https://www.whalebone.vc/home daily 1.0 2024-10-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1592955742966-QV9B7PJTB34CG92K4LTH/whalebone+site+2.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/c96b134f-ec9e-4f38-bcca-b89bd3ca8caf/steph-korey-goodwin-charmspring-inc-new-1_545220_mya754+copy.jpg Home - Make it stand out Steph Korey has a next act: Charmspring Building products for kids that adults will love September 24, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/cc6f5f30-f9f1-44cb-bde7-176f48f70a9b/12.png Home - Make it stand out Nodal raises $5M to become the “Bumble for Surrogacy” September 21, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/03938ce0-ace6-4360-a223-f75ca9ff5db7/atom.png Home - Make it stand out SoftBank Leads $28M Atom Finance Series B Funding Round June 23, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618338521088-I0KDNGE12US5J7L3VDIW/DE.png Home David Energy raises $4M to Build the Standard Oil of Renewable Energy February 9, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618339131547-002ZPKTNJWXR7ALKKM09/haus.png Home Haus secures $4.5M in Seed Funding to Expand Low-ABV Apéritif Culture January 20, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/c7903c4d-852f-4c5c-bc35-4db9558375f9/0101.png Home - Make it stand out David Energy is going up against Goliath energy incumbents with a fresh $23M September 23, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/df95d257-d0a5-41b6-aa71-9a7651b852f9/111.png Home - Make it stand out David Energy Announces $20M Series A led by Union Square Ventures and Keyframe March 28, 2022 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618337394825-1R4IF2SFAW3R5DZY3VBA/seed100.png Home Seed 100: The Best Early Stage Investors Henry McNamara April 4, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618338984575-LU0QQKBYJ5EK7HLMKV83/oula.png Home Oula Raises $3.2M to Modernize Maternity Care for Expectant Mothers October 23, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618340233232-1H37MKTJAULO8HTABPMO/atom.png Home Atom Finance Raises $12M for it’s Free Rival to the Bloomberg Terminal December 12, 2019 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/664fe7d4-3127-4133-ace9-3c4d88af57ce/Adrianne-Nickerson-and-Elaine-Purcell.jpeg Home - Make it stand out Oula raises $28 million to expand holistic maternity care beyond New York February 20, 2024 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/3041849b-47e0-4a08-ba95-54c900ca1b1d/123.png Home - Make it stand out Moov, a marketplace for used manufacturing equipment, raises $41M from Tiger Global November 10, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618338201458-Q5VE0BHYBVX7K7WFZP1Z/moov.png Home Moov adds funding from Mark Cuban, NFX, and Flatiron Health Founders March 9, 2021 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618340681901-584CFVYS8M1YV3AI02BU/jot.png Home Backed by $2.5M in Funding, Jot Coffee Aims to Solve the D2C Coffee Quandary April 28, 2020 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1618337518303-TSZE5GUL0YFZ780IBBIO/yd3HdJgw.png Home Henry McNamara Forbes 30 Under 30, 2020 December 3, 2019 https://www.whalebone.vc/founders daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595611583576-QD93R024U64JZ7PGCY4H/steven.png FOUNDERS - Steven Zhou Moov https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1597375389730-4DABNUGUM5R1DVGBTUMT/0.jpg FOUNDERS - Adrianne Nickerson Oula https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595101155875-YJ6RB3WO1CFXBKH25ALA/andrew.jpg FOUNDERS - Andrew Gordon Jot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595101143130-4Z1AMN7UIXPTX7H3PAD1/helena.jpg FOUNDERS - Helena Hambrecht Haus https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1601953398187-6MKND36CEMDDEJ2PN6XW/Screen+Shot+2020-10-05+at+11.00.13+PM.png FOUNDERS - James McGinniss David Energy James McGinniss David Energy https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595101185855-XM4L0NS43Z8MIB7MJ2WJ/palo.jpg FOUNDERS - Palo Hawken Jot https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595101172528-APK4UUJQIGELAPNYA48X/woody.jpg FOUNDERS - Woody Hambrecht Haus https://www.whalebone.vc/whalebone daily 0.75 2020-10-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593018551015-5WJFCXTLOCQA9NIV3I7C/nantucket-island-ack-visit-travel-Post-Visiting-whaleboats-going-on-the-whale-1024x635.jpg WHALEBONE - Whales, not Unicorns. “Unicorns are made up creatures, Whales are not. And given the similarities between a highly successful venture capital investment and a highly successful whaling voyage, I am going to start calling the big winners in the venture industry Whales” -Fred Wilson https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593010507277-5IRPM7L0X0H3AUHGNXS3/fig1b+%281%29.png WHALEBONE - The Whaling industry in the United States in the 18th & 19th centuries looked remarkably similar to today’s venture capital business ”The rise of American inventiveness in whaling reflected a distinct culture of entrepreneurial exceptionalism, risk capital deployment, and the pursuit of outsized returns. Rates of return on capital could be high in whaling, but so was the downside risk associated with this unpredictable and hazardous industry. In the United States, whaling was one of the earliest kinds of enterprise to grapple with the complexities of risk capital intermeditation, organizational form, ownership structure, incentives, team building, and principal-agent tradeoffs. The whaling business represents an important starting point for exploring the origins of American venture financing.” - Tom Nicholas Figure 1.3 Tom Nicholas, VC: An American History (Harvard University press, 2019) p.22 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593010199751-Y240I8WR29I1ELQXWN5P/fig1.png WHALEBONE - There is no formula for entrepreneurship We have backed entrepreneurs who have spent their whole lives in technology and startups, and we have backed entrepreneurs who have spent none of their lives in technology or startups. There is no formula for who should and should not build a new company. We look for entrepreneurs with a passion for what they are building and a thoughtful understanding of why they are uniquely suited to build the company they envision. We see our role as an early stage investor as a support system for entrepreneurs and we look to draw on our experience and network to help teams along the way. Figure1.1 Tom Nicholas, VC: An American History (Harvard University press, 2019) p.13 https://www.whalebone.vc/contact daily 0.75 2020-10-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593017512648-EIPFXUHOFD3290J17P2N/image-asset.jpg CONTACT - Based in Tribeca New York, NY Twitter Crunchbase Angellist LinkedIn Medium henry@whalebone.vc https://www.whalebone.vc/investments daily 0.75 2023-08-30 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/3e5f79e2-332b-46d7-9b0d-6d5e454bd2c9/1234.png INVESTMENTS Anduril Industries, Series E (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1603989950679-G79VW2181ABPNE2IWJWS/roam.png INVESTMENTS Roam Research, Series-A (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/80c6cb79-d74a-48e3-9351-6a8506f21f1d/whereby+2.png INVESTMENTS Whereby, Series-A (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/4b39640c-a491-408d-b0aa-b2ec1bc4a938/Screenshot+2023-08-30+at+11.24.06+AM.png INVESTMENTS Charmspring, Seed (2023) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1601437779014-HG6I9O89EFQHOFB0EWAM/david+energy+website.png INVESTMENTS David Energy, Seed (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1592966747829-CVLMR55AOKY54MIR9C26/haus.png INVESTMENTS Haus, Seed (2019) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593458834384-XX6G4FIVX1YJQTSF4EFB/jot+logo.png INVESTMENTS Jot, Seed (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1595549721913-E8TBO7R02SQJEKYM8YVJ/moov.png INVESTMENTS Moov, Seed (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/dea49c50-f1e9-4128-8906-06e9ae55b2e4/nodal+banner.png INVESTMENTS Nodal Health, Seed (2022) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1602438626492-A2NI86A55XY5L8P2WSR5/oula.png INVESTMENTS Oula Health, Seed (2020) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/6e9a99b7-20fb-4733-a572-167e3318508c/allbirds+ipo.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1594922425290-5QPLHKPSI57Q68DCGKQT/away.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1594922707083-R30LGBMUJR8R1EYEDS3E/maven_clinic.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/2e64f544-3d61-4cfd-ae48-0eb7b93ee478/speechify.jpg INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1603989248784-65FHT34VZQJD78JK6DJR/ES1.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/06f65f6c-9a9a-4c8e-ad58-930dc2e33e35/fetch.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/529aebc8-a58e-4fe3-9c05-54ce12c8b9c3/truebill+whale.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/90f6a193-9ec9-4e94-87f5-fffa01bf4b0c/workrise.jpg INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/748bfc7d-562c-47db-b307-62f743d7f10c/atomicvc.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/644380b0-9aa9-41f4-9a2e-1df7a89d1fb0/DRF.png INVESTMENTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/7830496b-8ed5-46d8-97ca-d1483fda149c/bungalow.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/f6b60f58-167f-4e95-95e6-b0d4de0c1d6f/new+form+capital.png INVESTMENTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/0adff9ff-52f4-4b7f-9a21-19d5b492582e/rock_health.png INVESTMENTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/4203df53-b198-411a-9a1f-5a38207747a3/chapter+one.png INVESTMENTS https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/5d5cbfd2-1cd1-41d9-9c39-c2a3ac79fd44/not+boring.png INVESTMENTS - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://www.whalebone.vc/proprietor daily 0.75 2026-03-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5ef29224c66d4059e93b04a9/1593014856266-SGI8WPDZ5RW7Y0UJPDWQ/HLM_Headshot_2015.jpg PROPRIETOR - Henry McNamara Henry is a Partner at Great Oaks Venture Capital. He holds a Bachelor of Arts from Bowdoin College. Henry was selected to the 2020 Forbes 30 Under 30 for Venture Capital and the 2021 Insider “Seed 100” In addition to his work at Great Oaks, Henry serves as a board member for Runway for Recovery, a Leadership Council member for the JED Foundation and on the NextGen Council for the U.S. Olympic & Paralympic Foundation. Select investments include: Arbor (Acquired), Allbirds (IPO), Away, EquipmentShare (IPO), Fetch, Human Interest, Ibotta (IPO), Maven Clinic, Speechify, Sundays for Dogs, Truebill (Acquired) & Vise