Product
first

We invest when the product speaks loudest — before the buzz and the metrics, when the truest expression of potential is the product itself. That’s when we partner with bold builders, those who begin with insight and move with urgency, and help them grow from belief to scale.

We speak
product.

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Long before the headlines, there’s just you and the product. That first version holds more insight than any slide deck ever could: the fingerprints of ambition, obsession, and the path forward.

For Builders

Insights from
the N47 community

Perspectives
Fred Ellis, T.J. Rylander, Viraj Bajpai
10/30/2025

Celebrating the top 100 European AI startups

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth, Matthew Cowan, Vanessa Camozzi
10/22/2025

Stop trying to hire your entire leadership team from your network

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth, Matthew Cowan, Vivian Cheng
10/9/2025

Last-mile work is going away

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth
10/2/2025

Why "triple, triple, double, double, double is dead" misses the point

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth, Jonathan Barek, Jenny Graetzel
10/1/2025

The case for seed funds

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth
9/22/2025

The Forward Deployed Engineer dilemma

 

Portfolio
T.J. Rylander
9/15/2025

The future of Physics AI

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth
9/11/2025

The great bifurcation

 

Perspectives
Lak Ananth
8/27/2025

Anyone can build

 

Portfolio
Lak Ananth
8/26/2025

The beginning of CRM's next chapter