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Safa Rashtchy
Founding Managing Partner at Think + Ventures, looking for entrepreneurs who never give up. Writing about #founders, #startups, #technology, #seedfunding, and #venturecapital
Safa Rashtchy is a prominent Silicon Valley investor, advisor, and board member with over 16 years of experience in the tech industry. He is currently the founder and Managing Partner of Think + Ventures, a venture capital firm he established in 2017.12
Professional Background
Safa's career spans various roles:
- Founder and Managing Partner at Think + Ventures (2017 - Present)12
- Investor and Advisor at Serve Robotics (2021 - Present)23
- Investor and early advisor at ApplyBoard (2017 - Present)23
- Managing Director and Senior Research Analyst at Piper Jaffray (1997 - 2007)2
Investment Focus
Safa has invested in over 60 companies, with a particular emphasis on:
- Market-driven investments
- Consumer value proposition
- Early-stage startups (seed to Series A)1
His current investment interests include:
- Supply chain, logistics, and delivery
- AI and LLM applications
- Automation and robotics platforms
- SMB optimization and productivity
- Digital health
- Defense and cybersecurity
- Inclusion platforms1
Notable Investments
Some of Safa's notable investments include:
- Serve Robotics
- ApplyBoard
- PayJoy
- Tubi.tv (acquired by Fox Media)
- Nimble VR (acquired by Facebook)
- Signifyd
- Bina Technologies (acquired by Roche)12
Approach and Philosophy
Safa is known for:
- Focusing on market-driven investments and consumer value propositions
- Conducting extensive market research and analysis
- Supporting portfolio companies to reach their next funding milestones
- Providing strategic guidance, introductions, and market research to portfolio companies1
Safa Rashtchy's LinkedIn profile (username: safa-rashtchy-7810691) describes him as "Founding Managing Partner at Think + Ventures, looking for entrepreneurs who never give up. Writing about founders, startups, technology, seedfunding, and venture capital".4
Highlights
It had to happen: Our first NASDAQ IPO (backed by Nvidia and Uber). Was very happy to join the Serve team during the Closing Bell ceremony at NASDAQ last week (I even had a moment of fame when the photographer decided to put me on the big screen in Times Square!)
#ipos #vcfunding #startupfunding #robotics #techs #genai #vcfunding #nasdaq #ai #techfounders #Nvidia #uber #Think+ #Delivery
Five Key Takeaways for Startups from our Gen AI Panel
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Open-source LLMs are rapidly gaining share and transforming the landscape of Generative AI.
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Access to large amounts of data gives the major enterprises and incumbent companies an advantage over start-ups.
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Look for innovation on small LLM, on the edge, and especially on mobile devices. Apple is the dark horse here.
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Agents and Large Action Models are potential ways to link a Gen AI model to actual transactions.
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Start-ups can leverage tools such as chain prompting, RAG, function calling, and agents to develop agile and task-specific models.
#genai #startupfunding #vcfunding #aiagents #ai #techfounders #ai
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