Leading pre-seed VC firm helping founders meet customers and strategic investors through curated events.
Miami, FL
Joined April 2020
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OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
Prometheus!! Yesssss! Can’t wait for this session and to welcome @Azizzadenesheli to Miami & the @eMergeAmericas Miami AI Summit! 🔥
tomorrow i'm sitting down with @Azizzadenesheli from Prometheus at Miami AI Summit 🔥
physics intelligence. AI that actually understands how the physical world works. this one's gonna be good
fireside chat, 1:30 PM ET 🚀
OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
Best thing I saw all week wasn’t on my feed. It was in a room.
Miami Innovation Academy, Week 5 @NortheasternMIA
@pablo_casilimas from @161ventures breaking down w/ @Rania___305 how to raise when all you have is a story.
Founders locked in!
Demo Day is going to be 🔥
OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
I rarely talk about my story here.
At the age of 14, I ran away from home.
I dropped out of high school.
I floated through life in my late teens and early 20's with no real purpose.
And then I learned of the wonderful world of start-ups.
An ecosystem where you are rewarded for your drive and not just your background and accolades. This changed the entire trajectory of my life.
Since then, I have been committed to giving opportunities to driven people who may not have the connections, prestige, or capital to make their dreams come true.
I am honored to speak to founders at Harvard University this month alongside my brother Shivang Raisurana.
This will not be a talk about "what your pitch deck should look like" or "founder market fit". This will be a real peek behind the curtain as to how investors (and other founders) truly evaluate YOU as a founder before even thinking about your company.
If you are a founder who wants advice, guidance, intros, or whatever, never hesitate to reach out.
OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
Excited to be moderating the one and only @mattmcilwain during his keynote speech tomorrow at our @161ventures event tomorrow
As always, shoutout to our sponsors @SiliconVlyBank , @innodata
Genius is equally distributed. Opportunity isn’t.” 🌍
🔎Founder takeaway: most founders don’t lack talent — they lack access. If your city doesn’t have operators or investors, build the room yourself.
#entrepreneurship #ecosystem
⏩The AI startups winning right now aren’t flashy.
They quietly turn 15 minutes into 15 seconds.
🔎Founder takeaway: if you can show clear before vs after, distribution solves itself. Demos > decks. Always.
#AIstartups #SaaS
📈Scaling lesson: you can’t make every decision — but you can define how decisions get made.
🔎Founder takeaway: hire people who solve problems without permission. Process scales after values, never before.
#scaling #operators #founders
Culture isn’t a values slide.
Culture is decisions made when no one’s watching. 👀
🔎Founder takeaway: the moment “that’s not my job” becomes normal, speed dies. Early teams win with default ownership.
#leadership #startupculture
OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
The agent future isn’t one execution model.
It’s bursts and marathons.
Stateless and stateful.
That’s why a new agent-native platform had to be built from first principles
Congrats @jhaynie @rblalock @agentuity!
Every pitch deck says “this is a unicorn.” 🦄
Investors don’t fund projections — they fund momentum.
Founder takeaway: show a metric moving (churn ↓, time ↓, revenue ↑). Hype expires. Proof compounds.
#startuplife #VC #traction
Most early startups fail because they build to fundraise instead of to sell. 😬
🔎Founder takeaway: fundraising is a tool, not the job. Customers create leverage. Revenue creates options. The best rounds happen when you don’t need the money.
#fundraising #founders
Founders don’t need more networking events.
They need warm customer intros, early hires, and investors who answer texts. 📲
Founder takeaway: community isn’t vibes, it’s infrastructure. If your ecosystem doesn’t create outcomes, build the room yourself. 🏗️
#startupcommunity
OneSixOne Ventures retweeted
My man @DrGrasshopper says those in the know should go. So I'll see you all there.
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AI will kill jobs—and create new ones 🤖⚖️
Every tech revolution does.
WEF: AI creates 97M new roles by 2027, even as others disappear.
The edge isn’t AI itself.
It’s judgment 🧠, context 🧭, and critical thinking.
Use the tool. Don’t outsource your brain.
#FutureOfWork #AI
If you want a company that lasts 10+ years ⏳
build belief—not just software.
Great products feel inevitable.
Bain: companies with strong loyalty grow 2.5× faster
If leaving your product feels painful 😣
you’re doing it right.
#Brand #CustomerLove
Education is the real AI opportunity 🎓
Most companies don’t know how to use AI safely—not whether to use it.
Gartner: 80% of enterprises fail to scale AI due to data & governance issues
Winners won’t build flashiest AI ✨
They’ll make AI usable 🛠️
#AIAdoption #B2B
AI adoption isn’t blocked by technology 🤖
It’s blocked by fear 😨
Fear of job loss
Fear of change
Fear of breaking things
Deloitte: 60%+ of enterprises delay AI due to org resistance, not capability
Founders who remove fear unlock demand 🔓
#AI #Enterprise
Ask for money early 💰
Not validation 👍
Not feedback 📝
Money.
Stripe data: startups that charge within 6 months reach PMF faster
If even friends won’t pay… strangers definitely won’t 😬
Revenue is truth 🧾
#Bootstrapping #SaaS
Founders over-optimize products 🛠️
and under-optimize customers🧑🦱🧑🦰
A perfect product with zero buyers = failure.
CB Insights: 70%+ of failed startups built something people didn’t want enough to pay for
If customers aren’t paying 💸 your product isn’t done.
#ProductMarketFit
