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Marwan Refaat
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Marwan Refaat
@MarwanRefaat
General Partner at Fractal Capital
San Francisco
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jun 25, 2025
    Hit the In-N-Out drive-thru with @im_roy_lee, 21-year-old CEO of @cluely - rescinded from Harvard, expelled from Columbia, then raised $15M from @a16z in a week after bootstrapping to $3M ARR profitably in 60 days by grabbing hundreds of millions of eyeballs through his
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jun 5, 2025
    Drove through SF with @kevinhartz, co-founder of Eventbrite and Xoom (both IPO’d), founding GP at A* ($600M AUM) and early investor in Airbnb, PayPal, Pinterest, and Uber creating $200B+ of enterprise value and climbing… From the PayPal mafia’s bomb-building childhoods, to the
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Aug 14, 2025
    Grabbed Taco Bell with @kirbyman01, Partner at @a16z ($46B AUM) who led investments in @elevenlabs, @cluely, and @partiful. He's the kind of VC who'll fly to London for a two-hour lunch if it means closing the right founder. We talked about Al voices feeling like Scarlett
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    May 8, 2025
    Cruised through Marin and up toward Mount Tam with @maxmarchione, co-founder of @superpower. Max just announced Superpower’s $30M Series A at a $300M+ valuation. Proud to have had a front-row seat as an investor - and even more grateful for the friendship that’s grown alongside
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Aug 7, 2025
    Got ice cream with @ariellezuck, General Partner at @LongJourneyVC ($450M AUM) after @maxmarchione co-founder of Superpower abandoned our drive. We chatted the investment philosophy of Long Journey, her unique approach to community building, and the inspiration behind the
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jul 7, 2025
    Crossed the Golden Gate Bridge with @peteflint - cofounder of Trulia ($3.5B Zillow exit), now General Partner at @NFX ($2B+ AUM) writing the network effects playbook. From Essex boy to IPO to knighted by the Queen, Pete has made it by transatlantic standards - birthing unicorns
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jul 1, 2025
    Drove to the @calculuslab with @KatherineJneuro, investor at @HummingbirdVC ($500M+ AUM), backing bold founders at the frontier of health x tech Talked about deferring Oxford, going from hospital corridors to neuro labs, to boardrooms, and growing up across Europe without a
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jun 17, 2025
    Hit the road with @hunterwalk, co-founder of @homebrew (250+ early bets: Plaid, Gusto, Cruise), ex-YouTube product lead who turned cat videos into a global economy, and co-architect of @screendoorvc the mafia of legendary VCs backing the next gen of venture. We chatted about his
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jun 25, 2022
    The more I triple text the healthier my relationships
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    May 30, 2025
    Cruised through SF and grabbed a coffee at Equator with @kozerafilip, founder and CEO of @wordware, which raised one of the largest YC seed rounds ever at $30M, backed by Paul Graham and Webflow’s Vlad Magdalin, to build the OS for ambient AI workflows. We chatted about building
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Feb 5, 2021
    Replying to @paulg
    Hold your opinions in high regard @paulg – got me off Carta... Almost. Ended up emailing the CEO @henrysward and swiftly received confirmation this issue would be killed. Really doesn't get much better than this... Props to @cartainc real Magna behavior 🔥⚖️
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    May 15, 2025
    Crossed the Golden Gate and climbed up to Hawk Hill with @Andercot, founder of @hyperstition_x, a16z scout, and architect of Deep Tech Week. We talked about tricking himself into founding one of SF’s most influential deep tech networks, running a private group of 800+ defense
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Jun 25, 2025
    Replying to @MarwanRefaat @im_roy_lee and 2 others
    Full drive:
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    Marwan Refaat
    @MarwanRefaat
    Aug 16, 2025
    Post for Users = Marketing Post for Talent = Recruiting Post for Investors = Fundraising Reposting = Partnerships Shitposting = Culture
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    Bryan Kim
    @kirbyman01
    Aug 15, 2025
    I was wrong. I used to think the best founders kept their heads down, stayed off social, and just built. But the game has shifted. The best AI founders now understand: momentum IS the moat. It's not enough to build fast - you need the market to see you building fast. In AI,
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