IS COMMUNITY THE MOST OVERLOOKED EDGE IN VENTURE CAPITAL?

Summary from the TLDR Founders newsletter

Community roles in VC are evolving beyond event planning to strategic network development, becoming essential for mapping emerging networks and unlocking investment opportunities. The need to treat community as infrastructure is driving firms to institutionalize these roles, leveraging relationships to find untapped potential before consensus forms. Measuring meaningful metrics like founders sourced and pre-empted rounds will crystallize community as a strategic discipline rather than a peripheral function.