Anchor Investor and Fund Advisor
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Steve Vassallo is listed in a Anchor Investor and Fund Advisor capacity at Designer Fund. The firm does not publish a person-specific investment thesis for this role; the profile preserves that role distinction and uses the firm's mandate only as shared context.
Mission-driven founders who value design, can create a product ten times better than alternatives and are addressing a multibillion-dollar market with poor user experiences.
The firm requires early-stage technology, meaningful design leverage and a mission tied to health, climate or prosperity; weak design commitment is a poor fit.
Show the painful user experience, how design creates a 10x product, mission and market scale, early validation, and the product, brand or hiring help needed.
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Steve Vassallo is listed by Designer Fund as Anchor Investor and Fund Advisor. Foundation Capital general partner investing at the intersection of business, technology and design.