1))*IF(INDEX($F$3:$BM$200,0,IF($CR$1=1,ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1,(ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1)*$CR$1))>0,IF(INDEX($F$3:$BM$200,0,IF($CR$1=1,ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1,(ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1)*$CR$1))<$BP$3:$BP$200,INDEX($F$3:$BM$200,0,IF($CR$1=1,ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1,(ROW()-316+COLUMN()-5+1)*$CR$1)),$BP$3:$BP$200),0))/IF($CR$1=1,SUMIF($BN$3:$BN$200,ROW()-315,$BP$3:$BP$200),SUMPRODUCT(($BN$3:$BN$200>=(ROW()-317)*$CR$1+1)*($BN$3:$BN$200<=(ROW()-316)*$CR$1)*$BP$3:$BP$200)),NA()))) if you haven’t built the model from scratch by hand and know what the numbers are supposed to be then you’re not going to catch it it’ll get there, just needs some time

In case you missed it, the Q4 @BridgeInvestVC newsletter went live last month: 🪡 @QuilttFintech's Seed round 🌉 New Thoughts from Bridge 🚚 @automotus_inc on podcasts and securing patents 🍳 @CarawayHome product launches and top company recognition mailchi.mp/bridgeinvestme…

@haleymbryant @HustleFundVC @dunkhippo33 @ericbahn @shiyankoh HALEY!!! Congratulations!!! Well deserved ❤️

Today, I’m excited to share that I’ve been promoted to Partner at @HustleFundVC. Thank you, @dunkhippo33, @ericbahn, @shiyankoh, @ericbahn for betting on me, and for the opportunity to serve our current and future founders, LPs, and incredible community.

@drewfallon12 Will add you to our co-investor list!

I am looking to make a few angel investments over the next 6mo, preferably in seed or series A stage consumer products. Also consumer adjacent technology. If you are a founder raising or an investor looking for angels please slide into my DMs!!

@drewfallon12 @alessandroroco @IGTWine 🍷

We are decorating the new office!🎉 I want to fill these shelves with all consumer products. Tag your brand we should buy product from in the comments 👇🏻👇🏻🙂 Shout out to @alessandroroco from Sanzo for sending us some goodies that made it onto the shelf (& into the fridge!)

@drewfallon12 🙏

🚨ATTN: Early stage CPG founders! 🚨Here's your target list as we get into fundraising season If I were an early stage (think sub $10m revenue) CPG founder looking to raise this Q3 or Q4 fundraising season, here are the investors I would go to 👇 👉 Barrel Ventures // Nathan Cooper 👉 Maveron /// Jerry Lu 👉 Selva Ventures // Kiva Dickinson 👉 BFG Partners // Dayton Miller 👉 Headline // Matthew Brown 👉 Listen Ventures // Rick Desai 👉 Sugar Capital // Brian Sugar 👉 Sidekick Partners // Dylan Schuler 👉 BAM Ventures // Adam Lebovitz 👉 Bluestein Ventures // Ashley Hartman 👉 Shrug Capital // Peter Rousseau 👉 Unilever // Clementine Provost 👉 Bridge Venture Fund // Connor Ryan 👉 Red Swan Ventures // Sandy Cass 👉 BELIADE // Martin D. 👉 True Beauty Ventures // Rich Gersten 👉 RiverPark Ventures // Spencer Krug 👉InviNext Growth Partners // Sarah Foley 👉 AF Ventures // Jordan Gaspar There are of course many more wonderful early stage investors. Follow me for tomorrow's target list: Growth Stage Investors! 😊

@TarunAmasa @OpenAI Early invite please!

It’s official. We’ve raised $14m led by @OpenAI Startup Fund to bring AI to Excel. Endex is the first AI agent to live inside Excel. For the past year, we've been working with financial firms. Today we’re releasing it to the world. Our capacity is limited; comment below for an early invite 🧵

Are you a founder gearing up to fundraise? Join us for our @GoTechChicago event "Bridges to the Coasts: Mastering the Fundraising Journey." Please indicate your interest by registering at the link below (spots are limited). ⬇️ lu.ma/xyg58m21

@drewfallon12 🙌

As we embark on prime day, one of the most important things that is most often missed by operators is the gross margin impact of the promotion, and its subsequent impact on LTV:CAC One of my gripes as a CFO in dealing with existing analytics & finance tools on the market is that they generally do not take into account gross margin volatility. For example, if you have a sunscreen product that is high margin and it becomes a greater % of your sales in the summer - your summer months should see gross margin expansion. This has a direct impact on LTV (contribution) and therefore should influence your CAC forecast/tolerance. By the same token, promotions are the easiest way to absolutely erase contribution - and your cohort analysis tools just show you pretty retention curves that may look great I DONT CARE about that - I care about how much MONEY the cohort generated. Iris integrates your COGS & seller fees data into our Amazon cohort tracking feature so that you can more appropriately analyze cohort level profitability without being a SUCKER If you're not using iris, at least just make sure that you are deducting the appropriate cost of goods when you look back to analyze the quality of the customers acquire during prime day

Busy Q1 at @BridgeInvestVC... 📊 New investment in @AskLebesgue: AI CMO 🏛️ @us_abstract raises $4.8M Seed round led by @bonfire_vc 🎙️ Bridge Partner @ConnorRyan2013 joins @TheSSEPodcast and more! mailchi.mp/bridgeinvestme…

Q1 Newsletter just dropped! It was a busy one! mailchi.mp/bridgeinvestme…

@Nrcoope 😂

YES, I SAW

Vision is evidence of venture outcome potential. Metrics are evidence of progress towards that goal. Both are necessary!