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Greg retweeted
If reindustrialization were a book, we'd still be at the first sentence on the first page.
Get after it.
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Life is too short not to build things that matter!!
BREAKING: @Senra_Systems Raises $65M Series B co-led by @lowercarbon & Interlagos
Total funding hits $112M+
Full interviews:
› Co-Founder & CEO @jordan__black
› Ken Venner Chief Tech & Product Officer (fmr SpaceX CIO)
› Factory tour
Wire harnesses are the nervous system of every rocket, car, & missile. Up to 25% of a vehicle's cost, & still 100% built by hand.
Senra Systems is rebuilding wire harness manufacturing around software.
Series B participation from General Catalyst, Sequoia Capital, Andreessen Horowitz, Founders Fund, Dylan Field, CIV, 8VC, The Friedkin Group, Jaws Estates Capital, Sozo Ventures, & Alumni Ventures
We cover:
› $65M round & Factory 3
› Ken Venner on scaling Broadcom & SpaceX
› Quitting SpaceX to build harnesses on an apartment carpet
› Supplying the fastest-scaling defense companies in America
› Amp, their operating system
› Where the name Senra comes from
𝐓𝐈𝐌𝐄𝐒𝐓𝐀𝐌𝐏𝐒
(00:00) Jordan Black, Co-Founder & CEO & Ken Venner, CTPO at Senra Systems
(00:57) Senra raises a $65M Series B
(01:36) What Senra Systems actually builds
(05:18) Why they built two very different factories
(07:00) The reindustrialization of America
(09:09) Commercial vs. Government: who's really buying?
(09:52) The origin story
(17:35) Turning a 2-year training pipeline into 4 weeks
(25:06) Bringing on SpaceX legend Ken Venner
(29:23) Why Jordan became obsessed with wire harnessing
(31:46) The investors betting big on wire harnesses
(34:16) The real story behind the name "Senra"
(36:49) Will the SpaceX IPO fuel Senra's growth?
(39:32) Ken Venner
(41:40) Scaling lessons from Broadcom and SpaceX
(43:21) Why Ken left Broadcom for SpaceX
(44:40) Life as SpaceX's CIO
(46:11) The secret to Elon Musk's management style
(47:15) What it's really like working with Gwynne Shotwell
(51:28) Scaling with AI vs. pure headcount
(55:04) Factory tour with Jordan
Greg retweeted
Clearspace, the Screen Time app that:
• makes you do pushups to earn phone time
• shares your screen time with friends
• lets you track screen time data for longer than 3 weeks (apples limit)
Is charting at #36 on the App Store
Which means it might just be 1 viral pop away from going top 10
If you want to see phone addiction trend downward in 2025, for yourself or for others take this one simple action: reshare this post, and log off for the day.
Yes this is engagement bait, but if it works it could make a big difference today and the rest of the year.
Phone addiction is going to get absolutely cooked in 2025, I’m certain of it.
Happy New Year Everybody. Scroll safely.
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Natan had an insightful chat with @gregbrainard about the supply chain venture landscape. They discussed the skilled labor shortage and the opportunities it creates for innovation in VC.
scheduledshipment.beehiiv.co…
Greg retweeted
⬇️ My statement on the Board of Supervisor’s Gaza ceasefire resolution: – at San Francisco, CA
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Had the best time speaking with the amazing @gregbrainard on his Money Legos podcast!
Give it a listen if you want to learn all about @twifintech and our growing fintech community.
"You never know the kind of MAGIC" that's going to happen at a @twifintech event
Cristina Ciaravalli @xtina1225 explains the serendipitous power of community
Greg retweeted
The more advanced the investor is the simpler his questions are. Anyone can do spreadsheets but only great investors can do napkin math. It’s the ones that get you excited by their obvious simplicity rather than hidden complexity that are the real gems.
Greg retweeted
Interviewing @SamuelDIsMe of Treasure Financial next week on Money Legos.
Drop some questions below about business banking, treasury management, or any other topics to ask about!
Greg retweeted
Cheers to #fintech friends, founders and investors who joined us last week at our Fintech Happy Hour in NYC.
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"An L1 is basically a euphemism for saying 'well this could be valued like Ethereum potentially at some point...'"
Short @ForwardGuidance 📽️ below on why @pythianism is skeptical of alt L1s 👇 👇 👇
Greg retweeted
The "collapse" in fintech venture means "only" ~$40B a year in funding
ie same as '18, '19, '20
Greg retweeted
The notion of "governance rights" as a narrative for why a token should be valuable is pathological. You're literally saying "I'm buying $X because later on someone might buy it from me and a bunch of other people to twist the protocol toward their special interests"
Greg retweeted
something i am very proud of as a founder and what we are doing as a company.
we wanted to move quickly but i didn't think that would be responsible.
instead, i am incredibly thrilled with what we are putting forward.
read more about 3RM here:
community.3rm.co/the-respons…
