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Dalton Caldwell

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Venture Capital LinkedIn Twitter/X
#73
X Rank
3,181
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17
Posts
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Total Engagement
161
Engagement Rate
2.4
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88,239 followers

Data last refreshed: February 16, 2026

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Recent Posts

17 posts

The game changed, but no one is sure what the new rules are.

Market Analysis & Trends Industry Trends Feb 08, 2026 View on X
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It’s important to pay attention to The Current Thing so that you know what is going on, but no closely that it’s impossible to generate original ideas.

Founder & Startup Advice Industry Trends Feb 03, 2026 View on X
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We led the Series A in Concourse. The Concourse founders are deep domain experts with a great set of customer logos and a phenomenal growth rate. As of today, the Concourse product is generally ...

Investment Announcements Fundraising Series A Jan 27, 2026 View on X
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We led the Series A in @artie_labs. Artie is a real-time data streaming platform. I just posted an interview with the founders: @JacquelineSYC19 and Robin Tang. We discuss what Artie is, their cu...

Investment Announcements Data & Analytics Infrastructure Series A Fundraising Jan 23, 2026 View on X
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Congratulations @pedroh96 @hdubugras and the entire Brex team. What started as a VR headset company named "Veyond" in the YC W17 batch turned into something remarkable. https://t.co/RRWLQu2VlJ

Exits & Liquidity Events Fintech Pivoting Jan 23, 2026 View on X
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We led the Series A in Artie. AI is only as good as its input data. Out of date data is not that different than incorrect data, which is why Artie is a key piece of the enterprise AI puzzle. Welc...

Investment Announcements Artificial Intelligence Series A Data & Analytics Enterprise Software Jan 22, 2026 View on X
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Podium from YC W16 is sticking the landing on compounding their existing scale to new AI revenue streams

Portfolio Company Wins Artificial Intelligence Revenue Growth Jan 21, 2026 View on X
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New episode of Dalton + Michael: we discuss the times hill climbing isn't enough https://t.co/4Fe82G8Jax

Founder & Startup Advice Pivoting Product Development Jan 20, 2026 View on X
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In retrospect, 2020/2021 prepared a lot of people for the fact that life-altering unexpected things can happen fast.

Personal Journey & Reflections Market Cycles Jan 19, 2026 View on X
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In advance of @Standard_Cap's second application deadline on January 7, we recorded a video re:learnings from the first cycle. Discussion topics include: valuation guidance, the benefits of applyi...

Founder & Startup Advice Fundraising Valuations Seed Stage Jan 05, 2026 View on X
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The application deadline for Standard's Winter 2026 funding cycle is in 9 days. If you know someone planning to raise Series A in 2026, tell them to look into @Standard_Cap Fast application proc...

Fund News & Milestones Fundraising Series A Term Sheets Dec 29, 2025 View on X
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There are compute/research bottlenecks to make the models smarter, and there are last-mile bottlenecks to figure out how to extract value from what we already have. For many usecases, the second ...

Market Analysis & Trends Artificial Intelligence AI Infrastructure MLOps Dec 26, 2025 View on X
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Know someone that's ready to raise a Series A? Applications for our next funding cycle are now open

Ecosystem & Community Building Fundraising Series A Dec 18, 2025 View on X
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Just posted an interview I did with https://t.co/SLB0Z9KBrD as part of their $16M Series A led by @Standard_Cap @triggerdotdev has four founders, was in the YC W23 batch, and is based in London. ...

Investment Announcements Fundraising Series A Investment Thesis Dec 18, 2025 View on X
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We led the Series A in @triggerdotdev Trigger has really broken in the recent months as a top infrastructure provider for companies building & deploying AI agents. I am so excited to welcom...

Investment Announcements AI Agents AI Infrastructure Developer Tools Series A Dec 17, 2025 View on X
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In the future, in addition to every restaurant being Taco Bell, every ground floor retail location will be Pilates.

Memes & Shitposting Retail Real Estate Dec 16, 2025 View on X
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New Dalton + Michael video: "Is My Startup Growing Fast enough?" https://t.co/dMb6FBH7Xz

Founder & Startup Advice Startup Metrics Revenue Growth Dec 16, 2025 View on X
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Rank History

16 Feb 2026
#56
24 Jan 2026
#53
24 Jan 2026
#53

Content Categories

Investment Announcements 5
Founder & Startup Advice 4
Market Analysis & Trends 2
Exits & Liquidity Events 1
Memes & Shitposting 1

Topics & Themes

Series A Fundraising Artificial Intelligence Industry Trends Data & Analytics Pivoting Revenue Growth AI Infrastructure Infrastructure Fintech Enterprise Software Product Development Market Cycles Valuations Seed Stage Term Sheets MLOps Investment Thesis AI Agents Developer Tools

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 375 in Venture Capital

Posts
43
Dalton: 58 ↑
Likes
20,660
Dalton: 13,469 ↓
Comments
1,510
Dalton: 880 ↓
Avg Likes
303.6
Dalton: 232.2 ↓
Avg Comments
21.7
Dalton: 15.2 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,190
Dalton: 16,109 ↓
Posts/Week
2.9
Dalton: 2.4 ↓
Avg Post Length
405 chars
Dalton: 237 ↓
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
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