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·5 days ago

Announcing $260M in new capital with Cowboy Fund IV & Mustang I, Yeehaw!

By Team Cowboy (Aileen, Robby, Jillian, Ted, Allegra, Matt, & Mae) At Cowboy Ventures, our mission is to back the most promising seed stage companies, while having a positive impact on the communities around us. …

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Announcing $260M in new capital with Cowboy Fund IV & Mustang I, Yeehaw!
Announcing $260M in new capital with Cowboy Fund IV & Mustang I, Yeehaw!

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Jan 19

Making Money from Open Source

Part 1: Turning Project-Market Fit into Product-Market Fit By: Robby Imagine you’re the creator of an open source project. You release your project on GitHub, follow it up with a Hacker News post, and within a few months, surpass 1,000 stars. Woohoo! …

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Making Money from Open Source
Making Money from Open Source

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Jan 8

Marking Cowboy Ventures’ 10 Year Anniversary

By Aileen Lee We recently passed the 10 year mark at Cowboy Ventures, woohoo! It’s a good time to reflect on the past decade, and share excitement for the years ahead. …

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Marking Cowboy Ventures’ 10 Year Anniversary
Marking Cowboy Ventures’ 10 Year Anniversary

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Dec 13, 2022

The Fable and Challenges of Credit Cards in the US

For the past few years, many have cited that today’s younger generations mistrust credit cards. Perhaps because it’s the debt instrument of their parents because they have seen the turmoil that debt can cause, the Great Recession, or the burden from student loans. …

Debt

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The Fable and Challenges of Credit Cards in the US
The Fable and Challenges of Credit Cards in the US
Debt

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Dec 5, 2022

Jillian Williams is our new Partner at Cowboy, Yee Haw!

By: Aileen Lee It gives me great pleasure to share our awesome cow-lleague Jillian Williams has been promoted to be a Partner at Cowboy Ventures, woohoo 🤠! Jill is an outstanding thinker, collaborator, connector, teammate, finder of great early stage ventures, student of financial markets & business, and human being…

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Jillian Williams is our new Partner at Cowboy, Yee Haw!
Jillian Williams is our new Partner at Cowboy, Yee Haw!

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Dec 5, 2022

Becoming a Cowboy Partner!

By: Jillian Williams I’m excited and honored to share my promotion to Partner at Cowboy, and I’m eager to continue to work alongside my amazing team and our incredible founders. Reflecting on my decision to join Cowboy, I realized that most of my time getting to know the team was…

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Becoming a Cowboy Partner!
Becoming a Cowboy Partner!

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Nov 3, 2022

What We’re Excited About: The Verticalization of B2B Fintech

By Jillian Williams Selling financial products is not easy. Nor is shopping for financial products particularly exciting. Even when products or services could save time, money, and/or headaches, it’s expensive to convince skeptical customers to switch from existing services. …

Fintech

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What We’re Excited About: The Verticalization of B2B Fintech
What We’re Excited About: The Verticalization of B2B Fintech
Fintech

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Oct 21, 2022

AI Coders, Open Source Designers & Serverless Builders

Q3’s most important software infra activity By: Robby At Cowboy, we do an internal review each quarter of the impactful events that happened in our areas of focus, and their implications on our investment strategy and portfolio companies. One of those areas is software infrastructure, with investments in companies like…

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AI Coders, Open Source Designers & Serverless Builders
AI Coders, Open Source Designers & Serverless Builders

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Oct 20, 2022

Announcing Cowboy Ventures’ Investment in Getaway: Investments with a View

By: Jillian, Aileen & Allegra We’re thrilled to partner with the amazing team at Getaway, an innovative tech-enabled platform for investing in real estate. Generations of Americans have built wealth through investing in real estate. But, soaring home prices and rising interest rates have made the potential financial returns from…

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Announcing Cowboy Ventures’ Investment in Getaway: Investments with a View
Announcing Cowboy Ventures’ Investment in Getaway: Investments with a View

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Published in Cowboy Ventures

·Aug 23, 2022

Investing in Software Infrastructure in a Downmarket

While the market is down on software infrastructure, it’s still a great time to build! Below are some trends we think will be behind new investments. By: Robby Software infrastructure companies have been hit hard by the market downturn of 2022. While the NASDAQ composite is down (20%) YTD, high-flying…

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Investing in Software Infrastructure in a Downmarket
Investing in Software Infrastructure in a Downmarket

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