Nate Williams

@naywilliams

Founder/GP @UnionLabs VC // prev EIR @KleinerPerkins, 3X IoT CXO incl @AugustHomeInc #4Home // Family, Startups,🍩,🚵‍♀️ #PenVelo, Proud @UCLA 📖 @UCONN alum 🥍

San Francisco, CA

Joined January 2009

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Dec 10, 2020

I have been a HUGE fan of @Samirkaji podcast #VentureUnlocked. As we start to be more public re @UNIONLabs, I'm thrilled to discuss our Applied DeepTech thesis and why @chrisbkim incubated our fund @kleinerperkins to both back and build seed stage newcos. 💯 Team effort 🙌🏾🏆🌎❤️

ssamir kaji@Samirkaji · Dec 10, 2020

Special thursday release of our new Venture Unlocked episode, this time with @naywilliams @UNIONLabs where we talk about studio models, learnings from working at a big firm, and unbundling of VC. Check out below! ventureunlocked.substack.com/p/natewilliams…

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 14

Thanks @alexklein0x for the mention. Soo many archetypes in VC that work (former Journos, Founders, pure Quants, ex-PM/ENGs, etc.) but my take is that finding your unique structural/informational/behavioral edge is critical. In my world (DeepTech), I heavily lean on actual…

AAlex Klein@alexklein0x · Jul 13

the operator-to-vc pipeline keeps heating up, and it's reshaping how deals get done. we mapped 30+ standout transitions over the last few years. these are the builders who became backers, with some doing both in parallel. folks from @PalantirTech, @Google, @Airbnb, @Dropbox,…

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 25

I live PT but constantly on ET. ⌚️ Pasta 🍝 at 1042 #Yolo

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 23

Loud phone <Tech of course!> talkers at Four Seasons EPA - "I think at this point we wait for Microsoft to contact us about the Medtronic deal". Brojito you are literally in Palo Alto surrounded by Tech Nerds, go talk in your car! SMH.

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 22

Wake up one day and you moved from the Sean Penn character in Colors (1988) to the Robert Duval character in the Two Bulls scene. #Cinephile

naywilliams's tweet image. Wake up one day and you moved from the Sean Penn character in Colors (1988) to the Robert Duval character in the Two Bulls scene. #Cinephile

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 18

There is just something about a #DeepTech #Board Meeting that hits different! @urbanskyimaging 🎈

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 16

How Pronvicial - clearly @winterduck04 you have not been to Long Island

wwinter🏹(MEI DAY!!!!!)@winterduck04 · Jul 15

just remembered that americans don’t have random old castles in the countryside that they can go and visit

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Forbes Business Council@ForbesBizCncl · Jul 15

Community Capital: Building Founder-Funder Ecosystems—Part Two hubs.li/Q03x9-8C0 Written by @naywilliams of @unionlabs

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 11

1/ 🚨 New in @Forbes: Part II of my “Community Capital” series — how to design founder <> funder ecosystems that actually work. @unionlabs 👇

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Joshua Kushner@JoshuaKushner · Jul 13

the goal of life is to be excited to go to work and excited to go home

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 13

Somebody has a case of the Sundays 😜 - early am ☕️ and #TourDeFrance - 💥 hour on 🚵‍♀️ to snag @Strava KOM - Filoli hike w/ family then 🥩 and 🍳 at Bucks - In office on @UnionLabs biz listening to one of the 🐐 @mamoonha on @uncapped_pod - work hard, be yourself, eat chocolate…

naywilliams's tweet image. Somebody has a case of the Sundays 😜
- early am ☕️ and #TourDeFrance
- 💥 hour on 🚵‍♀️ to snag @Strava KOM
- Filoli hike w/ family then 🥩 and 🍳 at Bucks
- In office on @UnionLabs biz listening to one of the 🐐 @mamoonha on @uncapped_pod
- work hard, be yourself, eat chocolate…

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Nate Williams@naywilliams · Jul 13

Highly recommend #trollsfanart at @_filoli - solid #Parent activity plus hiking. 🥾

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