1/ This week has been a whirlwind. Gen Z VCs went from 40 friends to 1,250+ members in 6 days 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="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 to https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="⬇️" title="Pfeil nach unten" aria-label="Emoji: Pfeil nach unten">
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, lmk https://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">
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!!
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 special 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="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">
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 special https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable=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">" title="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 special 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="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">" class="img-responsive" style="max-width:100%;"/>
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 investing https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="💫" title="Symbol für Benommenheit" aria-label="Emoji: Symbol für Benommenheit">
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 ideas 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">https://abs.twimg.com/emoji/v2/... draggable="false" alt="🥳" title="Partying face" aria-label="Emoji: Partying face"> https://genzvcs.com/ ">https://genzvcs.com/">...
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">
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.
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 another https://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/...
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 meet 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" aria-label="Emoji: Herz">
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">
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...
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