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First check written and the funds transferred. Curious Ventures is officially investing. We will talk about the what soon. Today I want to talk about the how it feels. Humbling. That's the only word. Somewhere between the pitch decks, the legal docs, and the late night calls, it stopped being an idea and became real. A fund is just a thesis until a founder lets you in. Today, we did that. To the founders: thank you for trusting us with your earliest chapter. We don't take that lightly. We never will. @nachocsantos @samrbalagot To the @ns community: thank you for giving us time together. This deal exists because of rooms you built. To every LP, friend, and believer who backed Curious before there was anything to point to: Thank you for your trust.  This is the start. Not the milestone. The starting line. It's a pleasure to finally get this going.

when @nachocsantos & i first came to @ns last july, we were both working in another startup… who knew that 1 year later we’d be back building our very own 🤓 @SoodGen’s words truly resonate because wow. the journey to this day has truly been so humbling. to see your ideas coming to life & finding people who believe in it makes everything worth it. thank you for trusting nacho and i. we won’t let you down!! we’re so excited for what’s to come & SO HYPED TO KICK THIS OFF 👀🚀

Lets go!!! @samrbalagot and I have gotten the most valuable mentorship and workshops from @SoodGen the last few weeks here at @ns. Can’t wait to show you guys whats coming in the next month. We’ll be able to make any person or brand a creator with the easiest way to create and distribute content at scale.

Just broke a 72 hour water fast with the clan here at @ns It’s a different feeling.

Just took a degen bet that one of the teams today will score more than 2 goals. Let’s see how it plays out.

Day 14 of helping founders meet the right investors. Today’s spotlight: Curious Ventures, a global pre-seed fund backing ambitious founders from day one. What makes them stand out? ⚡ $10M global pre-seed fund ⚡ Invests in founders building from the earliest stages ⚡ Strong focus on founder quality and distribution-first thinking ⚡ Values founders building within communities like Network School and other network states ⚡ Led by Ashish Sood, with a thesis focused on the next generation of investable ideas If you're an early-stage founder with a bold vision and a strong distribution mindset, Curious Ventures could be the right partner. Because the right investor doesn’t just look at your product, they look at how you'll build and scale it. 👉 Apply Now: link in comments ♻️ Share with a founder who is ready to make the first move

@YesKhush_5 Interesting.

was talking to a GP at a VC firm. he said he’d invest in someone building puja kits for india. not generic “spiritual products” but actual ritual kits: Diwali puja, griha pravesh, raksha bandhan, regional rituals, hyperlocal traditions. right now people still go to 5 different shops for flowers, fruits, kalash, roli, rice, etc. (sounds interesting but not sure how this will pan out)

Gm gm Spending time with founders has been one of the best learning curves I have had in recent times. It’s like absorbing so much information from so many experiences together. Just hoping I bring value to them as much as they are doing for me.

@vedantutage03 @ThisisVanshika Don’t tag me Hahahaha

Anyone here who is a UAE resident but also living a digital nomad life and staying in countries for like 2-3 months? How do you manage tax residency?

Pleasure to meet @mehulshahca here at NS, one of the peoples who has been in the startup investing space for sometime now. It will be a pleasure to actually do some deals together soon. 🫡

Series : Humans of Network School I met someone who could rightly identify the right investible Ideas in 2026 #2 - Ashish Sood @SoodGen , GP of Curious Ventures

Gm gm It’s interesting to see how society reacts to change. We are different from one another and it’s good to embrace that, but it’s easier said than done. It’s like having a point in a fight you are not involved, it’s very different when it happens to you.

@sumit_singh @ns hahaha

@SoodGen @ns now for a second i thought Ranbir Singh!

Did some sailing today Perks of being at @ns It’s not all work. It’s a lifestyle.

One activity I strongly suggest to all founders building in Ai is that Please go do some market research for your problem statement. Best way to do that is go to site called “there is an ai for that” and just search there once. Please read what is being build. 🙏

Gm gm Let’s get the day going.

"I only took 3 days to build SAAS with 0 coding knowledge using AI. Developers are obsolete." Their build: