Abbie Strabala

generalist pre-seed investing @outlandervc anything software or hardware enabling software at least 1 technical co-founder building product. no crypto/gaming/fda-regulated otherwise, DMs are open.

@heidy_dms Hey, would love to learn more about what you’re building in the wearable space. calendly.com/abbie-outlande…

During a demo at the company that went to become our first clients, one of the engineers called my first Haptify Bands proto a $40K Sextoy

@BladonStuart @hthieblot would love to learn more about this. calendly.com/abbie-outlande…

@hthieblot Yeah, building 30 prototypes atm to test out on my college track team

@ Founders under 200 followers, what are you building? If it's cool, I'll invite you to our 40k sqft lab in SF Bonus point if it’s hardware

@outlandervc sound like you? book time with me here: calendly.com/abbie-outlande…

generalist pre-seed investing @outlandervc anything software or hardware enabling software at least 1 technical co-founder building product. no crypto/gaming/fda-regulated otherwise, DMs are open.

@Freesiagaul this looks sick, would love to find some time to learn more.

@hthieblot super scuffed one that we threw together with some molex connectors from an hp printer 🤣 we made it in under 2 weeks and our first tester was a swe from roblox! im sending out a fun video of the trip soon, and we're moving to more custom pcbs for our next proto atm! :D

@ Founders and builders with under 100 followers, what are you building? If it's cool, I'll invite you to our 40k sqft lab in SF

@nic_detommaso @outlandervc

Finding funds that 𝑡𝑟𝑢𝑙𝑦 invest in pre-seed is hard. Here's a list of some I know do A LOT of pre-seed (add to comments): Hustle Fund Everywhere Ventures Pear VC Wonder Ventures Precursor Ventures Wischoff Ventures Nido Ventures Plug and Play Tech Center Gaingels Amplify.LA Dorm Room Fund MBA Ventures Unshackled Ventures Torch Capital Rally Cap Cortado Ventures LvlUp Ventures Ganas Ventures Symphonic Capital Alpaca VC Deciens Capital Afore Capital The Council GoAhead Ventures Barrel Ventures Enzo Ventures Redbud VC Next Wave NYC f7 Ventures Recall Capital Launch Factory Kiplin Capital Better Tomorrow Ventures Incisive Ventures Boost VC What are others? --- For founders who are fundraising, I did a deep dive on what's actually inside an early stage memo. This could help you nail fundraising: lnkd.in/gPd8-bYy ♻️ Repost to help a founder in your network!

@NealBloom @RyanCTJ @paigefinnn @CONNECTinSD That sounds awesome! Count me in

@RyanCTJ @straballar @paigefinnn Welcome welcome! Founder hike this Wednesday and @CONNECTinSD doing a VC day in mid May I'm hosting SD Founders Hike - May 2023. Would you like to attend? linkedin.com/events/sdfound…

@saraledterman @Samirkaji Literally none of the big 4 will take emerging managers for firm + funds with AUM <$150M. “Too risky” for them. JPM will only allow if you are a private wealth client with $5M. BoA/Merrill is similar. Citi is a no go. Big upside to partner with managers as they grow.

@Samirkaji This will be a huge problem. A big bank told us that the smallest “emerging fund” they would bank is 500m AUM. This is an indication that they’re so out of touch that you would never want them as your bank anyway.

As a small fund or small company, you definitely want to see banks like FRB exist. The experience I've been hearing for being forced to work with big banks has been universally terrible.

@emilyherrera Oooh that sounds fun! Yes please 🙋🏻‍♀️

Anyone wana co-host a consumer VC dinner with me in sf?

@harshitagirase @a16z Yes!! Sending you a DM now…

Planning to host a Female Founders/ Women in Tech Happy Hour for @a16z SF Tech Week!! Who wants to help sponsor + co-host?? Please DM!

@KylieBourjaily If any investor isn’t then they aren’t meeting their fiduciary responsibility: 2.5x greater returns + ~1 yr earlier exits. Gender investment strategies didn’t really exist until 2015, to name a few.. @AvestriaVC @GoldenSeeds @Portfolia1 @TrueWealthVC @fcubedvc @Backstage_Cap

@brickywhat @sri_varre Abhhh!!! I literally just left for a month in San Diego. Back at the end of May if you’re still around. Will DM you

@sri_varre @straballar Would love to!!!

🚨🚨🚨 I’m in SF🚨🚨🚨 Here for a month, tag your favorite sf pal and I will try to meet them. I am always down for a coffee or walking meeting!! Hoping to connect with early stage founders, emerging managers, and generous + kind people :)

@ALiS0NLAURA @JoeDesiderio @steviemctweets Literally. So sick of this shit. My healthcare is not optional, so let’s stop investing and talking about it like it is.

@JoeDesiderio @straballar @steviemctweets twitter.com/ALiS0NLAURA/st…

@nikillinit Defaulting LPs will be an interesting trend to watch in 2023. Lots of activity on secondaries + opportunities to get into closed firms as an LP. Usually there’s some pretty steep escalation outlined in the LPA on next steps (forfeit carry, pre-pay balance). Lots of legal fees..

if LPs say no to capital calls because they don't like what you're investing in, doesn't that just make your venture fund a rolling fund?

@KatyWellhousen Same here! The ROI just isn’t there. My only motivator is to do renovations I want, like bathroom or kitchen upgrades that don’t make sense when renting. Could be solved with a long term lease like you see in some places with 99+ years

as a 33-year-old who plans to always live in a large metro area, i'm having a hard time seeing the benefit to ever owning a home (especially given that i am currently rent controlled) anyone else not really have this on their grownup to-do list?

@JennieNwokoye @clafiya @BayerFoundation 🤞🤞🤞🤞

🚨 Finalist Alert 🚨 Im super excited to share that @clafiya was selected as a finalist for the @BayerFoundation Women Empowerment Award! Please vote for us to win a $25,000 grant with the link below and click on my name - Jennie Nwokoye. RT RT RT 🙏🏾. bayer-foundation-wea.com/africa-and-mid…

@PitchBook can you please add the total $ amount of VC funding you are using to calculate the % of funding to mixed gender and female founded teams to the dashboard? I want to compare the $ vs. just the %. pitchbook.com/news/articles/…

@blakeaburge @oralucent ! Oral health + overall health impacts. I have seen such a significant different in the color of my teeth, less bleeding when flossing and no more bad breath by the afternoon. + my dentist no longer lectures me about my gums. Which is all ROI I really need.

@MoFromYYZ My god. Look at that density, what a dream come true. 😍 I bet more than 1 place in this world would be open for coffee at 10 pm

NYC vs SF? I asked Midjourney to mix the two and:

@TarlonKhoubyari And you can’t miss the hunky Jesus’s contest at Dolores this weekend! It’s an Easter must! 🐇

living in SF means that youll get invited to hunky jesus themed pilates class in the same week as a tech networking event