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November 21, 2025

Scroobious v3 Launch Notes, Vol.8

An inside view on how we’re building. Short, real, and straight from me.

Helping founders and investors build relationships that activate $1.2T in private wealth to fund innovation.

 

Happy Friday, friend!

I made my first angel investment back in February 2022. Funny enough, I can’t even remember exactly how I first met Rachel Cossar. Boston startup world, probably a mutual intro. But I remember the feeling right away. I instantly got what she was building with Virtual Sapiens, and I felt that spark of, “Oh…she’s onto something.”

She was creating AI tools to help people show up better on video, which is something we all desperately need now that so much of our work happens through a screen.

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