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1/ This week has been a whirlwind. Gen Z VCs went from 40 friends to 1,250+ members in 6 days 
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https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus"> We& #39;re a global team of young investors, building strong friendships that will help us all learn and grow, together https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
Here& #39;s what we& #39;ve been up tohttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">
Here& #39;s what we& #39;ve been up to
2/ We& #39;re truly global https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🌎" title="Amerika auf dem Globus" aria-label="Emoji: Amerika auf dem Globus">! We have Gen Z VCs in the US, Australia & NZ, Europe, Asia, Africa, Latin America, Canada, and more.
The only continent we& #39;re missing representation is Antarctica, so if you know any Gen Z VCs down there, lmkhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🐧" title="Pinguin" aria-label="Emoji: Pinguin">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="❄️" title="Schneeflocke" aria-label="Emoji: Schneeflocke">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
The only continent we& #39;re missing representation is Antarctica, so if you know any Gen Z VCs down there, lmk
3/ We are learning & connecting https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🤝" title="Handschlag" aria-label="Emoji: Handschlag"> We have 65 channels created by our members, ranging from geos (NYC, Midwest, Australia, West Coast, Africa, Europe) to sector focuses (crypto, passion economy, fintech, B2B) and affinity groups (BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Women in VC). All community-led!
4/ Engagement is https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🔥" title="Feuer" aria-label="Emoji: Feuer">!!! We already have 8.9k messages in our community (only been 6 days eek!!), which is dangerously close to @SlackHQ& #39;s free allotment of 10k messages before things begin getting archived.
If anyone has suggestions on how to help here, plz lmk!!
If anyone has suggestions on how to help here, plz lmk!!
5/ Events are already happening! Last night, @ben_grosse & @bvajresh co-moderated Gen Z VCs 1st @joinClubhouse meet-up.
We became the #1 room on the app with 130 people, and even had some surprise guests stop by: @HarryStebbings & @Mazzeo. It was pretty specialhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Herz mit Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Herz mit Pfeil">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
We became the #1 room on the app with 130 people, and even had some surprise guests stop by: @HarryStebbings & @Mazzeo. It was pretty special
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6/ We& #39;re also quickly becoming more than just a Slack group. @ohlookitserik has been hard at work on creating a Gen Z VCs angel investing syndicate to make investing accessible to the young people in our community.
We want everyone to have the opportunity to start investinghttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
We want everyone to have the opportunity to start investing
7/ We also have recurring events scheduled like @colejmora & Jonathan Kendall& #39;s dealflow calls which gives the founders in our community an opportunity to pitch, and young investors a chance to learn & provide feedback https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Herz mit Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Herz mit Pfeil">
8/ The initiative of this group has been nothing short of amazing. @theaknobel has been hard at work on a new project (more TBA soon!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">).
@bvajresh messaged me last night at 2am to let me know he made a website for us to collect event ideashttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💘" title="Herz mit Pfeil" aria-label="Emoji: Herz mit Pfeil">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face"> https://genzvcs.com/ ">https://genzvcs.com/">...
@bvajresh messaged me last night at 2am to let me know he made a website for us to collect event ideas
9/ And everyone has raised their hands to help out. We have close to 100 leads/co-leads across channels.
@Ke5havRao is building a community management tool called http://withcomet.com"> http://withcomet.com & has been helping me w/ the integration all weekend -- now we have a directory in-app!https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
@Ke5havRao is building a community management tool called http://withcomet.com"> http://withcomet.com & has been helping me w/ the integration all weekend -- now we have a directory in-app!
10/ We& #39;re also hosting our first official Gen Z VC global meetup in December & already have ppl registered from South Africa, NZ & AUS, Singapore, India, Canada, the UAE, the US, UK, Germany, & more.
More deets in #announcements in the Gen Z VCs Slack.
More deets in #announcements in the Gen Z VCs Slack.
11/ This weekend I& #39;ve been hard at work to help establish the culture of our fast growing community, so I& #39;ve created community guidelines that I& #39;m sharing with you all.
Inspired by @AdamMGrant, we aim to be a community of givers who help one anotherhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit"> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1qvCBa-yiWA5UNtiip4ljPkRV3zuVp0f61dPDBqdaYes/edit?usp=sharing">https://docs.google.com/document/...
Inspired by @AdamMGrant, we aim to be a community of givers who help one another
12/ And I& #39;ll say this a million times over. I may have started this Gen Z VCs community, but we are all building it together https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
I& #39;m incredibly grateful to all of our new friends all over the world, and those we have yet to meethttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="♥️" title="Herz" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
I& #39;m incredibly grateful to all of our new friends all over the world, and those we have yet to meet
13/ Lastly, I& #39;m new to VC. I& #39;m here because of my entire @LererHippeau family that took a chance on me. @AndreaHippeau answered my cold email & gave me a shot. @N_Sportelli encouraged me to write. @strandby inspired me to want to invest in Gen Z & my peers.
And I& #39;m so gratefulhttps://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
And I& #39;m so grateful
14/ When I started at @LererHippeau ~2 months ago, I knew only a handful of VCs. Now we& #39;re 1,250+ strong and it& #39;s only Week ONE! This is just the beginning for Gen Z VCs, and to the next generation of investors, we can& #39;t wait to meet you https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit"> https://join.slack.com/t/genz-vcs/shared_invite/zt-ixlvcv0m-cyUdBHo9gyPDyoJDGplkVQ">https://join.slack.com/t/genz-vc...
