At our biannual team Dock-In this year, M13 Partner Karl Alomar shared the most important career lessons he’s learned over the years. “If there’s anything I’ve learned in my career it’s surround yourself with good humans.” Listen in below and read about M13’s culture—where people are at the center of our success—at https://lnkd.in/e3vf9HTv. #careerlessons #peoplecentric #companyculture
M13
Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
Santa Monica, California 22,206 followers
An early-stage venture firm investing in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses. Based in LA & NYC.
About us
M13 is an early-stage (seed and Series A) venture capital firm that invests in visionary founders building disruptive software businesses. Established in 2016 with offices in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and New York, we are a full-stack partner that brings a deep bench of full-time operators to help founders outperform and build category-defining companies. Our Propulsion model helps founders execute faster and with less capital towards better outcomes, with 3x people on our Propulsion team for every one investing team member. Our portfolio includes more than 200 direct investments, with 25 exits to date. M13 has seeded seven companies and been in the Series A of five others that went on to achieve unicorn status. Messier 13 (or M13) is one of the brightest star clusters in the northern sky. It’s full of remarkable individual stars, but when those stars come together, they create something that’s truly greater than the sum of its parts—inspiring the M13 philosophy of “brighter together.” We’re proud that M13 has been awarded as a Built In Best Place to Work in both LA and NYC multiple years running.
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http://m13.co
External link for M13
- Industry
- Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
- Company size
- 11-50 employees
- Headquarters
- Santa Monica, California
- Type
- Privately Held
- Founded
- 2016
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1920 Olympic Blvd
Santa Monica, California 90404, US
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568 Broadway
Suite #405
New York, NY 10012, US
Employees at M13
Updates
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Below, the Upwards team explains why remote employers should offer childcare benefits—including increasing employee retention, enhancing productivity, and reducing absenteeism. Learn more about how Upwards is partnering with top companies to solve childcare challenges for the modern workforce (without building onsite centers): https://lnkd.in/gEKQUNDp #childcarecrisis #childcarebenefits #futureofwork
We give you 5 reasons why you need childcare benefits as a remote employer. Did you know that according to Forbes by 2025, 32.6 million Americans will work remote? Balancing work and childcare at home can be stressful. Providing a stipend for childcare will alleviate this stress, not to mention increase employee retention by 50%, enhance productivity and benefit your company economically by reducing abseteeism. Read more in our infographic below⬇
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“We realized the emergency system is built on the assumption everyone is using landlines,” Prepared co-founder Michael Chime told New York Post. Michael, Neal Soni, and Dylan Gleicher set out to build tech that would capitalize on the fact most callers are using smartphones — and let emergency responders see it was going on at the other end of a 911 call. “A picture is worth a thousand words so the ability to text a picture in a fire that shows flames are blue shows it’s a chemical or hazmat fire,” Michael said, noting that those kinds of fires require completely different responses and having advance info gives firefighters time to prepare. Four years ago, Prepared was providing their technology to less than thirty emergency call centers. Today, their technology supports around 1,000 centers, with more than 20% of all dispatchers across the US adopting their system. And now, Apple's iOS 18 update integrates Prepared's technology, allowing iPhone users making emergency calls to share videos and photos, even without a link, with 911 dispatch centers. Read more of Prepared’s story from reporter Lydia Moynihan: https://lnkd.in/ehx_rzXp #govtech #NYfounders Pictured below: co-founders Michael, Neil, and Dylan with head of engineering Sunny Rajan and head of product Keshav Vasudevan at Prepared’s headquarters in Manhattan.
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What trends are shaping the future of employee benefits? One critical trend, according to Jessica Chang and the team at M13 portfolio company Upwards, is the increasing focus on family wellbeing, parental leave, and childcare benefits. They highlight some of the benefits of supporting your employees in every stage of their family journey, including: - Talent attraction and retention - Enhanced productivity and mental health - Support for DE&I initiatives Explore more at https://lnkd.in/eyx26BW2 #childcare #HRtrends #HRbenefits
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How are companies approaching technical interviews in the age of AI chatbots? interviewing.io founder Aline Lerner weighed in on the evolution of #technicalinterviews in Business Insider with Melia Russell: https://lnkd.in/g2gmJvhg
With chatbots, the tech job interview is now open book. Not everyone is happy.
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What are the best AI workflow automations in 2024? Take a look through our new M13 RocketGuide! ⬇
There are seemingly endless AI tools out there to help you do your job more efficiently, and you might not have time to test them all. So M13 did it for you. Our new M13 RocketGuide to AI Workflow Automations in 2024. Our team of AI experts (Rob Smith, Mary Lara, Zachary Naglieri) tested and ranked 50+ AI tools for work, including: -engineering AI tools, for you to leverage code co-pilots or full code generators -marketing AI tools, for generating and editing visual, audio, and visual assets -sales & BD AI tools, to automate customer support and support your sales cycle Check it out at https://lnkd.in/grf9Q9u8
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How does NBA all-star Shane Battier evaluate founders? He shared his perspective in conversation with M13 co-founder Carter Reum at our annual Future Perfect conference: that winning teams requires more than just successful individuals. The whole must be greater than the sum of its parts. “I love talking to founders,” Shane said. “There are a lot of founders that have amazing ideas, have the passion, have the drive. But if they can’t get the right people to go along with them on their journey, they’re not getting my money. At the same time, I’ve invested in people whose idea might be subpar, who might not be very charismatic—but they are amazing at building a team that can execute, around that framework of trust and mission focus.” More on building winning mindsets and winning teams at https://lnkd.in/eAjminmv #founders #startups
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Customer support is notoriously hard to deliver well and at a reasonable cost. Jonathan Corbin, Sami Shalabi, Eugene Mann, and the Maven AGI team are changing that with their #AI-powered solution streamlining the customer support experience. Check out their newest case study, sharing how ClickUp achieved a 25% increase in support rep solves per hour, reduced onboarding time for new support team members, and customized Maven to stay true to ClickUp's brand voice: https://lnkd.in/eGc_pEfW Read more about how Maven is building the customer experience of the future and why we invested at https://lnkd.in/eiqcQBB6. #customerservice #customersupport #AGI
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How can startups build effective tech partnerships as public servants? "You have to meet any market where it’s at. Sometimes having 10x better technology alone isn’t enough," says Prepared founder Michael Chime. At our annual Future Perfect conference, Michael discussed removing blocks to innovation as founders working with public entities—and why for Prepared, finding success was about more than just offering better technology. Read more at https://lnkd.in/emqk96dC #startups #govtech
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“It’ll be a time saver, but most of all, it’s a lifesaver.” M13 portfolio company Prepared is using AI to make emergency situations safer for both 911 callers and responders. Its Prepared Assist technology is bringing built-for-landlines 911 infrastructure into the future, giving dispatchers real-time GPS information, audio transcription, and other vital data to make it easier to assess and respond to emergency situations. According to one 911 Systems Manager, “What Prepared Assist has done is essentially take all those [different] tools and bring them into one platform. In previous times, we would have to look at three or four different screens to be able to accomplish these types of tasks.” Learn more at https://lnkd.in/e4kTG-YN #AI #safetytech Michael Chime, Dylan Gleicher, Neal Soni