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Michael Mescia
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Michael Mescia
@M_Rtrip
Co-Founder/CMO @roundtrip_xyz
United States Katılım Mart 2016
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Everyone’s chasing AI personalization in travel… but is that what actually makes you feel something? 🤔
The future isn’t just smarter recommendations… it’s authenticity, influence, and human energy 🌍✨
That’s why we’re betting on social discovery as the driver, not the add-on.
We’re building something that pulls you in, learns you, and makes travel feel alive.
@Roundtrip_xyz is coming 🚀
Join early 👉 rtrip.xyz
#Travel #Startup #AI #SocialDiscovery #FutureOfTravel
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just got promoted from venture scout to summer associate at LvlUp Ventures
focused on connecting overlooked, doubted, and underrepresented founders to real capital
if you’re building, drop it below and let’s get you in the right rooms
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@amarifields_ Of course I gotta make my way into the discord group
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@gregisenberg @startupideaspod I would love to speak be on the show and speak on what we are building @Roundtrip_xyz
Here’s the site check it out rtrip.xyz
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I have 3 open guest spots on @startupideaspod
If you could sit in on a conversation between me and anyone in the AI or startup world, who would it be?
Tag them below. The more the better.
The best guests come from you guys. Every time.
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@gregisenberg Yea we are building for the travel space @Roundtrip_xyz
Soon everyone will get a chance to experience it 🙏🏼😊
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It feels pretty obvious at this point that someone’s going to make billions building a social app that’s just for friends, no AI slop, no brainrot, calm design, chronological feed and no concept of followers
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founders hub is growing fast
650+ founders and builders
from harvard, yc, and teams that have raised millions
$1,000,000 now committed to founders in the community
we’re building around the next generation of unicorns
investors who want early access
comment if interested
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Where are the true #preseed investors. We are cooking over @Roundtrip_xyz 👀👀. Let’s talk
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@Evanzsolomon @PortalVentures What’s your requirements for pre seed. We are building something brewing @Roundtrip_xyz with a working MVP 👀
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Y'all already know but still leading pre-seed deals @PortalVentures
My dm's are ALWAYS open
Tom Dunleavy@dunleavy89
The shift in the crypto fundraising landscape the past 6 months has been insane. Crypto VCs used to have to constantly be networking/writing/podcasting/going on spaces/promoting your thesis/getting on 10 deal flow calls a week, to get into good deals...now it's literally enough to just have capital to write checks. Deals are being pushed rather than dug out. Inbound if people know you have money is at an all-time high. Most firms are either 1) Out of money 2) Moved to Series A and beyond or 3) Fundraising (with no success). Deals that used to close in 2-3 weeks now close in 2-3 months. Firms with questionable business models or copy pasta of the latest trend are getting zero primary or follow-on funding (Good news!). There are now realistically <20 firms writing checks in pre-seed/seed. VCs basically have the pick of any deal they want, with more time to do DD. IMHO 25/26 are going to be historic vintages for those who stick around.
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@kacieahmed At RoundTrip we are building a platform dedicated to both the users and merchants. We focus on the key areas of social discovery, personalization and frictionless payments. We are super dialed in on what customers do after the booking process. Would love to chat more.
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The travel industry is massive… but the infrastructure behind it is outdated.
RoundTrip is rebuilding it from the ground up:
• Intelligent decision layer behind bookings
• Revenue-backed rewards instead of empty loyalty points
• A unified system connecting discovery → booking → experience
We’re not competing with OTAs.
We’re building what comes after them.
@Roundtrip_xyz
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I'd love to angel invest in a handful of startups this month.
Pre-seed and seed. Ideally AI or VC-adjacent, but open to all.
My value add:
▪️ 500K+ newsletter subscribers across The VC Corner and The AI Corner
▪️ 300K+ LinkedIn followers, 2–4M weekly impressions
▪️ a16z speedrun scout
▪️ Network of top VCs, operators and founders
👉 Pitch in comments
Ruben@rdominguezibar
the PITCH DECKS💰 that raised billions are now public. Study them before your next raise: 1️⃣ 26 pitch decks that raised $400M in 2026 → thevccorner.com/p/26-pitch-dec… 2️⃣ Anthropic's 2022 pitch deck just leaked: 10 slides, no product, now worth $380B → thevccorner.com/p/anthropic-20… 3️⃣ 16 unicorn pitch decks: the actual slides before the billions → thevccorner.com/p/unicorn-pitc… 4️⃣ Peter Thiel only explained once how to raise money. Here it is → thevccorner.com/p/peter-thiel-… 5️⃣ SpaceX: how to build and pitch the most ambitious company of our time → thevccorner.com/p/spacex-strat… 6️⃣ Synthesia turned down Adobe's $3B offer. Here's the 18-slide deck that raised $180M → thevccorner.com/p/inside-synth… 7️⃣ How Brex raised $57M and rebuilt startup banking → thevccorner.com/p/how-brex-rai… 8️⃣ 50 real pitch decks from startups that raised $380M+ → thevccorner.com/p/50-real-star… 9️⃣ 200+ pitch decks that raised over $50 billion → thevccorner.com/p/200-startup-… 🔟 153 startups fundraising right now with their actual decks → thevccorner.com/p/153-startups… Bookmark this. The best founders study what worked before they pitch. How much does a pitch deck actually matter vs the founder behind it?
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RoundTrip is a smarter way to travel. You’ll see soon enough. 😌
RoundTrip@Roundtrip_xyz
Planning today looks like this: - TikTok for inspiration - Google for “top things to do” - Friends for recommendations - Reviews for reassurance You’re piecing together context across five platforms RoundTrip brings that all into one place
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@alexkehr Cause we are building the next generation travel platform and I bet you will use it soon so why not just join in on the fun early 😅👀🙏🏼 and we are NY based so you know we hustle already. Love to talk more about it.
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If your idea is “interesting but risky,” you’re our type.
Writing $250k–$500k checks. Early stage.
DMs open.
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Amari is an exceptional founder and just like myself is working in the trenches to bring our vision to life. He’s doing something super amazing in the mental health space. So if you are apart of this field or line of work, definitely connect with him. @amarifields_
Amari Fields@amarifields_
the power of building in public. months struggling to get compute to $1.2m worth of GPUs overnight.
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If other VCs have called you “too fringe”, “too crazy”, “too weird”
Call us.
At Draper Associates, we're doubling down on the stuff that makes traditional investors uncomfortable.
We're funding:
🤖 AI, Robotics & Automation
🧬 Healthcare & Biotech
🚀 Space & Aerospace
₿ Crypto & Blockchain
We want the wild, weird, and unconventional.
We want the ideas that everyone calls too crazy.
We want the problems everyone thinks are impossible to solve.
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