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Field Notes by BBG Ventures

BBG Ventures' notes from the frontlines of founder (and fund) building. Founder stories, operator wisdom, musings on investment theses, playbooks for starting out - and the occasional rant about what’s newly possible in AI and newly exciting in not-AI.

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Why We're (re)Investing in Consumer

The category that built venture capital in the 00’s has largely been written off. Here's why we believe it's worth another look.

The Leap to Founding: Insights from Our April NYC Founder Curious Series

Best way to kick off the week: BBG Ventures teamed up with Kristin McDonald (Eniac Ventures) and Susannah Shipton (AlleyCorp) for a Founder Curious breakfast in NYC, with support from Silicon Valley Bank. Rebecca Schwartz (Tabs) and Natan Wise (Conduit Health

Founder Curious Breakfast New York

Last Friday, BBG Ventures kicked off the first Founder Curious breakfast of 2026 in NYC.

The Modern Healthcare Stack: Healthcare in the Age of AI

By Carol Magalhães Isaacs, BBG Ventures

Fall Update - and a new look!

What we learned about disrupting the status quo in legacy industries from Matt at Adaptive, a new look for BBGV's newsletter, and Max Home's $5M seed round.

Founder Curious? Making the Leap

How to go from building for someone else to building your own - a tactical field guide for founder-curious operators

AI in Legacy Industries (Part 2): How Trunk Tools is Reshaping Construction End-to-End

Lessons from Dr. Sarah Buchner, CEO and Founder of Trunk Tools

AI in Legacy Industries (Part 1): Customer Discovery, Nailing GTM, and Navigating Product Expansion

In Conversation: Matt Calvano (CEO and co-founder of Adaptive)

Topline Pro Announces $27M Series B Led by Northzone

Congratulations to Nick Ornitz, Shannon Kay and the Topline Pro team on their $27 million Series B raise!

Celebrating Claire Biernacki’s promotion to Partner

By Susan Lyne and Nisha Dua

AI in Healthcare Today: Customer Obsession, Building Long-Term Moats and Getting to Series A

In Conversation: Trey (CEO and co-founder of Tennr)

Consumer AI-Native Products Today: On the Newly Possible, Personalization, Moat and Getting Funded…

Consumer AI-Native Products Today: On the Newly Possible, Personalization, Moat and Getting Funded (Part 1)

A 101 on Founder-Board Relationships

By Susan Lyne, BBG Ventures

The Vertical AI Playbook for Scale, a conversation with Nick Ornitz and Julisa Salas

By Claire Biernacki & Carol Magalhães Isaacs, BBG Ventures

Investing in the Polycultural Future of America

October 30, 2024

Empowering Underrepresented Entrepreneurs Through SMB Tech

By Claire Biernacki, BBG Ventures

Clearing the Path to an Energy Transformation

Symbium is transforming the citizen-government experience, starting with permitting.

The State of Seed Stage Funding to Underrepresented Founders

By Amber Quiñones & Drew Silverman

The Platform Team at BBGV is growing—apply to our Platform Associate role by 8/21!

Job Title: Platform Associate

Top 8 Lessons for Scaling an Early-Stage Company, from the BBGV Accelerate Summit

By Amber Quiñones, BBG Ventures