Meet Atelier Ventures! Atelier is a $13M seed fund founded by Li Jin, investing in startups that enable work to be more creative, meaningful, and human. Atelier has made investments in companies like Stir, Patreon, and Substack.
If there is an opportunity for a fund to exist that can take creator economy to the next level I think it should come from you Li! Congrats on the launch 🚀 Glad to see a VC fund specifically focusing on a fast-growing niche and your expertise will only guide founders to deliver more value and create more impact!
Li is phenomenal. Beyond her writing and constant exploration of new ideas, she is just a wonderful person. I had the fortune of interacting with her for some video editing on Means of Creation (one of the countless incredible content pieces she is regularly part of), and I can not stress enough how bright/grounded/curious/driven she is. I'm incredibly excited to see this launch!
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@ljin18@atelierventures - I have been reading most of your newsletters and they are so insightful and Creator centric. This is so encouraging - FOCUS on CREATOR. Passion Economy is the future. Congrats on the launch and the fund !!.
Echoing the many comments above: if you can work with Li, you should! All investors like to claim they can add value to founders beyond capital, but Li really is building a differentiated platform.
I had the pleasure of getting to know Li when she was at A16Z and am a huge believer of Atelier's mission to better serve founders working in the passion economy.
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Very excited to see this get off the ground - I have followed Li since her joining a16z - her 3C mental model - Content + Commerce + Community is something I fondly recall as a "lightbulb" moment for me.
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