# ![@sam_kirschner Avatar](https://lunarcrush.com/gi/w:26/cr:twitter::2830589279.png) @sam_kirschner Sam Kirschner

Sam Kirschner posts on X about history, $250m, $95b, $213m the most. They currently have [-----] followers and [--] posts still getting attention that total [--] engagements in the last [--] hours.

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- [--] Year [------] +2,477%

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- [--] Year [-----] +3.10%

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### Social Influence

**Social category influence**
[finance](/list/finance)  14.29% [technology brands](/list/technology-brands)  14.29% [stocks](/list/stocks)  8.57% [social networks](/list/social-networks)  5.71% [countries](/list/countries)  5.71% [currencies](/list/currencies)  5.71% [luxury brands](/list/luxury-brands)  2.86% [travel destinations](/list/travel-destinations)  2.86% [celebrities](/list/celebrities)  2.86% [vc firms](/list/vc-firms)  2.86%

**Social topic influence**
[history](/topic/history) 5.71%, [$250m](/topic/$250m) 5.71%, [$95b](/topic/$95b) 5.71%, [$213m](/topic/$213m) 5.71%, [acquisition](/topic/acquisition) 5.71%, [$54m](/topic/$54m) 5.71%, [$64m](/topic/$64m) 5.71%, [idea](/topic/idea) 2.86%, [health](/topic/health) 2.86%, [celine](/topic/celine) 2.86%

**Top accounts mentioned or mentioned by**
[@villageglobal](/creator/undefined) [@beondeck](/creator/undefined) [@foundersfund](/creator/undefined) [@luxcapital](/creator/undefined) [@pitdesi](/creator/undefined) [@2112power](/creator/undefined) [@viswacolluru](/creator/undefined) [@adwane](/creator/undefined) [@lifeschemistry](/creator/undefined) [@celinehaliouas](/creator/undefined) [@loyalfordogs](/creator/undefined) [@anandc](/creator/undefined) [@apilipis](/creator/undefined) [@stanfordash](/creator/undefined) [@chr1sa](/creator/undefined) [@chrisyeh](/creator/undefined) [@addicol](/creator/undefined) [@usv](/creator/undefined) [@envedabio](/creator/undefined) [@obsessvr](/creator/undefined)

**Top assets mentioned**
[Accenture (ACN)](/topic/accenture) [Morgan Stanley (MS)](/topic/morgan-stanley)
### Top Social Posts
Top posts by engagements in the last [--] hours

"We were an early investor in @celinehalioua's first round at @loyalfordogs when it was just her an idea and a "poorly designed slide deck" (her words). Six years later: $250M+ raised FDA efficacy and safety milestones cleared and the largest clinical trial in animal health history. I sat down with Celine to talk about the whole journey how she raised a quarter billion dollars pre-revenue why dogs are the fastest path to a human longevity drug and what the future of Loyal looks like as the drugs get closer to hitting the market. Congrats to Celine and the Loyal team on the $100M Series C"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/2021665932557660190)  2026-02-11T19:21Z [----] followers, 10.5K engagements


"Full episode YouTube: Podcast: https://www.villageglobal.com/podcast https://youtu.be/nwwP8QlNP8k https://www.villageglobal.com/podcast https://youtu.be/nwwP8QlNP8k"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/2021665934386278451)  2026-02-11T19:21Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Love working with all the amazing advisors who support our accelerator companies. If youre look for guidance from some of the best apply now http://villageglobal.vc/accelerator Incredible advisors are key to our accelerator: @anandc - SVP of Product at Five9 @apilipis - Dir at OpenAI @StanfordAsh - VP of PM at Procore @chr1sa - COO of Kittyhawk @chrisyeh - Co-Author of Blitzscaling And more Boost your startup with Village https://t.co/lcKMfrVbvy http://villageglobal.vc/accelerator Incredible advisors are key to our accelerator: @anandc - SVP of Product at Five9 @apilipis - Dir at OpenAI"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1418269317519450117)  2021-07-22T17:58Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Insane progress from our accelerator companies Want to be like them Join @villageglobal via our upcoming accelerator http://villageglobal.vc/accelerator Village Accelerator grads have raised some incredible rounds the last few months $65M @Addi_col B w/ @USV $20M @beondeck A w/ @FoundersFund $51M @envedabio A w/ @Lux_Capital $10M @obsessvr A w/ @JumpCapital $15M Settle A w/ @KleinerPerkins & many more TBA Apply by Aug 10th http://villageglobal.vc/accelerator Village Accelerator grads have raised some incredible rounds the last few months $65M @Addi_col B w/ @USV $20M @beondeck A w/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1421148479812882432)  2021-07-30T16:39Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Any VCs out there do background checks If so who did you use Even if it cant find all fraudsters seems like a smart step everyone should be doing I've been really distracted today because of some disturbing news. I just learned in the news that a founder I previously worked closely w (at my last firm) committed fraud and continued the ruse for over *5 years*.() More I've been really distracted today because of some disturbing news. I just learned in the news that a founder I previously worked closely w (at my last firm) committed fraud and continued the ruse for over *5 years*.() More"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1666190039267827712)  2023-06-06T21:07Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"@canzhiye I'd respect it Also why do people never say PDT or EDT I only see PST / EST"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1673724597945122820)  2023-06-27T16:06Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@graduatedescent Congrats Steve this is awesome :)"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1732460699501424688)  2023-12-06T18:03Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pitdesi Were planning on doing a Pantanal safari next year. I dont know many people who have been there and no one talks about it but its among the most ecologically diverse places on earth"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1737347386492817677)  2023-12-20T05:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Who are the best no-code / low-code agencies and consultants out there Have an awesome opp for someone CC @thisiskp_ @Jer_Diamond @bentossell"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1737938324671893888)  2023-12-21T20:49Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@jconger001 Which ones"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1745232247018647942)  2024-01-10T23:52Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@pitdesi Incredibly proud that I landed on the same stack as you. Love Schwab and Ramp too. A card my wife and I have thats great is Chase Freedom as our shared CC (we split the charges EOM). 1.5% points which you can move to your reserve. Free card and free to add authorized users"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1746364077155512446)  2024-01-14T02:50Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Some career news: Im joining @villageglobal as a Vice President to help scale our platform backing the worlds most tenacious founders at day zero. I couldnt be more excited to join a team I know and love as we deploy our new $250M seed fund with @reidhoffman as Chairman. After running ODX I spent time decompressing and exploring projects and ideas Id put on the shelf for years and thinking about what was next. This was the first time in a long time that I could step back and explore where in the ecosystem I wanted to be. A big learning from this time is that my career north star is enabling"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1752749336478515365)  2024-01-31T17:43Z [----] followers, 23.8K engagements


"Nearly 1.4M people work in a BPO in the Philippines. That's nearly 3% of the working population. The biggest BPO Accenture"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1770667340440735826)  2024-03-21T04:22Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"If people say your name wrong and you don't have a recording of the correct pronunciation on your LinkedIn I have no sympathy for you"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1791283835843322299)  2024-05-17T01:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@IanCinnamon @ApexSpacecraft @xyz_vc @CRV @upfrontvc @8vc @p72vc @mxbenassi 👏👏👏"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1800929175932695017)  2024-06-12T16:32Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@Lorenzo__CB @linear @attio Sticky"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1823841640685166990)  2024-08-14T21:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"How do you define the difference between pre-seed and seed in a rule-based manner - Valuation less than $10M post - Rounds less than $1.5M - First round of financing - Whatever the founder tells you it is"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1832114491007627320)  2024-09-06T17:51Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Temu is truly getting out of hand"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1851680121641668630)  2024-10-30T17:38Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Elon is about .4% of world GDP More than the GDP of Peru Portugal Vietnam"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1868381993265991692)  2024-12-15T19:45Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"$9.5B Fund: $213M invested into the largest software acquisition of all time returns 1/3rd of the fund. $54M Fund: $6.4M invested is a 22x return making the fund return 26X LPs investing in these platforms -- how does the math math"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1902915736148078855)  2025-03-21T02:50Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Totally Insight generates more recurring revenue than most public SaaS cos. And agreed I mainly wanted to stoke the fire but lots of reasons it could work. This fund has time lower risk profile lower return profile smaller fund life helps IRR more capital in buyout style investments. These funds can work. They're just not really VC funds imo it's effectively a PE fund"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1903145810814177350)  2025-03-21T18:04Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"It's Pitchbook data so no public link for all the investments but sharing their performance data below which is 3rd quartile and 13% IRR (pretty sure this is gross and not net). Not sure who it's benchmarking against fwiw. I think the challenge for Insight here was that they didn't get enough ownership and the A round was such a high valuation. Their behavior makes sense but I'm not convinced it's as aligned with founders or LPs as it could be. I wonder how many multistage investors would tell a founder they're trying to win that the investment is a "call option""  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1906033992820003135)  2025-03-29T17:21Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"@aamir_hudda Pitchbook has Carvana as going through the accelerator but Asana appears to be a Series C. Not all YC first checks are their accelerator deal -- good catch"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1942442818326139367)  2025-07-08T04:37Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@2112Power @foundersfund @Lux_Capital @MorganStanley @altimeter @1789Capital @a16z @constructcap @137ventures Beast"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1945898359899980074)  2025-07-17T17:28Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Huge fan of @TonioDeSo who I got to meet via @beondeck What he and the team @GovForce are building is a huge need for this country and Im honored to get to be along for the ride as a supporter and advisor .@GovForce is out of stealth today. We're making great compliance SaaS for government contractors. My cofounders and I have a heart for the govcon community - they're our friends neighbors fellow veterans. https://t.co/1a7iivTYVv .@GovForce is out of stealth today. We're making great compliance SaaS for government contractors. My cofounders and I have a heart for the govcon community -"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1628153920358080512)  2023-02-21T22:05Z [----] followers, [----] engagements


"$9.5B Fund: $213M invested into the largest software acquisition of all time returns 1/3rd of the fund. $54M Fund: $6.4M invested is a 222x return making the fund return 26X LPs investing in these platforms -- how does the math math Some fascinating math from the Wiz acquisition- Insight invested in their Series A and several follow on rounds. Turning $213M into $2.6B. Pretty good right The biggest software M&A transaction in history didnt event return a third of their $9.5B fund https://t.co/2RScL6wT7m Some fascinating math from the Wiz acquisition- Insight invested in their Series A and"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1902916037936550109)  2025-03-21T02:51Z [----] followers, 71.5K engagements


"TIL YC has had [--] companies go public. If you had asked me which I don't think I would have gotten half"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1942428754292400510)  2025-07-08T03:41Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"YC has invested in 5k startups and the majority of those have been since [----] - 3k. Staggering volume"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1949529802731614400)  2025-07-27T17:58Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"When I think about a founder who breaks the mold of what Silicon Valley says to look for I think of @viswacolluru . When @adwane first brought him in at Village Global when he had just left Recursion to start what would become @lifeschemistry. He was a scientist by training working solo and far from the leader he is today. But he had a bold visionto unlock nature for use in medicineand outstanding references that made it clear he had the potential to build something extraordinary. Today that potential is realized: congrats to Viswa and the Envedians on their $150M round and joining the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1963650377343275346)  2025-09-04T17:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"@viswacolluru @adwane @lifeschemistry Article here: https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/biotech-s-latest-unicorn-uses-ai-to-mine-nature-s-medicine-chest https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2025-09-04/biotech-s-latest-unicorn-uses-ai-to-mine-nature-s-medicine-chest"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1963650450508714330)  2025-09-04T17:08Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"The ZIRP hangover is still being felt"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1984031111551578368)  2025-10-30T22:54Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


""Bristlecone Pine Capital" doesn't have quite the same ring to it but details The latest on Outlier's Path - Our Sequoia -- This is Our Sequoia. It has always been Our Sequoia. It was never Dons Sequoia nor Michaels Dougs Jims or Roelofs. From the very beginningwhen Don chose to build a partnership and name it after the longest-living tree on The latest on Outlier's Path - Our Sequoia -- This is Our Sequoia. It has always been Our Sequoia. It was never Dons Sequoia nor Michaels Dougs Jims or Roelofs. From the very beginningwhen Don chose to build a partnership and name it after the"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1989488529081340221)  2025-11-15T00:20Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"RT @pgillian____: what a list i'm always looking to partner with technical folks who have a strong point of view on tools that need to e"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1991664857188561202)  2025-11-21T00:27Z [----] followers, [--] engagements


"Really fucking hope our future AI overlord doesnt mistake me for this dude https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/ https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/2025/12/sam-kirchner-missing-stop-ai/685144/"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/1997360468944703936)  2025-12-06T17:40Z [----] followers, [---] engagements


"Holiday party for @HadrianInc last night. First one was at a small restaurant in LA second at factory [--] this one on battleship IOWA. Amazing to see this company grow cant wait for next year on an aircraft carrier @2112Power"  
[X Link](https://x.com/sam_kirschner/status/2002471300636553492)  2025-12-20T20:08Z [----] followers, [----] engagements

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