Jed Katz

GeoAI is going to be extremely important. LGND is building the full stack, from foundation models to applications. AI can now understand the Earth. We're talking 800 PB of Earth data, finally available to AI tools. You can start using it and building amazing things today! Nice work @natpmanning and the @lgnd_ai team!!!

@Beezer232 @NinoMarakovic @SapphireVC @SapphirePrtnrs Nice! Congrats Beezer!!

Personal news update! … I’m joining the venture platform at LGT Capital Partners. It’s been nearly 15 years since I joined @NinoMarakovic at @SapphireVC to help build @SapphirePrtnrs - and hard to believe our working relationship started another 15 years before that at Morgan Stanley waayyy back in 1994. Since that time, it’s been the privilege of a lifetime to work alongside him, and to help build what Sapphire Partners has become. I’m incredibly proud of the team, the relationships, and the managers we’ve had the chance to partner with along the way. That’s always been the most meaningful part. I’m lucky to be making this move alongside @LauraLPThompson , @natewcl , Dan Clayton, Vittorio Reynoso-Avila, and Anna Jacoby. This wasn’t an easy decision, but over time it became clear this was the right step—for our team, for Sapphire, for LGT, and for the managers we support. The opportunity came together naturally through our long relationship with @TKtwitster and the LGT team. I’ve known Thomas for over a decade and have always respected his thoughtful approach to venture. At a high level, this is about alignment and continuing to build—just at greater scale. We’re not changing what we do, just expanding where and how we do it. What made Sapphire so special to me, though, was always the people—the ones who made the work meaningful every day. While I won’t be in the same place day to day, this isn’t a goodbye—just a different way of working together. Grateful to everyone at Sapphire who made the past 15 years so meaningful 💙 I’m taking a short break before starting at LGT on April 15—spending some time with my son before he heads off to college this Fall. A big transition for both of us. 🤲 Looking forward to what’s ahead. 💫✨

My New Book - Global IPO: Great Rewiring of Capital Markets, comes out today! globalipobook.com

@UrgentSpeed Great to hear and congrats!! Looking forward to reading it, since I know your massive expertise in this area!

Yes, that's quite astute. You do also have to have skill to make it to the NBA. But it's damn hard to win a championship without at least one super high IQ player. Regardless, for the other 10 million people playing the sport, the value of high IQ players on your team is massive.

@JedKatz @TheHoopHerald Skill, skill,skill,skill and skill...not just a High IQ. Try again

This dude is playing a different game then the others His own pace Make the game look so easy and he is so skilled

@all4Saints @TheHoopHerald Jokic, Doncic, Green, Bird, and many more

@JedKatz @TheHoopHerald You both in the NBA. I've seen plenty "High IQ" guys only last a season or two before becoming a coach 😂

Always fun to hang with you @Jason! Launchfest was great, and I really enjoyed getting to know all of the Japan-based startups you brought by. And of course the Dim Sum was superb! Thanks to you and your amazing team! @JacqKD @biancavel80 @LukasDurand8

Core Principle: Invest in amazing founders. Magic will follow. Read my partner @alex_gurevich's story about our investment in Moltbook. As Hannibal Smith would say... "I love it when a plan comes together!"

@tasniahuque @markroberge Great interview!

“Retention looks good” ≠ product-market fit. Real PMF = X% of customers completing Activity A every T time period = Leading Indicator of Retention Sat down w/ @markroberge (HubSpot CRO → IPO, one of my HBS profs) on his new book The Science of Scaling.

Sometimes I feel like everyone needs to watch “Don’t Look Up” again. Apply your own metaphor. Lots of choices.

How people think about Education is changing extremely rapidly. And MasterClass is leading the way. Read below and think about the massive advantages of this approach. And the value!

@jeremybanon @cyber_health_co Very well done. I wish I could say it was shocking, but it's not. Companies need to get serious about this.

1/ We support hundreds of executives' cyber security. We analyzed their posture *before* they started working with us. For the first time, we're publishing results which highlight overlooked business risk 👇

This is extremely eye opening. If you're a company that values security, then your execs need to value security too. This is a MUST READ if you want to be serious about that.

@flushingitgolf It's the WM Phoenix Open. He could very well be drunk.

Scottie Scheffler has just gone bogey, bogey, double bogey in his last 3 holes to currently be tied last at the WM Phoenix Open. He is human after all.

Congrats @jimpayne and team! Thrilled to support @cloudx and expect mobile publishers will quickly learn why this is such a giant step forward for their ability to monetize!

@JavelinVP's investment in @xai was anything but typical for us. There was an extra comma in the valuation, we'd be participating instead of leading, and the capital requirements were going to be massive. But there was no denying that the possibilities of the company were even more massive. They had certain strategic advantages that were undeniable, and they would be closely connected to an extended family of companies and brilliant builders that were clearly leading the world in innovation and value creation. The merger with @SpaceX is genius, and the potential of the combined company is almost hard to fathom. Yes, there are clear strategic advantages, as outlined in Elon's letter. But it goes way beyond that, in terms of its potential importance to the world in the years to come, and the way it will help solve some of our biggest problems. Not the least of which involves obtaining enough energy to do what AI and future technologies may be capable of doing. A huge congratulations to the leaders, employees and shareholders of both companies. And a huge thank you to @xai for allowing us to join the ride, and to my friend @adeoressi, another amazing Javelin portfolio founder, for working with us on the investment. #xai-joins-spacex" target="_blank" rel="nofollow noopener">spacex.com/updates#xai-jo…

You mean the guy who plays Nazi cosplay was caught mocking Jewish people? We’re shocked!

A new phishing campaign on LinkedIn is targeting executives and IT leaders with fake job or project invites. These attacks are happening outside the traditional email inbox, directly inside professional messaging platforms executives use every day. (techradar.com/pro/security/a…) This matters because the best executives get approached by headhunters and recruiters. And those conversations often happen on channels that are intentionally not company-owned: personal phone, personal email, and social media. That creates a blind spot. If an executive gets compromised in that moment, attackers gain more than credentials. They gain leverage, including the ability to threaten exposure and create disruption around the executive’s current role. At The Cyber Health Company, our work helps executives stay secure across phone, email, and social platforms when they are being approached. And when something does go wrong, our privacy-preserving support means executives can get help reactively without making the situation worse or turning it into a larger incident. Book a demo with us to make sure your executives have both proactive and reactive support where you're not monitoring. #CISO #ExecutiveSecurity #Phishing #LinkedIn #CyberHealth