I had a fun group chat led by Mike Williams on Everything Marketplaces. We covered: 0:06 Intro‍1:19 Fabrice’s background‍4:09 Fabrice’s experience scaling OLX & key learnings‍8:48 An overview of FJ Labs as a leading … Continue reading “”

How FJ Labs uses a VC lens to make capital allocation decisions in the liquid crypto market. As discussed in a previous post, FJ Labs has allocated $30m of the … Continue reading “”

 “They did not know it was impossible so they did it.” Mark Twain’s quote resonates with me. As much as we encourage founders to validate their startup idea in an … Continue reading “”

As discussed in a previous post, FJ Labs’ Investment Strategy, we take a unique, high-velocity angel investment approach to early-stage VC: As a result, our portfolio consists of over 1,000 … Continue reading “”

“The future is already here, it’s just not evenly distributed.” As a tech enthusiast, entrepreneur, and investor, I live this temporal disjuncture every day. I am privileged to see technologies … Continue reading “”

I am huge fan of John Scalzi’s books, especially the Old Man’s War series so it was with delight and anticipation that I checked out his latest book Kaiju Preservation … Continue reading “”

Eighteen months ago, I was contacted by my good friend Kevin Ryan who invited me to join him on a scientific expedition skiing to the South Pole. In exchange for … Continue reading “”

I was first introduced to the genre of horror comedy with the Bill the Vampire series by Rick Gualtieri. Bill the Vampire is the story of a video game playing … Continue reading “”

I had the pleasure of being joined by my good friend Kevin Ryan. He’s often been called the “Godfather of NYC tech.” Kevin is one of the leading internet entrepreneurs … Continue reading “”

It had been over a year since we did the last Ask Me Anything (AMA) so the time had come. As requested by the audience, my son François joined us … Continue reading “”

By Connie Loizos reproduced from TechCrunch Fabrice Grinda says he never intended to run a venture firm. He just really (really) enjoyed angel investing. In fact, by late 2013, when … Continue reading “”

By Ludvig Sunström reproduced from StartGainingMomentum This is a summary of my conversation with Fabrice Grinda for 25 Minuter Podcast, in which we covered topics such as marketplace companies, angel investing, … Continue reading “”

I am blessed with an amazing family which comprises of both the family I have and the family I chose (amazing friends who might as well be family). We are … Continue reading “”

This week, I had the pleasure of chatting with my good friend Oskar Hartmann. He’s had the most incredible unicorn experience: You can listen to the full episode in the … Continue reading “”