Community-powered VC fund making pre-seed / seed stage investments in Aus and NZ. Tweeting to demystify early-stage VC investing and spotlight ANZ startups.
Excited to be part of the Reverse Pitch Night series run by @vidags10 featuring @EVP_VC@AfterWorkVC@blackbirdvc hosted by @hidovetail where we’ll be lifting the lid of which VCs you should chat to for your next raise 👀
What. a. crew. Great to bring together the AfterWork crew and the @AfterNauts for our inaugural NAUT FEST, and to partner with @airwallex to make it all happen!
NFTs and AfterWork have the same red-hot centre - community! Excited to preview our very own NFT project - Astronauts After Work, launching in January 2022. Read more about it here: afterwork.vc/astronauts
Literally no one:
Us: What would ANZ venture capital manifested into a tropical jungle look like? 🤔
Read our explainer on the VC asset class:
afterworkreading.substack.co…
We're excited to be doubling down on Lyka in their $6.5mn Series A raise, announced today! Meet the Australian startup driving a revolution in pet wellness...
@Apple sets tests for engineers to crack. In this example, they posted a job ad in one of their publicly accessible, but hidden servers – the right candidates knew what to do!
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We have big news! Yesterday we welcomed our newest team member - @jessywu95 - who joins us as an Investment Manager and Head of Community. Jessy joins us from @NAB_Ventures, and we've loved getting to know her as a member of the AW community over the last 9 months
At #startmatedemoday 2020, @jessywu95 bumped into @BradyFlockart at the Gather Town afterparty! They jammed about how much they 💓startups, and Brady has been an awesome contributor to the AfterWork community since. Awesome to see him in his element; building the @startmate 🚀
Our line up just got bedazzled by some of the rockstar operators in our community @ArielHersh and @AbhishekM__10! They bring awesome operational experience from tech companies @seekjobs and @get_upstreet respectively. Don't miss it - 8pm AEST at ios.joinclubhouse.com/event/…
Loved chatting with @ausbiztv on their Startup Daily segment about what it means to be a 'community-powered' VC fund, what excites us most in early-stage investments, and our reasons for investing in some of our portcos including, @plusthrive and @artmoney_global!
1/ BREAKING: Last Sunday, the motley crew of entrepreneurs, operators, and professionals who comprise the AfterWork Ventures community dialled into AfterWork’s usual Sunday night Zoom call to debate the merits of startups
Nothing could have prepared them for what they saw
8/ We believe the VForm is the real deal, and the customer love we've seen since our investment is testament to our conviction.
Here's a picture of our team @TrentRachow and @BradyFlockart trying out the VForm at the lauch party!
In 2020 @onepeloton 🚴♂️saw its stock price grow by 800%
There's huge demand for connected, at-home workout equipment. But no clear leader in at-home resistance training has emerged
We're excited to back #vitruvianform to become the leaders in this space. A 🧵 on our investment
So surreal to see our story in print in the @FinancialReview. Thank you @NGillezeau for your beautiful write up which captures the warmth and spiritedness of our community better than we could have ourselves. #VentureCapital. Read more of our story here: afterworkreading.substack.co…