Shine Capital

At Shine, we always try to respect your inbox and your time. So we hope you’ll take note of this irregular communication, which contains some exciting news about our firm, as we approach our fourth anniversary. Alex Hartz is now a General Partner at Shine, and Ethan Daly is a Partner. They have each earned these roles and distinctions, and I am privileged to recognize them. In a relatively short time, both Alex and Ethan have demonstrated the skills and mindsets that define Shine's founding mission: to be partners of choice to discerning entrepreneurs. They do this by leveraging lateral thinking and an unyielding dedication to help founders win. We have also added Jenna Greenspan to our team as Head of Investor Relations and Communications; it is a sign of Shine’s maturity to create this position and have someone as talented as Jenna step into it. The last team addition is Adam Hanft, who is joining our terrific group of venture partners. I have known and worked with Adam for almost two decades, and as an expert in strategy, branding, and marketing, Adam will help our portfolio companies and our firm in the often overlooked but deeply important work of narrative development. Everyone on our team has welcomely different perspectives, viewpoints, and personalities, but we share common values and are motivated by the same drive to help build enduring businesses from the earliest possible moment. I also want to point you to the latest version of our manifesto -- https://www.shine.vc/about -- although ‘latest’ might imply a more comprehensive change than has occurred. The essence and precepts of the original remain intact, but we want to provide more clarity on our point of view, based on what we’ve seen, learned, and experienced over these last four years. We have come to reject the label of ‘generalists’ because it fails to capture the interconnections that excite us as ‘lateralist’ investors. Skating to where the puck is going is a good analogy for how we approach early-stage investing. Our investment thesis takes that further; we see many pucks moving in parallel across technology, markets, and culture, and we aim to skate to the point where they come together. That coming together is where magic happens. Those are the energy fields of tomorrow. We invest thematically. We share our perspectives liberally when you spend time with us, and from time to time in public. And while our investing themes evolve and change over time, our expansive way of thinking remains consistent. I have lived through the dot-com crash and the global financial crisis, and we started Shine in the pandemic years. Like the incredible founders we partner with, we are resilient, remaining optimistic and undeterred, while at all times being vigilant interrogators of our assumptions. As always, we are here to help you build, in New York, San Francisco, Tel Aviv, and beyond. Mo

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