Kelly LaBuff

@americanhousing Let's go!!! So excited for this! The companies showcasing are 🔥

LET'S GO!!! So excited for this

Trying Poke by @interaction, and hoping for something magical after the wild onboarding negotiation

@NeilTewari @conversionai @AbstractVC @james__jiao Congrats on the raise!!!!

I’m excited to share that @conversionai has raised a $28M Series A led by @AbstractVC to build the modern marketing automation platform. Four years ago, @james__jiao and I started Conversion out of our UC Berkeley dorm room. Since then, we’ve launched, pivoted, and rebuilt the product more times than we can count. Every pivot was a lesson. We changed the product, changed the audience, changed the pitch. But every time we tried to grow, we got stuck fighting the same outdated software. For two decades, marketers have been stuck using software invented in 2006: Oracle Eloqua, Salesforce Pardot, Adobe Marketo, and HubSpot Marketing Hub. These tools were built before LinkedIn ads existed, let alone AI-driven campaigns. In an era obsessed with “move fast and break things,” we chose a different path. We spent years working with top design partners to build a MAP that feels like Figma, enriches like Clay, and scales like HubSpot — but built from the ground up for modern marketing teams. Today, Conversion is trusted by over 4,000 growing companies, including OpenAI, Abacum, Paraform, Warmly, Motion, and HockeyStack. In under two years, we’ve grown to nearly 8-figures in revenue, making us one of the fastest-growing marketing startups in the world. Our gratitude to our investors, customers, founding team members, friends, and family cannot be overstated. This is a special team on a bold mission to displace massive, legacy incumbents. A mission to make marketing software feel like magic. --- This $28M round was led by Abstract Ventures, with participation from @HOFCapital, @trueventures, @AntlerGlobal, and top angels from @OpenAI. A few special thank-yous: 1/ Our incredible investor group led by @dkwon98, Puneet Agarwal, @VictorWangJC , and Chris Millisits, for believing in our vision. 2/ Our amazing design partners: @BeauroyreMax , Stephanie Bian, Joseph Wang, @pranavmitl, Ethan Yu, Veronica Dominicis, and @fin465 for helping us build something complex, elegant, and powerful. 3/ And most importantly, our team: @charlie_he_ , @KyleWonzen, @levibkline , @matt_rowl_dev , Tayler Dunn, @SammyBoch, Naasir Farooqi, Swamik Lamichhane, @_varunnair, and @jimfutsu . Founders are only as strong as their team, and James and I feel incredibly lucky to work with such an amazing team everyday. We’re hiring across GTM, marketing, engineering, and design. If this mission speaks to you, our careers page is in the comments. If you’re tired of broken workflows and generic emails, comment “Conversion” and we’ll send you 100 high-performing templates from the best companies in the world. PS: two years ago, we were nearly out of cash, surviving on Chipotle rewards points in Berkeley and deep into our second pivot. To every builder out there: stay scrappy, inquisitive, and grateful. Building a startup is a privilege. Keep going.

@Superhuman has changed the email game for me - 7,079 emails later and I still love working through my inbox 🔥 If you want to join this email joy, try it out for 2 free months using this link - superhuman.com/refer/bw5q6nkj

A snapshot of our last portfolio summit in NYC - you could be in the next one! Antler will deploy over $6M in Austin the next Residency - $500k per company, and a $2.5k relocation grant to build with us if you are joining from out of state. 🛠 Already building? DM me

cofounder speed dating - partiful.com/e/VLAPL4TUAfFI… sunset drinks - lu.ma/STEPSF24-SUNSET

📣 Two Antler events in SF next week 1. Cofounder Speed Dating - Wednesday, Aug 14th - specifically for folks who are actively exploring ideas and/or looking for a cofounder 2. Sunset drinks - Thursday, Aug 15th - great views, drinks, and networking Sign up in comments

@hpierrejacques 100% agree in the preseed stage - so much can/should change as you get market validation

I’m obsessed with founders, not products I bet on markets, not businesses

Antler is growing our team - looking for a Management Company Accountant // Finance Analyst who will report directly to our US fund CFO >> Send any/all kickass excel wizards who are looking to join a pre-seed venture fund my way

Congrats to the Doowii team for their $4.1M raise - w/ @gsvventures & @BetterVentures leading 🎉 Doowii is transforming education with AI-driven data analytics solutions for educators. prnewswire.com/news-releases/… #vc #startups

@gsvventures Congrats to Doowii!!! 💪

Thrilled to announce that Doowii has secured $4.1M in their latest fundraising round. Congrats to the entire Doowii team! We are proud to support Doowii's mission to transform education with AI-driven data analytics solutions for educators. 🚀 prnewswire.com/news-releases/…

@bling0 @blingcapital Congrats!!!

Honored to be part of the 2024 Forbes Midas Seed List. Thanks to the @blingcapital team and the Bling Capital Product Council, our LPs, and also our CEOs for the opportunity! ♥️ forbes.com/lists/midas-se…

Kicking off summer the right way - Stanford Angels & Entrepreneurs of Austin next week! ☀️🍻 June 11th, 6pm at Seven Spirits. partiful.com/e/pDoLnoRkv7nx…

Sharing a fun read from my past in vertical farming - if you ever wanted to get a high-level intro, check out Plant Factory a.co/d/hQKfc7i - still on my bookshelf

1/ Heads up to the AI builder community interested in fighting climate change. @lowercarbon @OpenAI @CrusoeEnergy are hosting Hacking for Clean Energy next month, from June 28-29 in San Francisco! This is a first-of-a-kind AI hackathon focused on accelerating the scale up of renewables. lu.ma/eoi69aaw

@shawnxu @lowercarbon @OpenAI @CrusoeEnergy So cool - excited to see what comes out of it!

@petergyang +1 on cucumber, but with tajín

How do you all avoid snacking at night? Or are there some healthy options to snack on?

After a lifetime of avoiding it, I voluntarily went on a 6am run - surviving Austin summer ☀️

It is just me, or is it impossible to wear a metal watch while using a laptop... how are people managing out there? am I missing something?