Hustle Fund

“I think I see certain deals as partly a way to get my foot in the door and learn.”

“I'm in for 50 K in this round.”

“So from the perspective of the fund, we'll be out, but I think, you know, given where you are with your fundraise, if you end up, you know, raising a price round or whatever this is with those funds, I would love to see if I might be able to write a very, very…”

“On 500 investments, I think we have one ed tech company, so it's not a space I really know a whole lot about nor really have a, honestly, a passion for.”

“We also don't invest in DTC with our firm, but over the last couple of years, having had a bunch of misses like Pepper, I've now started writing those personal checks because actually there's a lot of really good companies in DTC, especially because there are …”

“I'd be open to investing 50 K at six post on a safe, and we are fast.”

“If you would have me on this seemingly oversubscribed round, I would be in on these terms for 50 K.”

“Lending companies have a hard time getting to scale as a VC backed business, because you don't want to obviously force bad loans, right? But there's always sort of this pressure to grow.”

“We do not anymore. It did really well, but we had problems scaling it because other folks out there were willing to lend at way less profitable rates, and we couldn't compete on that. So we would lose deals, and that's what makes it hard to scale. We made mone…”

“Hustle Fund does not invest in non-software, but I do do a number of angel investments, and I would love to do this personally as a small check. I wouldn't be able to hit your 25 K minimum, but if you would have me, I would love to invest.”

“Mac, like, all of my e-commerce companies have no money.”

“So, I think it's a slightly crowded, but given your background, that's a bet I'm willing to take. So, I'm in for a 150 K.”

“Hustle Fund does only invest in software, but I'm very impressed with all that you've done here. You know everything backwards and forwards, so I would be in for a ten-k personal check.”

“It's actually way easier to run a company with product market fit at a high level than it is to just hit your head against class on something that's not working at seed stage.”

“I think it might be good to disclose, now that you have described this, that I think this is quite similar to a portfolio company of mine called Afterwork. So I think I'm gonna have to sit out.”

“So, this is going to take a lot of capital. The margins are going to be thin, and I think for us and our small fund, it's probably not the best fit, but I really am rooting for you and hope that you knock this out of the park.”

“The valuation for me is really pricey, to be honest. Like, this is not where we come in with Hustle Fund. For that reason, I'm a pass.”

“I have seen over 30,000 pitches.”

“Well, I mean, if you would have me, I would be in for 25 K on that same safe.”

“Even the successful businesses you read about, like there's usually a lot of problems. Like most businesses are always on the verge of failing many times. And so what you need during those times are founders who will just not give up. And most people would giv…”

“So we've invested in a number of foreign entities, but when we do, we have to jump through a lot of hoops.”

“If in the case that we cannot do it out of Hustle Fund, I would be happy to write you a 5000 dollar personal check.”

“Elizabeth invested. Hustle Fund is part of the team, and we've been working with them a little bit.”

“So from the perspective of the fund, we'll be out, but I think, you know, given where you are with your fundraise, if you end up, you know, raising a price round or whatever this is with those funds, I would love to see if I might be able to write a very, very…”

“We typically go under 10, so like your last round was already quite high, and so. I didn't even try to negotiate here.”

“I think to Jenny's point, you know, we're pre-seed investors at Hustle Fund, so for us, like, the valuation's gonna be too high, but yeah, I, I'm very impressed, Kelsey.”

“I don't think you necessarily present all, you know, several plans, but you should have like a plan in mind for if you cannot raise X, you should be able to do something with Y. I a hundred percent agree with that. If the company is down in the water because y…”

“I unfortunately can't get behind the 10, but I would put out my offer at one 50 at seven post on a save.”

“Yeah, that is our final offer. I think, you know, unfortunately, just kind of where we play in the sphere. I think valuation is really important to us. We write small checks, so we have to kind of make it count, you know, as an investor.”

“Seven million is a little bit lower valuation than what we will probably close this round at.”

“I think every founder should come in with multiple plans.”

“I would like to invest. Seven is going to be too high for me, but I would do it at five cap, a 150 K.”

“50 K and Finecto alongside Hustle Fund, who'd already invested in the round.”