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Fred Destin

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Stride.VC
Venture Capital LinkedIn
#121
LinkedIn Rank
2,317
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15
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17
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Total Engagement
137
Engagement Rate
0.4
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Posting Regularity
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Data last refreshed: April 20, 2026

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15 posts

Capital is a commodity. Access is perfect. Intel is free. Advice is a keystroke. So what's left for VCs to compete on? Who you are in the room. Be the one they want to build with.

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Text Mentorship Founder Journey Brand Building Apr 07, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Stride is not investing currently; I am however making select angel investment and one of my focus areas is Human Flourishing. I backed Joel Jackson and Pinnacle Intelligence Limited in efforts to...

Investment Announcements Article Angel Investing Mental Health Tech Artificial Intelligence Digital Health Mar 13, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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Ah, management carve outs! Now, here is a real testing ground for VC's.   How do you feel about cutting management teams into low-priced exits that eat into your liquidation preferences?  How do ...

Exits & Liquidity Events Image Board Governance LP Relations Fund Management Portfolio Management Mar 12, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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There's a crisis in venture capital.

Market Analysis & Trends Image Market Cycles Fundraising Venture Returns Feb 18, 2026 View on LinkedIn
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My two cents on how VCs should make decisions: 🚀 Can this be one of the 2–3 companies that returns 1X+ the fund — and can we get conviction on that early enough to build ownership? Everything el...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Investment Thesis Venture Returns Due Diligence Seed Stage Fund Performance Dec 18, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Boards suck (Founder NPS: -36). Here are a few questions I ask myself to make them better. And to remind myself - a good board meeting is never, ever about me 🕊️ . 😤 How is everyone feeling? Anx...

Founder & Startup Advice Image Board Governance Leadership Dec 17, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Q: What is the absolute worst software around in an industry where we can have some form of environmental impact? A: Road transport. This is the Q&A that Adriaan Coppens, Joeri De Turck and Sande...

Investment Announcements Image Logistics Transportation Enterprise Software B2B Fundraising Dec 12, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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I am open sourcing how we manage reserves in the most unvarnished and transparent way possible. This should give founders an insight as to how the sausage gets made, and may be helpful to emerging ...

Investment Thesis & Strategy Image Portfolio Management Fund Management Dry Powder Dec 03, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Every one of our investments shapes the world. Every single one. I applaud Judith with both hands, for challenging the stories we tell ourselves, for (humbly) seeking greater moral ambition, for ...

Thought Leadership & Future Outlook Image Impact Investing ESG Investment Thesis Nov 27, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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"Evidence from the edge" suggests to me that 2026 will start to show AI delivering efficiency & efficacy in Enterprise. If 2025 was the year of runaway usage of generic chatbots, premature scalin...

Market Analysis & Trends Image Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Software Automation Industry Trends Oct 06, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Today for something completely different ❤️ . I'd like to contribute something here which is "what have I learned from Buddha which helps me lead a good life" i.e. staying away from complex consid...

Personal Journey & Reflections Text Leadership Founder Mental Health Work-Life Balance Oct 05, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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"When complexity exceeds my ability to navigate it, I start writing about not knowing, and see where it leads." I'm borrowing this from Alexander Beiner as the perfect "embodiment" of where I stan...

Personal Journey & Reflections Image Founder Mental Health Founder Journey Sep 27, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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What does wisdom look like? And why does it feel so much like not knowing? "There are two kinds of people. Those who do not understand how complex the world is, and those who know that they do no...

Personal Journey & Reflections Text Leadership Founder Journey Aug 23, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Can you trust AI? It's an important question when you're automating critical workflows. We need to design for trust. And to crack the code on trust requires opening the AI black box. One comp...

Investment Announcements Video (LinkedIn Source) Artificial Intelligence AI Agents AI Safety & Ethics Automation Angel Investing Aug 21, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Lost a founder and a friend this week. I am quietly mourning Joshua Abram, co-founder and CEO of Conceivable Life Sciences. Alan Murray and Joshua Abram, a formidable pair of inventors and builde...

Personal Journey & Reflections Image Founder Journey Leadership Aug 08, 2025 View on LinkedIn
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Rank History

Apr 2026
#122

Content Categories

Personal Journey & Reflections 4
Investment Announcements 3
Market Analysis & Trends 2
Thought Leadership & Future Outlook 2
Investment Thesis & Strategy 2

Topics & Themes

Leadership Founder Journey Artificial Intelligence Enterprise Software Automation Founder Mental Health Angel Investing Investment Thesis Venture Returns Board Governance Fundraising Portfolio Management Fund Management Industry Trends Work-Life Balance AI Agents AI Safety & Ethics Due Diligence Seed Stage Fund Performance

Top Quartile Benchmarks

Based on top 94 of 376 in Venture Capital

Posts
51
Fred: 15 ↓
Likes
21,855
Fred: 1,795 ↓
Comments
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Fred: 261 ↓
Avg Likes
291.4
Fred: 119.7 ↓
Avg Comments
20.9
Fred: 17.4 ↓
Benchmarker Score
25,178
Fred: 2,317 ↓
Posts/Week
2.4
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Avg Post Length
447 chars
Fred: 1,161 ↑
Trending Topics (Top Quartile)
Artificial Intelligence Regulation & Policy Industry Trends Founder Journey Fundraising