Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

Investing in emerging venture capital managers @ Pattern Ventures henryferguson.notion.site/Henry-Ferguson… New York, NY, USA Joined November 2015

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Bryce Roberts @bryce

a month ago

Pattern has been an incredible partner to @indievc since day one. Highly recommend listening closely to anything John has to share.

David Weisburd 🚀 @DWeisburd

a month ago

Pattern has been an incredible partner to @indievc since day one. Highly recommend listening closely to anything John has to share.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

"The IPO window is swinging open again" - @ttunguz The exit market isn't out of the woods yet, but these are positive signs. @Chime will be another one to watch.

Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

"The IPO window is swinging open again" - @ttunguz The exit market isn't out of the woods yet, but these are positive signs. @Chime will be another one to watch. https://t.co/afUYzm6viQ

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

"Every VC-Backed IPO in the Past 12 Months Has Been a Down Round" - The Information But that isn't a bad thing. We're sweating off the ZIRP hangover. Valuations are correcting. ServiceTitan, Reddit, and CoreWeave are all trading up. Circle, Figma, Klarna are next.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

Venture is one of those industries where there is a negative correlation between information and consensus. There's an obvious ~1%, but are extremely competitive to invest in. The remaining ~99% are non-consensus bets. The best VCs can separate signal from noise in the ~99%.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

Big tech’s AI land grab has begun. Snowflake <> Crunchy Data ($250M) IBM <> Seek AI Salesforce <> Moobhub (acquihire), Informatica ($8B), and Converganceai I expect more M&A deals before 2025 is done.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

In venture, the role of a GP generally fits into a few buckets. Source, pick, win, and help. At the earliest stages (pre-seed), an argument can be made that sourcing and winning are implicitly linked. Competition is limited if you’re the first check into an early founder bet.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

While we wait for exit markets to heat up again, employee tender offers will increasingly become more important to retain/reward top talent at private companies. Anthropic's recent tender of up to 20%/$2M is one example. I predict we'll see more of these before 2025 is over.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

Recently spoke with a later-stage investor who noted that w/out the mega-AI deals in Q1 2025, median round sizes and valuations were mostly flat or down. Recent PitchBook data confirms this.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

4 months ago

Turns out YC and the US Gov have pretty similar unicorn hit rates (at least for $5B+ vals). According to @PitchBook and Commonweal VC the US Gov is in 25% of venture backed unicorns. The data below looks at $5B+ valuations, so not quite a 1:1 comp, but still interesting.

Garry Tan @garrytan

5 months ago

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

5 months ago

The rise of anon private market accounts needs to be studied. @MartinGTobias, @HighyieldHarry, @endowment_eddie, @ArfurRock Who am I missing? Might create a market map.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

7 months ago

Unsolicited advice when you’re building anything is inevitable. How you intake, filter, and selectively apply it helps separate the good ideas from great ones. And saves your sanity as the person receiving the advice.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

7 months ago

Startups pitching AI sales agents, fertility-tech, prop-tech, consumer, supply chain optimization, and the future of of work. In a NYC basement bar. On a random Thursday night. Bullish on the ecosystem here.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

7 months ago

It's Saturday afternoon. I'm in a ~30 person @NYUStern class learning about PoW, PoS, and other crypto topics. Unclear if this will move the needle on creating crypto/Web3 businesses—but crypto-literacy is likely an outcome. Curious which b-schools have similar courses.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

7 months ago

Sometimes I forget that the world doesn't think in terms of startups and VC. SAFE ≠ safe

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

9 months ago

I've created a list of 40+ direct aid links for folks directly impacted by the Palisades and Eaton fires in LA. Please consider donating directly and re-posting to your feeds. A little support goes a long way! docs.google.com/document/d/1_M…

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

10 months ago

Time for a re-introduction! 👤 Who am I? MBA student at NYU Stern and an associate at Pattern Ventures, a VC Fund of Funds. Why I'm here 🔻 Exploring VC investing—emerging managers, LP best practices, and lessons learned. Here to learn in public and document my journey.

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Henry Ferguson @_HenryFerguson

2 years ago

🔋@SionPowerCo, a developer of EV batteries, raised a $75M Series A. LG Energy Solution led, with Euclidean Capital and Hillspire. ⚡️The company advances the rechargeable battery industry with its Licerion technology, an advanced approach to lithium metal batteries.