🚀 Founders, Funders & Friends

We are working on a fall calendar full of IRL gatherings to bring together New York’s top Founders, Funders & Friends.

We are hosting a special edition of Founders, Funders & Friends on Thursday, September 14th, 2023 for just founders (current & aspiring) with our friends at SignalFire (RSVP here). Our fireside chat will feature two special guests, Eugene Wei (Remains of the Day) & Oana Olteanu (SignalFire), and moderated by Alap Shah (Studio Management).

Eugene Wei was recently featured in Stratechery and an avid speaker, Eugene is one of the top voices in technology with an incredible background in product and investing.

Oana Olteanu is a Partner at early-stage venture capital firm SignalFire, where she invests in Seed and Series A companies with a focus on seachange technologies across the software stack. As a former machine learning engineer, she specializes in AI, developer tools, and infrastructure.

Please RSVP only if you’re a founder. We will be reviewing and approving invitations as this is a special event!

At Studio Management, we partner & invest in early & growth stage tech companies. If you’re raising a round, we would love to connect. Email us at [email protected].

⏯️ Recap - July FFF: Social Media Edition

We loved hosting Tobias Rose-Stockwell, Author of the Outrage Machine, in July at the Secret Social Club for an intimate talk that explored cultural and psychological phenomenons induced by social media and what we can do to take back control of our lives.

• Outrage Machine: A book about how the internet has broken our brains, and what we can do to fix it. Tobias Rose-Stockwell is a writer, designer, and technologist whose work has been featured in The Atlantic, WIRED, NPR, The BBC, CNN and many others. Order your copy here.

• Thank you to our sponsor JP Morgan Startup Banking and our venue partner The Secret Social Club. Check out photos here & view the recording of the talk here in our recently launched digital library.

📹 Recap - June FFF: Healthtech Edition

• We talked all things psychedelic with Hamilton Morris from the hit Viceland docuseries Hamilton’s Pharmacopeia in which he explores the history, chemistry and social impact of psychoactive substances, and Michael Brotherton (Dragonfly 44 Capital).

• We are grateful to have partnered with Microdose X and our sponsor NFP that helped support the success of the event! Check out photos here & recording of the talk here. 🎥

🗽 New York Tech Week: FFF (10/18)

• We are hosting special guest, Linus Lee of The Sephist & Notion for Founders, Funders & Friends for New York Tech Week on Wednesday, October 18th, 2023. RSVP here as space will be limited.

🚀 More About Studio Management

At Studio Management, we're curating a community of our favorite builders, investors and talented folks in NYC. If you tell us about your work, we’ll tell you who you may want to chat with at our events and also help you elevate open roles and asks within the community. Submit your information here to stay connected.

Studio Management is a data-driven asset manager investing across public equities and venture capital. Our mission is to influence the flow of capital into companies that improve society & push culture forward.

✨ Founder, Funders & Friends Perks

• Thistle is part of our daily routine. 🌱 Use code NEWSLETTER125 for $125 off your first five weeks.

• We ❤️ Ramp. The top spend management platform that can automate your accounting, payments and expenses for your startup. Sign up here.

• Founders, Funders & Friends Digital Library 🎥: recorded fireside chats with top leaders, founders & VCs in tech.

👩🏻‍💻 Talent Opportunities

• HF0 is hiring an Office Manager based in San Francisco. More details & apply here

• Lucky Labs is hiring an Account Executive based in New York City. More details & apply here

• Clair is hiring a Lead Product Designer based in New York City. More details & apply here

When you’re ready, here are three ways to get involved!

1) Text us! Join us at our next Founders, Funders & Friends! Just text “FFF” to +1 (917) 634-4915 & follow 57 on IG. To get plugged into our community resources, submit your information here.

2) Do you need support for your startup? Fill out your details here to help us get to know you more.

3) Fundraising? Send us a note at [email protected] to share more about your round. We’d love to hear from you.