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Robby
@robby_mtf
Solo GP @mtf_vc
San Francisco, CA
moderntechnicalfund.com
Joined March 2020
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jun 3, 2025
    Thrilled to announce @mtf_vc - a $22M pre-seed & seed fund helping technical founders move faster 🚀 After 9 years in VC, the pace had changed - tech exploded, and AI gave founders superpowers. So, we built @mtf_vc to help them go even faster. open.substack.com/pub/mtfrobby/p…
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Dec 9, 2020
    Sharing some of the most common reasons we've passed on B2B companies at seed/pre-seed 🌱 👇👇👇
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jan 13, 2025
    Build your company for users. Not VCs.
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jun 30, 2020
    Founders often ask about the value early-stage VCs can add Reflecting on 4 years in venture, I’ve found it generally falls into the below categories THREAD👇
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Sep 15, 2020
    After ~1 year at Cowboy focused entirely on seed, my frameworks for investing at this stage have changed. Still (and forever) learning, but sharing my current thoughts on seed investing ✍️
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Dec 13, 2021
    VCs & Founders: Your friendly reminder that if a round is coming together, I have a list of almost ✨100 female & non-binary operator angel investors✨ && they're some of the best-credentialed angels out there. Period.💪 ⚡️DMs open!⚡️
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Oct 2, 2024
    There's too much AI infrastructure and not enough AI apps in production
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Mar 22, 2021
    Top cities to spend time this spring/summer: 1. NYC 2. NYC 3. NYC anywhere I missed?
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Sep 10, 2024
    Pre-seed is back. Seeing many more companies raise a $1M - $2M pre-seed followed by a $4M - $5M seed. More traction is needed to raise an A - and this is finally trickling through the pre-seed / seed world.
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Sep 16, 2024
    At pre-seed, other investors passing isn't signal. Ambitious ideas have risk and unknowns. It's natural to have many skeptics. Some of the best investments I've seen had very few term sheets for the pre-seed & seed rounds. Keep going.
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Aug 9, 2022
    After 8 stressful years, your girl is finally a GREEN CARD HOLDER 🇺🇸🥹 This country still represents hope & opportunity to me and so many other immigrant founders, investors, and builders Excited to continue investing in an American future ❤️
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jul 10, 2021
    Why do founders think their VC friends have all this money to angel invest🤔? Homies, we're illiquid AF
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jun 2, 2021
    ⚡️Founders looking for cap table diversity⚡️ I have ~30 extremely talented female / non-binary operators interested in angel investing
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    Robby
    @robby_mtf
    Jul 2, 2020
    Taking a $5M “seed” round instead of $1M - $2M won’t help you grow faster if demand isn’t there yet