Slava Rubin

Great chat with @mlevchin (founder of Affirm and Paypal) and his formula for winning venture investments

@BenMillerise Great work Ben

In 2011, I pitched a top securities attorney in New York on democratizing investing. After hearing me list all of the ways I believed retail investors were disadvantaged by the financial system, he just looked at me and said: “Why would you bother with the little guy?” Today, 15 later, we’re listing the @fundrise Innovation Fund on the NYSE under the ticker $VCX. The financial system has a structural problem that most people can feel but few can name. The most valuable private technology companies are worth hundreds of billions, even over a trillion dollars, and they’ve never gone public. The wealth creation that used to flow through public markets—enabling everyone to participate—now happens behind a wall that excludes everyday investors. AI compounds the urgency. The companies building the most transformative technology in a generation are growing at rates we’ve never seen before, and the gap between who owns that growth and who benefits from it widens every quarter. We started working on the Fundrise Innovation Fund in 2021 to test whether a public venture capital fund could work. Over 100,000 investors now own a portfolio concentrated in the leading private AI and technology companies, making VCX one of the largest funds of its kind to ever list on a major exchange. No accredited investor requirement. Now available in any brokerage account. When that attorney asked me why I’d bother with the little guy, I told him: because they’re getting screwed! But I believe today marks another step in building a better financial system for the individual investor. Onward

When someone manages $66B AUM, it's good to listen. Valuable works from Ken Kencel

When someone manages $63B aum it is good to listen. Thanks Ken Kencel for taking the time

In case you missed it, @gogoSlava Rubin and @janerikasplund held a pre-IPO investor briefing on healthtech startups, covering @EvidenceOpen, @ouraring, and @AbridgeHQ, and how @OpenAI is changing the sector. It's a fascinating topic - check it out! withvincent.com/research/pre-i…

@RaoulGMI Fly fishing Club. Members only hidden omakase. 12 seats. epic. I am happy to help

Friends...Any recommendations for a really good high-end, small, intimate omakase in NYC?

@alexisohanian Fully agreed

You can just build things—even supersonic jets. Founders: if you're building something I'll wanna brag to my grandkids about, I want to fund you at the earliest possible stage!

@j__fort @Novig Go team. Very impressive

Novig turns 5 this week. From a dorm room concept to billions in trading volume, it's been wild to see how far this idea has come. Grateful for my cofounder Kelechi, our team, our investors, my incredibly supportive wife Leah, and the Novig community that believed in us from day one. We’re still early. If you want to help us build the future of sports markets, we’re hiring: novig.com/careers Onward.

@m_franceschetti @eightsleep @tether Amazing. Keep up the good work

Today we're announcing a new round of funding that values @eightsleep at $1.5 billion, led by @tether Investments. Ten years ago I started Eight Sleep with one conviction: the night is the most underutilized lever in human health. Almost nobody was engineering their sleep. Last year, we hit free cash flow positivity, launched 3 new products, expanded to 34 countries, and published peer-reviewed studies showing the Pod reduces menopausal hot flashes by 56% and restores the body's natural circadian temperature rhythm during sleep, lowering core body temperature and improving cardiovascular recovery. A product you sleep on is producing clinical outcomes that rival pharmaceutical interventions. We're now building a predictive AI agent trained on 1B+ hours of sleep data. It anticipates your night before it happens. And we're advancing FDA filings for sleep apnea detection. Passive. Every night. No wires, no clinic visits. The night is just the beginning.

An exciting new Neo cohort

So true

Looks like cz_binance got in my picture

ICYMI, the replay of our investor briefing on crypto, gold, and prediction markets featuring @gogoSlava Rubin, @MilkRoad's John Gillen (@BitcoinJesusETH), and Sacra's @janerikasplund is now available to watch: withvincent.com/research/crypt…

Strong wisdom

Latest episode of the pod is out - @gogoSlava Rubin had the chance to chat with @getgoodfin CEO and co-founder @AnnaJooFee and talk all things pre-IPO startups. Here, Anna talks about the most popular sectors in the space. Full ep: withvincent.com/research/smart…

Were about to start the greatest sports run of all time… Olympics- FEB 6 Super Bowl- FEB 8 College Baseball- FEB 13 World Baseball Classic- MAR 4 March Madness- MAR 17 Opening Day- MAR 26 Masters- APR 9 NBA+NHL Finals- JUNE World Cup- JUN 11 College Football- AUG 26 NFL- SEP 10

In case you missed it, yesterday @gogoSlava Rubin and @janerikasplund discussed the AI startup @perplexity_ai, looking at the future for the company and the AI market. Full briefing: withvincent.com/research/pre-i…

ICYMI, the replay of our latest investor briefing is up. @gogoSlava Rubin and @janerikasplund discussed five of the hottest pre-IPO names on the market - Ramp, OpenEvidence, Apptronik, Whop, and Shield AI. Full briefing: withvincent.com/research/pre-i…

Talking real estate and 2026 predictions

"I'm long New York...I couldn't be more bullish." @gogoSlava Rubin sat down with @fundrise CEO @BenMillerise to talk real estate, predictions for 2026, and markets he likes and doesn't like for the coming year. Full ep: withvincent.com/research/smart…