Metrics at Seed, the Web3 Landscape, and How to Tell Better Stories

A newsletter for founders & friends (6th edition)

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Welcome to the 6th edition of Re:Vitalize, a newsletter with tactics, strategies, and stories on building companies plus cool things we’re seeing in the future of work.

Did you miss last week’s newsletter about hiring resources, 22 investor databases, and common fundraising mistakes? Subscribe below so you never miss another👇

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FOW Key Insights

💼 The Five-Day Workweek is Dying

Derek Thompson @DKThomp

I wrote about the data showing Americans really, really don't want to go back to the office theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/… I think we're still only just beginning to understand the ripple effects of Peak Office on downtown economies, the geography of labor, and the future of work

theatlantic.comThe Five-Day Workweek Is DyingAnd the implications for work and cities are going to be fascinating.

📖 Future of Work Reads

• Big Tech Makes a Big Bet: Offices Are Still the Future (NYT)

• Two-Year Covid-19 Anniversary: How Does The Future Of Work Look? (Forbes)

• Microsoft launches Viva, a bet on the future of remote work (The Verge)

• The Overlooked Levels of the Creator Economy (Future)

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Top 3 Tweets

🥇 Moat Trajectory, PMF, and Team

Rick Zullo @Rick_Zullo

1) A lot of founders ask me, “what metrics do I need for a seed round?”. For better or worse, I don’t focus on metrics at seed and don’t know why others do. I want to see the 1) “moat trajectory”, 2) proximity to PMF and 3) team. 🧵

🥈 The Web3 Landscape

Sofia Blikstad @sblikstad

The Web3 landscape. We are on the cusp of another paradigm shift, enabled by open data, cryptographic keys, and digital assets.

🥉 How to Tell Better Stories

Wes Kao 🏛 @wes_kao

Most people suck at storytelling. Here’s an easy trick for telling better stories:

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Resources

• Measuring what really matters at a startup

• Company building cornerstones from Dharmesh Shah

• Hiring and recruiting great employees

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The World of Vitalize

• Gale and Caroline visited Los Angeles and we all got to hang out with Vitalize Angels members, founders, and LPs

• Vitalize portfolio company open jobs

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Future of Work Funding Rounds

• Beyond Identity raised a $100M Series C

  • Beyond Identity provides passwordless identity management solutions to help secure digital business.

  • Top Investors: Potentum partners, New Enterprise Associates, Evolution Equity Partners, Koch Disruptive Technologies, Expanding Capital

• Facilio raised an $35M Series B

  • Facilio is a management software that employs IoT and machine learning to help manage buildings operations, maintenance, and sustainability.

  • Top Investors: Tiger Global Management, Accel, Dragoneer Investment Group, Accel India, Brookfield Growth

• Alloy raised a $20M Series A

  • Alloy Automation is the control panel for ecommerce brands to organize data and automate actions across 150+ apps.

  • Top Investors: Andreessen Horowitz, Y Combinator, BoxGroup, FirstMark, Contrary

• Clearmix raised a $3.25M Seed

  • Clearmix produces branded video content for sales and marketing teams using a 100% remote process to film guest interviews anywhere.

  • Top Investors: Y Combinator, Liquid 2 Ventures, Runa Capital, Soma Capital, Scout Ventures

• Qualifi raised a $2.5M Seed

  • Qualifi is a software company enabling on-demand phone interviews with AI, machine learning, and automation.

  • Top Investors: Techstars, Elevate Ventures, Rally Ventures, Queen City Angels, Sixty8 Capital

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Written by Justin Gordon, Director of Marketing at Vitalize, a venture capital firm and 300+ member angel investing community for everyone investing in U.S.-based B2B software founders in the future of work. Find us on Twitter, LinkedIn, and YouTube.