XYZ Venture Capital

For GTM teams out there, this is the one event you should try to go to this fall - October 10, 5:30 to 8:30 pm in SF. It's about how all GTM teams can work together to achieve revenue efficiency. In our experience, this not discussed near enough. The Upside team has a whole slate of C-Suite experts who will tackle this and share actionable insights. 👇

Look at all these stylish social media experts looking posh & having fun at Plot's recent dinner! Love to see community come together 👏👏👏

🚀 LAUNCH DAY 🚀 Today, I'm thrilled to announce the launch of Cavela — the world's first AI sourcing agent helping businesses create custom products. Whether you're a brand launching a new product line, or a startup looking to create unique merch, Cavela finds the perfect supplier to bring your product vision to reality. Our AI matches your product request against a global network of over 200,000 world-class manufacturers, negotiates quotes with hundreds of suppliers at once on your behalf, and coordinates quality control, samples, and order production so you don't have to. By automating supplier engagement, we cut the number of manual touchpoints between suppliers and brands by an order of 100, and obtain much more competitive quotes for businesses in the process. Businesses we work with have cut their production costs by 40% on average, while improving their quality of their products. We're also delighted to announce $2M in funding from a phenomenal group of world-class investors — XYZ Venture Capital, Propel VC and Go Global Ventures — who have been tremendously supportive of Cavela every step of the way. From the entire Cavela team, we'd like to extend a big special thanks to Diede van Lamoen Ross Fubini Jay Reinemann David Mort Braeden N. Elton Chang Jaclyn W Lucy Wilmot and Camille Ricketts, without whom none of this possible. We're just getting started — so let's get to work 🚀 -- For more information, check out our story on Business Insider: https://lnkd.in/enC_P6Ym (courtesy of the fantastic Samantha Stokes ) or our press release on: https://lnkd.in/eV6shXbq

Sometimes, you meet a founder who's at the perfect intersection of ability, knowledge, and lived experience to build something that'll change a whole industry. That's Anthony S., Founder & CEO of Cavela — the AI platform for anyone who wants to make a physical product to connect with the right supplier at the right price without the months of quotes, negotiation, and complicated back-and-forth 😅 Cavela launches today (and announces its $2M pre-seed) to automate away all the pain from this process, while also helping product makers save an average 40% on operational costs. We're pretty excited to be leading that round! 🙌 Just like Shopify reinvented the way merchants find and interact with customers, Cavela is remaking the way e-commerce companies, boutique brands, and startups find and interact with manufacturers. We have conviction that Anthony and his team (veterans from Stripe, Google, Amazon, Disney, and huge e-commerce and procurement companies), are building a business of that same magnitude, while solving a deeply-felt, long-standing problem. Anthony himself is a data scientist who has spent his career building AI tools for many different purposes, including large retailers. He also grew up in Asia and Latin America in a family that worked in global trade. So he saw complex supply chains up close. He and the team have baked all of this experience into an opinionated product that does exactly what customers need. So whether you're looking to make a yo-yo, umbrella, polo shirt, pickleball paddles, branded sneakers, or margarita-flavored lip balm, Cavela is now the market leader to help you realize whatever your imagination can dream up! Learn more in the BusinessInsider: https://lnkd.in/gVmRS_yp Or go to Cavela.com to get started! 🪀🎽🏓 🛼☂️

We’re on the lookout for a Chief of Staff to support our Managing Partner Ross Fubini. For the last two years, this role has been held & grown in all types of ways by the remarkable Lucy Wilmot, who just became XYZ’s newest Associate! 👏 If you or someone you know could be an interesting fit for the role (and is thrilled at the opportunity to step into some big shoes) learn more here — and feel free to share far and wide! https://lnkd.in/gTrkGASh

Forterra is making self-driving technology possible in the toughest conditions on earth 🌎 We were fortunate enough to get to know this hyper experienced team — they know firsthand exactly what these machines need to be capable of in defense and commercial scenarios, and have the right to win in these growing markets. They could not be better suited for product-market fit, and we're thrilled to be co-leading their exceptional $75M Series B 🙌 Congrats to the team today! It's all coming together, and we can't wait to watch you win from the front row. Learn more: www.forterra.com Or see it in action 👀 https://lnkd.in/gyf86tiy

Now this is a team that executes. Pryzm is making it faster & easier than ever for companies to navigate government contracting, land the right deals, and get the best tech into the best hands. Already they're leading this category with a power tool for the biggest name contractors, and this is only the beginning of their story. We're beyond thrilled to be on this ride with Nick LaRovere Matt Hawkins Justin Deckert David Istrati Raj Kane and the whole Pryzm team! To the moon! 🚀✨

Millions more Americans are about to gain access to vital Social Security disability benefits. And that's going to be thanks to Darren Webb & Mindset — making it easier and faster than ever before to apply and get approved for the benefits needed to weather life's challenges. They're literally taking a 4-week process and reducing it to 45 minutes with the help of AI and exceptional UX. We couldn't think of a better founder or product to take on this problem and win. We're honored (and that's definitely the word) to be part of their $13M round announced today ✨ For those curious, here's our take on why Mindset is such a special company: https://lnkd.in/gksTbhCj

Alaska Airlines has renewed its partnership with Air Space Intelligence, reinforcing our commitment to AI-driven innovation and sustainability. If you're passionate about ML and want to make a real impact by helping save thousands of megatons of CO2, join us! Let's shape the future of aviation together. #AI #ML #Sustainability #JoinUs #Aviation

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