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2026 28

  1. The Road Not Taken: Self-Funding NFXThe NFX TeamSep 2026
  2. The Promotion You Never Asked ForGigi Levy-WeissSep 2026
  3. The Speed Masterclass is LiveThe NFX TeamSep 2026
  4. Cybersecurity’s Future Belongs to StartupsGigi Levy-WeissSep 2026
  5. How Much Should Founders Get Paid?Omri Drory, Ph.D.Aug 2026
  6. A Board Meeting That Doesn’t SuckOmri Drory, Ph.D.Jul 2026
  7. How The Fastest AI-First Companies Really WorkGigi Levy-WeissJul 2026
  8. The Upgraded Go-to-Market Playbook Pete FlintJul 2026
  9. The AI Wrapper is Dead: 3 Approaches to Verticalization for Early-Stage StartupsPete FlintJul 2026
  10. 3 Reasons Why NFX Invested in Altro Health: A Clinical Shopify for WellnessJames CurrierJun 2026
  11. Longevity vs The National Debt
  12. Unlocking The New Industrial Revolution
  13. The Case for Venture Capital in the Age of Superintelligence
  14. Why We Were First Money Into Blitzy
  15. Functional AGI is Already Here
  16. The Last Problem For AI to Solve is Health
  17. AI Zen
  18. The Infinite Game: What Artists Know That Founders Don’t
  19. Software with a Soul: AI's Underestimated Frontier
  20. What Comes Next Is Bigger Than SaaS Ever Was
  21. Ports, Rails, Roads, and Orbits
  22. "Find a Way to Break Reality": How Centivax Brought a Universal Flu Vaccine to Clinic
  23. The Stack Above the Cloud
  24. AI Games Are Coming
  25. The Screenless Startup: A New Philosophy For AI Applications
  26. Ask NFX: James Currier on When to Pivot, What to Ignore, and How to Move Faster
  27. In Vitro, In Vivo, In China: How Early-Stage Companies Are Reaching the Clinic Faster Than Ever
  28. Promoting Anastasia Budinskaya to Principal

2025 31

  1. The 5 Ideas That Defined 2025 - According to Founders
  2. The Founder's Guide to JPM
  3. 1,000 Simultaneous Experiments: The Next Mental State for Founders
  4. Three Reasons Why NFX Invested in On Me: The Product Turning Gift Cards into Networks
  5. The Hidden Structure Behind Today’s Fastest Startups
  6. Why NFX Invested in Cyclana Bio: A Bioplatform Building Physiologically Accurate Human Tissue Models
  7. NFX’s $325M Fund IV and the Turning Point
  8. Meet the 2026 NFX Fellows
  9. The AI Utopia Doesn’t Exist Without Bio
  10. Why NFX Invested in F2: AI for Private Financial Market Investors
  11. Why NFX Invested in Koi Security: The Future of App-Layer Security, Scaling at Hyperspeed
  12. Pricing the AI Workforce: From Pilots to Real Revenue
  13. Why NFX Invested in Maisa: The Unlock the AI Workforce Needs
  14. The Seasons of Fundraising
  15. Why Israeli Founders Have a Key AI Advantage
  16. Women’s Health 2.0: Beyond Fertility
  17. The False-Positive Incumbent
  18. How AI Companies Will Build Real Defensibility
  19. Longevity Can Save America
  20. How to Move Fast
  21. Voice AI is Working. Here's Where It Wins First
  22. Why Don’t Billionaires Invest In Longevity?
  23. The Network Effects of Where You Build
  24. The 3-Person Unicorn Startup
  25. Longevity's First Blockbuster
  26. What It Really Takes To Make AI Agents Work
  27. The Next 10 Years Will Be About the AI Agent Economy
  28. How "Venture Capital 3.0" Impacts Founders in the AI Age
  29. The Five Stages of AI Agent Evolution
  30. Consumer is Back – And Why It's Been So Hard Since 2014
  31. Stackable Business Models in the Age of AI

2024 31

  1. The "Intangible" Game: How VCs See You
  2. Technology Windows: The Unseen Force Driving Your Startup
  3. An Ode to Launch
  4. Meet the 2025 NFX Fellows
  5. Why Great Bioplatforms Will Always Win
  6. Promoting Daniel Museles to Principal
  7. How to Start Your Own VC Fund
  8. The Verticalization of Everything
  9. The Killer Wedge Mini-Series
  10. The Race to 160
  11. Promoting Sarai Bronfeld to Partner
  12. 12 Killer Wedges for Your Company's Growth
  13. Guided AI Agents: Turbocharging the SMB
  14. Why NFX Invested in TwoStep Therapeutics: One Elegant Platform Targeting 90% of Cancers
  15. How VCs Become Assholes
  16. Stablecoins Are Defense Tech
  17. The Business Case for Longevity
  18. Hidden Patterns of Great Startup Ideas (Live from GSB)
  19. Anna Piñol Promoted to Partner
  20. A Scientific Approach To Your Company (And Your Life)
  21. The Wartime CEO: 9 Leadership Principles for Strong Startups
  22. The AI Workforce is Here: The Rise of a New Labor Market
  23. What I Wish I Knew as a Scientist-Founder
  24. The Startup Advantage in AI
  25. Why NFX Invested in Rec: Modernizing Your Local Parks & Rec Experience
  26. A Scientific Approach to VC
  27. AI Is Like Water
  28. Why NFX Invested in Overmoon: Combining the Best of Airbnb + Hotels
  29. Startups vs Incumbents in the AI Era
  30. The Future of Longevity: The Battle Against Human Aging (An NFX Documentary)
  31. The NFX Bio Guide to JPM Success

2023 23

  1. Why NFX Invested in ScaleOps: The Startup that Reduces Cloud Costs by Up to 80%
  2. Meet the 2024 NFX Fellows
  3. The AI Spectrum for Founders
  4. How to Prepare for an Upturn
  5. Why NFX Invested in Warmly: Harnessing AI to End the Cold Call
  6. The AI-First Marketplace
  7. Why NFX Invested in Mana Bio: The TechBio Platform Using AI for Better Drug Delivery
  8. The Terror Attack on Israel
  9. Why NFX Doubled Down on Stoke: Developing the Most Robust Fully Reusable Rocket
  10. Why NFX Invested in Gizmo: The Generative AI Personal Learning Assistant
  11. Real Estate's Hidden AI Revolution
  12. Why NFX Invested in Darrow: the Startup Using AI to Help Lawyers Discover New Cases
  13. AI is Reinventing the Legal Industry
  14. Why NFX Invested in Vendict: The Startup Behind the First Cybersecurity LLM
  15. The Future of Longevity: Keeping Healthy People Healthy
  16. Why NFX Invested in Akooda: The AI Startup Helping Companies Make Faster Decisions
  17. The 3-Person Unicorn Startup
  18. Why NFX Invested in EvenUp: The Legal x AI Startup Shaking Up Personal Injury Law
  19. AI Leapfrogging: How AI Will Transform “Lagging” Industries
  20. The 3 Waves of AI in Bio
  21. The Rise of the AI Underground
  22. Finding the White Hot Center
  23. Why NFX Invested in Aligned: The Sales Room Network Helping Companies Close Deals 3x Faster

2021 1

  1. Google API Disclosure

2020 1

  1. NFX - NFX Terms of Use

Undated 430

  1. NFX - Bio
  2. NFX - Crypto
  3. NFX - Europe
  4. NFX - Fintech
  5. NFX - Focus Areas
  6. NFX - Gaming
  7. NFX - AI
  8. NFX - Israel
  9. NFX - LatAm
  10. NFX - Library
  11. NFX - Marketplaces
  12. NFX - News
  13. NFX - PropTech
  14. NFX - Silicon Valley
  15. NFX - Space
  16. NFX - State of Seed 2023
  17. NFX - Meet The Team
  18. NFX - Companies
  19. NFX - Bio Companies
  20. NFX - Consumer Companies
  21. NFX - Crypto Companies
  22. NFX - Cybersecurity Companies
  23. NFX - Europe Companies
  24. NFX - Fintech Companies
  25. NFX - Gaming Companies
  26. NFX - AI Companies
  27. NFX - Insurance Companies
  28. NFX - Israel Companies
  29. NFX - LatAm Companies
  30. NFX - Legal Tech Companies
  31. NFX - Marketplace Companies
  32. NFX - PropTech Companies
  33. NFX - SaaS Companies
  34. NFX - Silicon Valley Companies
  35. NFX - Space Companies
  36. Ai startup litmus test
  37. Generative ai hot 75 list
  38. The next era of gaming generative ai
  39. Investor updates tough times
  40. Founder sentiment survey postsvb
  41. Techbio deal potential
  42. Founders roadmap idea to ipo
  43. Safe stablecoins
  44. 3 waves generative ai startups
  45. Nfx 5 years in seed preseed vc
  46. Product led growth principles triple whale
  47. Systems of elite ceos
  48. Building startup attention flywheel
  49. Deal or die guide to development in techbio
  50. Dont be afraid of bio
  51. What doesnt kill you mutates
  52. Meet 2023 nfx mba fellows
  53. Nfx mba fellows program
  54. Why nfx invested in imagen
  55. Why we need longevity startups
  56. Generative ai tech 5 layers
  57. Generative ai tech market map
  58. Prove techbio at seed stage
  59. Lifecycle of uncomfortable tech
  60. Crypto a tool that was exploited ftx
  61. Why nfx invested in centivax
  62. Why nfx invested in veriti
  63. Why nfx invested in cherry
  64. Generative tech
  65. Why nfx invested in fidu
  66. Real estate 3 proptech the ownership revolution
  67. Find the fast moving water
  68. Why nfx invested in landa
  69. Why nfx invested in fairxyz
  70. Why nfx invested in theator
  71. Techbio scientists academia or startup
  72. Nfx hiring web3 associate
  73. Why nfx invested in arkive
  74. Why nfx invested in shopcircle
  75. Founder vc relationship
  76. 16th network effect hub and spoke
  77. Golden ratio east west coast techbio investing
  78. Why nfx invested in clubbi
  79. Biotech to techbio
  80. New marketplaces where others see crowds ateam
  81. 39 moves survive thrive downturn
  82. Nfx playbook for naming your company part 1
  83. Why nfx invested in yoegg
  84. The next wave of web3 gaming
  85. Why nfx invested in termscout
  86. Why nfx invested in lev
  87. Why web3 hiring is unique
  88. Why nfx invested in floki
  89. Why nfx invested in seso
  90. Latam on the rise
  91. Why nfx invested in pangea biomed
  92. Changes to virtual goods in web3 gaming gigi
  93. Why nfx invested in latitud
  94. The nfx pitch deck library
  95. 5 new leadership skills web3
  96. 5 core business metrics
  97. Durability formula will determine your startups future value
  98. Why nfx invested in melonn
  99. Why nfx invested in withco
  100. New operating manual fintech enabled marketplaces
  101. Anna pinol joins nfx investment team
  102. 3 reasons why nfx invested in arc
  103. Network effects bitcoin video
  104. Economics of creativity
  105. Network bonding theory
  106. New story charity bitcoin based mortgages 3d printed homes
  107. How to run an early stage board meeting
  108. Nfx founder toolkit
  109. Why nfx invested in pepper bio
  110. The inside story of nextdoor
  111. Confidence networks latin america
  112. 3 reasons why moov
  113. 7 mental shifts for hiring now
  114. Community first company building
  115. Network effects bitcoin
  116. Announcing fast
  117. Announcing fund 3
  118. Student founders
  119. Demand shocks
  120. 3 reasons why nfx invested in aucto
  121. Mammoth pre seed to biotech unicorn
  122. Exponential age
  123. Keep them coming back
  124. Nine ideation frameworks
  125. Why we invested in ramp
  126. Disruptive marketplaces
  127. Stoke space
  128. Trillion dollar leadership
  129. Facebook video award
  130. Scott duke kominers
  131. Network economy
  132. 3 reasons why nfx invested in collective
  133. 3 reasons why nfx invested in frontier
  134. Bizzabo
  135. 23 rules storytelling fundraising
  136. Rob goldman
  137. Whats your defensible magic
  138. Brieflink
  139. 3 reasons why nfx invested in tomo
  140. 7 principles game design
  141. 3 reasons why nfx invested in forum brands
  142. Saar gur
  143. Product frameworks tony fadell
  144. Mental models part two
  145. Mental models part one
  146. Youtube hypergrowth
  147. Super founders
  148. 3 reasons why nfx invested in komodor
  149. Jon levin
  150. Traction tactics
  151. The insider story of waze
  152. Marketplace expansion framework
  153. Startup speed as a public good
  154. Rise of reality entrepreneurs
  155. Li jin passion attention economy
  156. Patterns of uncommonly successful teams
  157. New world of going public
  158. Term sheet examples
  159. Outsider to spac in six years
  160. Nine habits of ultra fast iterations
  161. Seven powers
  162. Founders list 7 powers notes
  163. The goldilocks zone
  164. Nir eyal hooks
  165. Hippo idea ipo
  166. The new american dream
  167. Amazon shareholder letters 1997 2020
  168. The ceo that jeff bezos called his teacher
  169. 3 reasons why nfx invested in candex
  170. 3 reasons why nfx invested in c2i genomics
  171. The ceos we need now
  172. Founders list how vcs think
  173. The pyramid of cofounder success
  174. Valve employee handbook
  175. Secret history silicon valley
  176. The four types of defensibility
  177. The infinite conflict of hiring
  178. Amazon leadership
  179. Good vs great leaders
  180. The insider story of twilio
  181. Nokia burning platform
  182. Gaming superpowers plarium
  183. Paradox of genius
  184. The founders list the ethereum whitepaper
  185. Enterprise gateway marketplaces
  186. Founders list hypercompetitive markets
  187. Bj fogg
  188. Frameworks new market creation
  189. Doordash memo
  190. Carole robin
  191. Bridgecrew acquisition announcement
  192. Vitalik buterin the b sides
  193. Vitalik buterin the a sides
  194. Why people share
  195. Three reasons why nfx invested in latitude
  196. Anti patterns of 10x thinking
  197. Founders list ashley mayer
  198. Launching nfx bio
  199. Founders list psychology growth
  200. Sean ellis pricing
  201. Ash maurya pricing
  202. David skok pricing
  203. Tomasz tunguz pricing
  204. The hidden world of pricing
  205. Founders list bitcoin white paper
  206. The non obvious guide to fundraising
  207. Founders list hp speech
  208. Nfx fundraising manual
  209. Jeff lawson ask your developer
  210. Your startup life post pandemic
  211. Founders list facebook instagram
  212. Survey results 14 predictions for 2021
  213. Top questions 2020
  214. Erik torenberg podcast
  215. Fiverr road to growth
  216. How to compete with big tech and win zeev gigi
  217. Where to build your next startup
  218. Netflixmemo
  219. Time management for founders
  220. 40 questions to ask vcs
  221. 10x advantage of starting a company now
  222. Announcing the founder list
  223. The founder list the growth pyramid revisited sean ellis
  224. The founder list creativity is the new productivity scott belsky
  225. The founder list product brainstorm max mullen
  226. The founder list how to be strategic julie zhuo
  227. The founder list strategy letter i joel spolsky
  228. The founder list 15 annoying things vcs say or ask elizabeth yin
  229. The founder list aligning vectors dharmesh shah
  230. Media marketplaces
  231. How vcs judge your startup on zoom
  232. Why your work matters
  233. Frameworks
  234. How ceos think mental models shift founder to ceo
  235. Product thinking slack twitter april underwood
  236. Frameworks using diversity to win
  237. 34 questions remote work recruiting
  238. How contrarians think with keith rabois
  239. 24 ways b2b marketplace
  240. Superhuman product frameworks
  241. 3 reasons why nfx is investing in la haus
  242. Second time founders win avoid common mistakes
  243. Second time founders manual
  244. Vc founder sentiment survey part 2
  245. Labor marketplaces
  246. Insider story houseparty
  247. Next social era
  248. Whiteboard founders guide taking advice
  249. Start playing offense
  250. Learning organizations survive
  251. Whiteboard strong startup ceo
  252. Whiteboard what are network effects
  253. New rules growth profitability
  254. Nuvocargo
  255. The great reset reid hoffman
  256. Fast announcement
  257. David sacks nfx podcast
  258. Psychology winning founders downturns
  259. The vc startup sentiment survey
  260. 28 moves survive thrive downturn
  261. Leading startups through uncertainty
  262. Guide founder advice
  263. Truth about data network effects
  264. Raise venture capital top tier vcs
  265. Mammoth bio platform network effects gene editing
  266. Founders startup risk types
  267. Your life network effects
  268. 4 signs founder market fit
  269. 14th network effect expertise
  270. Billion dollar marketplace thumbtack
  271. 3 reasons why nfx investing modus
  272. Founders list elon musk
  273. 16 fundraising lessons
  274. Kevin kelly nfx podcast
  275. What vcs dont see why were bullish on gaming startups
  276. 4 signs world class team
  277. Top founders network effects scott cook
  278. Founders list nir eyal
  279. Why we invested incredible health
  280. Irrational truths behind user behavior
  281. 10 places to find product market fit
  282. Founders list steve jobs
  283. 3 reasons why nfx invested in lets do this
  284. Unusual signs billion dollar companies
  285. Hypercompetitive markets
  286. Hidden patterns startup failure
  287. How vcs decide to take a first meeting 12 reasons
  288. Founders list amazon google rant
  289. 3 reasons why nfx is investing in constru
  290. New growth mindset sean ellis
  291. Hidden patterns great startup ideas
  292. Status games
  293. Strong startup ceo
  294. Founders list kevin kwok figma
  295. Fundraising checklist 13 proof points series a
  296. Future digital advertising unsplash
  297. Iconic marketplace poshmark story
  298. Top 10 essays
  299. Microsoft memo founders list
  300. How vcs think investing decisions
  301. Psychology of focus
  302. Announcing nfx fund 2
  303. Elad gil founders list
  304. Inside top smb startups
  305. Sarah frier podcast
  306. Fintech enabled marketplaces
  307. 10x career decisions
  308. Lyft uber battle ridesharing dominance
  309. 3 reasons why nfx invested in codi
  310. Founder room jack shannon recess
  311. Founders list bs
  312. Psychology startup growth
  313. 15th network effect tribal
  314. Why growth hacking is broken
  315. Chris anderson simulation
  316. 8 top skills founders startup fundraising
  317. The founders list alex danco
  318. Bioplatforms computational biology
  319. Announcing scouts and angels
  320. Nfx company culture scorecard and manual
  321. Slack memo
  322. Network effects archives
  323. Viral effects vs network effects
  324. 9 habits world class startups
  325. Greg isenberg
  326. 3 reasons why nfx is investing in firefly
  327. New mindset product market fit
  328. Building strong companies the no politics rule
  329. Eugene wei
  330. Is blockchain really over
  331. Announcing new general partner morgan beller
  332. 3 reasons why nfx is investing in setter
  333. Good vs great companies
  334. Founders list win in downturns
  335. The nfx marketplace scorecard
  336. Nir eyal
  337. Proptech massive opportunity
  338. Reid hoffman network effects interview james currier
  339. Reinforcement building iconic tech companies
  340. Token investing
  341. The brief
  342. Product market fit
  343. 3 reasons why nfx invested in radius
  344. How vcs see your kpis
  345. Reality distortion field
  346. 19 marketplace tactics for overcoming the chicken or egg problem
  347. Announcing vc match
  348. Why startup timing is everything
  349. Ladder of proof
  350. Network effects bible
  351. Introducing mammoth biosciences
  352. Network effects facebook
  353. How its built nea nfx on the 15 5 million series a in lyric
  354. Entropy
  355. Real identity
  356. Slingshots
  357. The nfx of trulia building a 3 5 billion marketplace
  358. Behind the houzz acquisition of ivymark
  359. Network effects manual
  360. The network effects map nfx case study uber
  361. Announcing the new nfx
  362. 70 percent value network effects
  363. 10 years about market networks
  364. Defensibility most value for founders
  365. Where to invest network effects
  366. Signal to fix fundraising
  367. Your company name matters
  368. Trulia founder flint joins nfx
  369. Network effects alive and thriving
  370. Taking eventbrite public julia kevin hartz
  371. Why founders should take more risk
  372. C2i worlds first platform for cancer intelligence
  373. Investing in scientist founders from the beginning
  374. Difference between biotech and techbio
  375. Anna pinol
  376. Anastasia budinskaya
  377. Daniel museles
  378. Valerie osband mahoney
  379. Morgan beller
  380. Omri amirav drory
  381. Pete flint
  382. Gigi levy weiss
  383. James currier
  384. Cybersecurity
  385. Bio
  386. Gaming
  387. Generative ai
  388. Proptech
  389. Space
  390. Fintech
  391. Marketplaces
  392. Crypto
  393. Silicon valley
  394. Israel
  395. Europe
  396. Latam
  397. Legaltech
  398. Insurance
  399. Consumer
  400. Saas
  401. All
  402. Network effects
  403. Fundraising
  404. Growth
  405. Leadership
  406. Investment memos
  407. Psychology
  408. Announcements
  409. Videos
  410. Podcasts
  411. Essays
  412. Omri amirav drory
  413. Pete flint
  414. Gigi levy weiss
  415. James currier
  416. Stan chudnovsky
  417. Anna pinol
  418. Sarai bronfeld
  419. Emily leproust
  420. Valerie osband mahoney
  421. Anastasia budinskaya
  422. Keren or amar
  423. Chris travers
  424. Lauren chin
  425. Christopher ruiz chiu
  426. Matt foxworthy
  427. Davis doherty
  428. Sarah miers
  429. Network effects
  430. The speed masterclass