lily petherick
149 posts

lily petherick
@LilyPetherick
Investor at @CherryVentures, formerly at @flex_cap 💫 catch me in my red cortezz 👟






Is it just me or has everyone all of a sudden decide London is the new tech mecca

Grabbed Taco Bell with @kirbyman01, Partner at @a16z ($46B AUM) who led investments in @elevenlabs, @cluely, and @partiful. He's the kind of VC who'll fly to London for a two-hour lunch if it means closing the right founder. We talked about Al voices feeling like Scarlett Johansson's 'Her', making "morally criminal not to buy" products, and his Marvel-inspired "Infinity Stones" investing strategy - audio, video, 3D, text, image - with a sum greater than it's parts. From early days at @Snapchat, to showing up for @im_roy_lee with steaks, to scribbling a multimillion-dollar term sheet on a napkin for @matiii... BK's built a career around going all in.

Cluely CEO Roy Lee admits to publicly lying about revenue numbers last year techcrunch.com/2026/03/05/clu…




most contrarian prediction: AI causes a baby boom most contrarian prediction inside that prediction: AI also causes a religious revival



🚨 BREAKING: I’m partnering with @deel to fund up to 10 founders with $1,000,000 🤑 Deel just launched The Pitch, a global startup tournament, for the best founder in the world. The prices: • 10 startups will each receive a $1M SAFE • 100 regional winners will each receive $50K SAFEs • $15M+ total capital deployed And we’re officially partnering with them to push this to the Market Fit audience 🔥 This isn’t a gimmick. It’s a real funding vehicle. Here’s how it works: 1️⃣ Submit a 5-minute application 2️⃣ Top startups get invited to regional in-person finals 3️⃣ Regional winners get funded 4️⃣ Global finalists compete for $1M Just product, team, and ambition. I know how cracked my founder audience is. If you’re building something serious, this is an asymmetric upside. Don’t worry, we’ll be spotlighting strong applications from our side 😉 I’ll personally be backing and pushing the strongest applications. Apply. Swing big. Let’s fund one of you! 𝗖𝗼𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽’𝘀 𝗼𝗻𝗲-𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗜’𝗹𝗹 𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗸 🔥

The entire Accenture workforce is about to be outperformed by a 24-year-old who learned Claude Code last Tuesday.








