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Duro VC
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Duro VC invests in passionate teams building scalable software products, from pre-seed through pre-IPO. The firm looks for passionate, often second-time founders who are solving a problem for which they have a strong personal solution-need. While Duro has made a significant number of bets on AI companies, it also invests in what some call 'traditional' companies building SaaS, DevTools, and Open Source products. The firm focuses on companies that are in-revenue raising a Seed or Series A with a strong lead in their round. Duro invests both from its rolling fund and through its AngelList syndicate, enabling any accredited investor to co-invest alongside the team on a deal-by-deal basis or via the fund. Through its network of founders, positive reviews on Y Combinator's Bookface, and relationships with leading VCs, Duro gains access to fast-moving deals and has deployed over $110M across 225+ startups.
Notable quotes
“We were this morning having a branding call for what DVC stands for — first it was a hat tip to Duro, which was the name of the fund I'd started. Initially, we were calling it Duro Venture Collective but now we're our own fund, we're distributed. We source from our LPs, and we source through my network or the founders we've invested in.”
“I focus on software, fintech, deep tech and web3. All stages, although I tend to stay away from idea-stage companies.”
“Duro Ventures invests in exceptional founders at the earliest stages across AI, B2B SaaS, dev tools, consumer, and health tech. We look for founders who are singularly prepared to solve a specific problem, confirm they have the ability & network to execute on their vision, and then support them as they disrupt massive markets & industries.”
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Recent investments
Frequent co-investors
| VC firm | Deals together |
|---|---|
| Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) | 3 |
| Sequoia Capital | 3 |
| Lightspeed Venture Partners | 2 |
| Khosla Ventures | 2 |
| Founders Fund | 2 |
| SignalFire | 2 |
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