First Star Ventures @FirstStarVC
Pre-seed VC. Investing with conviction in visionary, technical founders inventing the future. #ML #AI #Climate #techbio @DrewVolpe @MITMillieLiu @teddypowday firststar.vc Boston, MA Joined September 2016-
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🦓 Progress in the rare disease space is accelerating like never before! Catch the @iOrganBio team next week in Boston at the 2026 World Orphan Drug Congress as we connect with other innovators who are tackling some of the biggest challenges in medicine. COO @karol_jarzabek and BD Lead Lucas Abbott will be in Boston to share how iOB’s CellDiscovery™ Platform is enabling generation of personalized drug discovery models and powering n-of-one clinical trials for rare diseases, and the CellForge™ Platform is enabling scale-out and scale-up of precision cell manufacturing. Together with our partners, we’re helping to transform the approach to rare diseases, unlocking new approaches to personalized therapy development and bringing hope to patients and their loved ones with The Right Cells, Consistently, At Scale. 📝 Register for WODC 2026 at terrapinn.com/conference/wor… 🌐 Learn more about iOB’s technology at iorgan.bio ✉️ Explore partnering opportunities by emailing [email protected] #RareDisease #OrphanDrugs #WODC #PersonalizedMedicine #Nof1 @orphan_drugs @OrphanConf
The idea of scaling autonomy is simple on paper: build more trucks to haul more freight. But the reality is being strategic about what an autonomous network looks like, and understanding that autonomy removes one of the biggest questions in network design: does the labor exist to make a location in my network make sense? That's what Brett Suma is here to answer. freightwaves.com/news/bot-auto-…
It's finally here! ✨ The GLOW 2026 video series features Leading Voices at the Intersection of AI and Engineering from @LoadsmartUS, @Q2_Software, @incident_io, @googlecloud, @awscloud, @Avaya, @blitzyai, @OpenHandsDev, and more...and these under-20-minute episodes are now available for you to watch anytime, anywhere. Software was eating the world. Now AI is eating software. But you're not alone. Watch the first 4 episodes and learn how AI is changing how teams build, measure and deliver impact in modern engineering organizations: jellyfish.co/glow #GLOW26 #AIFirst #AIIsEatingSoftware
Welcome Dr Pang!
iOrganBio is excited to share the addition of Zhiping Pang to our Scientific Advisory Board. As one of the world’s foremost experts in human neuron biology, synaptic function, and the molecular mechanisms underlying neuropsychiatric and metabolic disorders, Dr. Pang has
Excited to rep Boston and be one of the funds participating.
the team built a way for founders and investors to get intro'd at Tech Week! Use it May 26 (today) to Jun 7 to meet connect try it here: intro.tech-week.com how it works: - Founders sign up and say what they're building - VCs hit the same link for investor access, then
Jellyfish SVP of Engineering Adam Ferrari reflects on findings from the 2026 State of Engineering Management report. In this short, he shares his reactions to AI costs and tool proliferation challenges. Watch the full video here: jellyfish.co/events-and-web… And explore the report here: jellyfish.co/2026-state-of-… #SEMR26 #StateOfEngineeringManagementReport #AICosts
Long before modern medicine, people were deeply curious about what their body released. Western medicine made that taboo. That curiosity is worth reclaiming.
Reminder, we're doing a fireside chat next week (Thu 5/28) in Cambridge with some awesome founders who are: - making human cells and tissue - monitoring gut health with smart toilet cameras - revolutionizing liquid biopsy Come hang out! (registration link next tweet)
Today is World IBD Day, and my co-founder @JohnCapodilupo wrote something I hope you will read. There are two things you need to know about John: 1/ Before joining @ThroneScience , John was co-founder and CTO of @WHOOP , where he pioneered wearables and popularized metrics now used by millions, like HRV and sleep scores. 2/ Ten years ago, he was diagnosed with pancolitis, the most severe form of ulcerative colitis. I've said it a thousand times, and I'll say it a thousand times more: there is no one who more perfectly understands the value and importance of what we are building than John Capodilupo. Throne sits at the exact intersection of his personal and professional life. As you read John's blog, you will find he is a gifted and empathetic writer. He brings that same empathy to every decision he makes that shapes Throne. Throne is not a medical device and it's not a substitute for traditional care. But for the millions of people living with IBD, and the many more who simply want to understand their gut, we believe the toilet is the most underutilized data surface in the home. It's the adventure of a lifetime to build Throne with John. Read his piece here, and if you can, support the @CrohnsColitisFn today. thronescience.com/blog/world-ibd…
Join us next Thursday, May 28th Heeding Nature's Call: Reading the Body with AI 👇
✍️ Design 🏗️ Build 💥 Test 💡 Learn These are the core engineering principles that guide the iterative design of everything spanning ballpoint pens to fighter jets. And now we can do the same for cells—completely automated—made possible by advanced robotics and AI. As part of
🌊 The next wave of AI transformation is here. Yet, most organizations still struggle to measure impact and prove ROI. Join Blitzy's CTO Sid Pardeshi and Jellyfish SVP of Engineering Adam Ferrari tomorrow as they break down what separates high-performing teams from the rest...and how your organization can learn from and apply those insights: jellyfish.co/events-and-web…
The AI-first era is here. Are you ready? Leading voices at the the intersection of AI and engineering featuring @Google Cloud DORA's Nathen Harvey, @blitzyai Nick DiFiore, @Avaya's Ruby Agarwal, @awscloud's Joe Cudby, @incident_io's Chris Evans, @OpenHandsDev's Robert Brennan, @LoadsmartUS Ron Ben Yosef, @Q2_Software's Jan Acosta, Jellyfish's @amlau, @augmentcode's Vinay Perneti, @flotracker's Vladislav Nedosekin, and many more are here to help. Start watching GLOW on June 2, 2026. #GLOW26 #AIEngineering
as a peer to fervo, today feels like a good day to give them their flowers for their opening act. they started when nobody cared about geothermal or baseload power startups, trying to commercialize EGS; a technology with a 40+ year graveyard of failures. anyone who does this for a living knows how brutal that path was. they had to survive so many firsts and so much painful company building. now for the second act: they're sitting on 2B+ in cash now. and unlike fusion or fission, that capital is going to turn into real MWh on the grid. no celebrating technical milestones that nobody understands, no "power is just a few years away" promises. no, those billions will generate new power. because at the end of the day, geothermal is just drilling, hot rocks, and thermal power plants. we know how to drill. we're getting better at finding the hot rocks. and we damn sure know how to build and operate the plants. it's a pretty cool moment. the future is bright.
The 2026 State of Engineering Management Report finds that only 10% of teams report strong enablement and high adoption (of AI tools) across their organization. Head of AI & Research Nicholas Arcolano, PhD, and Engineering Manager Marilyn Cole react to this finding in this video. Explore the report for more insights here: jellyfish.co/2026-state-of-… #SEMR26 #AICoding #AITransformation #StateOfEngineeringManagement
Here's a look at the highlights from our humanless run from Houston to Dallas!
Join us May 28th for a #BOSTechWeek event: Heeding Nature's Call: Reading the Body with AI partiful.com/e/MyfKGX0Dl8Bi…
HUGE thank you to Kurt Knutsson and Fox News for doing a deeper dig on our humanless run from Houston to Dallas. Kurt said it best in his article: next steps are repeatability and scale, and we are ready to tackle those head on! Read the full interview with Kurt and Bot Auto's CEO Xiaodi Hou here. foxnews.com/tech/humanless…
See how easy it is to power your @stripe projects with Turso: as many databases as you want, to power as many things as you can dream of. turso.tech/blog/how-to-pr…
Excited to host an event for #BOSTechWeek Heeding Nature's Call: Reading the Body with AI Sign-up 👇 partiful.com/e/MyfKGX0Dl8Bi…
BREAKING NEWS: BOS and NY Tech Week calendars are LIVE! You can now register for events: [tech-week.com/calendar] 2,000+ event submissions across Boston and New York City. 📍BOS: May 26-31 📍NY: June 1-7 Big congrats to the entire Tech Week team for already making this year
Teddy Blank @teddypowday
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Alex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold
63K Followers 2K Following VC | Lead Pre/Seed @2048vc | Pitch me https://t.co/7RMuMRnXF1 | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog https://t.co/0DoDmSLmNZ | Systems Thinker
Drew Volpe @drewvolpe
6K Followers 3K Following coder / founder / investor. Founder @FirstStarVC Interests: AI/ML, bio, climate, energy, Bitcoin, crypto, and coffee. @Harvard @MIT
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Aaron Slodov @aphysicist
51K Followers 5K Following Building the future of manufacturing: @atomic_inc, @reindsummit, @newindustrials
Mac The VC @MacConwell
100K Followers 40K Following Managing Partner @RareBreedVC | underrepresented founders | Hacker turned Hustler | Entrepreneur | Vampire | Former Gamer | @inside | @KauffmanFellows class #26
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Broker Brett @Broker_Brett
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Aaron Edwards @aedwards02
1K Followers 2K Following Building noise-cancelling headphones for cell therapies @KiraGenBio starting with glioblastoma @HarvardHBS • @BeamTx • @BluebirdBio
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Benjamin Vincent @BenjaminGVincen
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Jeff Huber 🇺🇸 @jhuber
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Akarsh Kushwaha @kush24371
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Hien Dao @hireen99
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Isaac Moskowitz @IsaacMoskowitz1
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Lisa @inferredbylisa
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Vincent @vincexplorer
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Brian Hughes @ItsBrianHughes
252 Followers 2K Following built big businesses at uber, spotify and hims. independent. new york dad. learnings from ranger school, iraq, afghanistan, west point, hbs, mom and dad.
Agboola O. Sampson @Smpsnseun
708 Followers 5K Following Microbiologist (https://t.co/RvSH47Cf5V.) | Entrepreneur | Federal Ministry of Health and Social Welfare | Founder & CEO of @imisihealthcare (🦄) | Conecta Africa 2026 Winner
Nancy H @Alpaslan561728
6 Followers 1K Following Delicate soul, melancholic dreams, quiet nights 🧚♀️
Teddy Blank @teddypowday
7K Followers 995 Following Investing in deep tech/energy/hard computing @FirstStarVC. Skiing, surfing, sneakers, Boston sports. “AAANNYYTHIIIINNNGG IS POOOSSSIIBBLLEEE!!!!” - KG
Alex Iskold | 2048.vc @alexiskold
63K Followers 2K Following VC | Lead Pre/Seed @2048vc | Pitch me https://t.co/7RMuMRnXF1 | Coach @HarvardHBS | Blog https://t.co/0DoDmSLmNZ | Systems Thinker
Drew Volpe @drewvolpe
6K Followers 3K Following coder / founder / investor. Founder @FirstStarVC Interests: AI/ML, bio, climate, energy, Bitcoin, crypto, and coffee. @Harvard @MIT
Justin Gordon @justingordon212
47K Followers 10K Following Founder of The LA Grind and The SF Grind. Founder of Just Go Grind (acquired). Scout @HeadlineVC. I like bringing ambitious people together.
Wiz 👨🚀 @WizLikeWizard
35K Followers 11K Following VC @Spacecadet ✦ Investing in Spacecadets & marketing their moonshots. 2x Founder. Techno-Optimist. Sometimes Chef. Son of immigrants. 🇨🇦
Darrel Frater ✝️ @DarrelFrater
27K Followers 3K Following Christ Follower ✝️ | GP @TGNVentures | Co-Founder @ https://t.co/rPifKrAIjV | Prev. @SeracVentures @VisibleHandsVC
Aaron Slodov @aphysicist
51K Followers 5K Following Building the future of manufacturing: @atomic_inc, @reindsummit, @newindustrials
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Mac The VC @MacConwell
100K Followers 40K Following Managing Partner @RareBreedVC | underrepresented founders | Hacker turned Hustler | Entrepreneur | Vampire | Former Gamer | @inside | @KauffmanFellows class #26
Nima Ashraf @nimaashraf_
33 Followers 373 Following hardware engineer + investor @ https://t.co/qWLJIjXXpd
Hyperstition Research @hyperstitionvc
30 Followers 11 Following Pre-seed and seed-stage fund investing in Kardashev Acceleration: robotics, manufacturing, space, energy and future of computation.
Aaron Edwards @aedwards02
1K Followers 2K Following Building noise-cancelling headphones for cell therapies @KiraGenBio starting with glioblastoma @HarvardHBS • @BeamTx • @BluebirdBio
Adam Fuhrer @adamfuhrer
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vivek @VivekPendem
120 Followers 2K Following EFV | Mechanical engineer| ML | prev grad @UCSanDiego | working on Virtual Patients
Clay Dumas @claydumas
9K Followers 3K Following Day jobs @lowercarbon and @lowercase. Moonlight as a chocolate croissant and mapo tofu critic. In a parallel universe I worked in the @obamawhitehouse.
Steve Johnston @StevenEJohnston
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Natalie Dillon @ntdillon
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John Capodilupo @JohnCapodilupo
1K Followers 479 Following Cofounder / CPO @ThroneScience. Making the toilet your next health lab. Built @whoop. Living (and shipping) with IBD.
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95 Followers 634 Following Backing critical metals & heavy industry startups
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1K Followers 1K Following Supporting Life Sciences Startups Building Platforms Shaping The Future Of Medicine✨ — 🚫 Views expressed by guests are their own & not represent @AlixVentures
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309 Followers 63 Following On a mission to make geothermal power the most affordable form of widely-deployable, 24/7, clean energy on the planet.
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