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True Ventures

A venture capital firm where Mike worked after Fitbit.

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What was said about True Ventures

  • True Ventures seed funded Zero after Mike took the app over. True Ventures seed funded the fasting app Zero together with Tony Conrad. This came after Mike Maser took the app over from Kevin Rose.

    Mike worked at True Ventures after Fitbit. The source is an episode on how an Elon Musk tweet brought Zero $1M in a day.

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  • True Ventures dropped its Notion term sheet during the pivot week. The firm withdrew its term sheet the same week Notion pivoted from website building to document collaboration.

    Max Schoening of Notion mentions this on Lenny's Podcast.

    Lenny's Podcast

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