[current_thing]

One of the four investment themes: "American Dynamism: Investing in founders and companies that support the national interest".

Haha. No thanks.

Are there any seed funds that invest in "supporting human progress"?

[seizethecheese]

A patriotic American might say that supporting the national interest actually does support human progress. There’s plenty of evidence against that, but some evidence for it might be the immense number of people pulled from poverty under to the American rules-based international order.

[current_thing]

A pacifist European might balk at the a16z brand and support companies funded by a less nationalistic VC, exit their liquidity pools in crypto etc.

Sequoias seed program is SV + London. Very nice.

[cercatrova]

Military investment has created things like the Internet, for example.

[ShivShankaran]

>but some evidence for it might be the immense number of people pulled from poverty under to the American rules-based international order.

And a 100x times people pushed into poverty, murdered and countries ruined because of it. I always wondered how countries like North Korea thrive and then I look at US which answers all my questions.

[gojomo]

If that verbiage turns you off, it's likely that both your time, & A16Z's time, has been saved by discovering that incompatibility up front.

[sidlls]

I'm not a fan of the US' record in many areas, especially oppressive, murderous aggression in other countries. I view the alternatives and marvel at how terrible human beings are, because they're all worse than the US. So that theme isn't really a deal breaker as far as I'm concerned.