Will Nitze

Founder, IQBAR (iqbar.com) 🍫+💧+☕️

🍫 Founder/CEO, IQBAR (iqbar.com)
🎙️ Co-Host, "Eating Glass" Podcast
🎓 Harvard BA

Founder/CEO

We make superior brain + body fuel. IQBAR® plant protein bars, IQMIX® hydration sticks, and IQJOE® instant coffees are packed with the functional compounds you need to win your day.

Short-term focus? Bet on products.

Long-term focus? Bet on people.

You know the clunky aspects of CPG you hate?

They're protecting you against AI.

Which means clunk is now a feature, not a bug.

Embrace it.

I've made the difficult decision to age in reverse.

Compete with me if you'd like. But I wouldn't recommend it.

If you like your brain, drink coffee.

(IQJOE in particular ☕️🚀)

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New JAMA study: “2-4 cups of caffeinated coffee or tea was linked to reduced dementia risk and modest improvements in cognitive outcomes.”

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"Mainstream weird" is the best brand positioning.

If you're too mainstream, you'll get knocked-off into oblivion.

If you're too weird, you'll never achieve major scale.

Mainstream weird is juuusssttt right.

Cash Allred

Currently a Principal @ Antler, a pre-seed fund focused on backing founders at Day Zero. 

Connect with me about Antler here -> https://superlink.io/cashallred

Follow me on Twitter @ AllredCash

Outside of work, my family and I love adventuring :)

All comments, messages, & posts reflect my personal opinions.

Principal

The first Venture Fund for everyone. Join us!

We are already full steam ahead, but excited to formally announce my role as Associate Partner @ Criticality and Antler!

Huge thanks to Ryan Sommerville and the rest of the Antler team.

VC @ Criticality, focused on technical complexity and real-world urgency. Part of Antler US, investing at day zero.

New Mexico has supported more than $2B in economic impact via partnerships with the best funds in the world. Antler & Criticality are proud to be partners in this effort. From inception to industrialization, we are committed to building New Mexico’s next generation of category-defining companies.

Read the full report here: 🔗 https://lnkd.in/gbFQVZaW

Advice I would give my child if they were in college right now:

1 - you can't seize an opportunity you don't have. Focus on getting the offers, not which one you would accept. 

2 - nobody knows what they are doing or how the world will look, so even a few hours a week of extra effort learning and working with AI will put you miles ahead. 

3 - learning changes threats to excitement. Yesterday a dentist in my neighborhood built an AI setup with his son who is studying accounting. His son is excited, many accounting students are scared. 

4 - I truly believe the future is bright, even if bumpy.

The best founders, investors, and companies are discovering that New Mexico is purpose-built for a future where atoms and bits come together. 

Criticality is focused on technical complexity and real-world urgency - and proud to be partners with the New Mexico State Investment Council.

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In 2022, the SIC changed its venture strategy, partnering with world-class venture funds that can create good financial returns for New Mexicans, while growing the state's economy.

Our 2025 Strategic Venture Capital Program Report details the stories of seven of the dozens of top-tier VCs we've partnered with over the past three years, told by 11 key people with a vested interest in New Mexico's success. 

Access the full report on our website to read case studies from Antler, Roadrunner Venture Studios, Builders VC, UP.Partners, Crosslink Capital, J2 Ventures, and Anzu Partners. (Link in comments).

AI is going to force reindustrialization in the US even faster than expected. Capital and talent will be looking for a place to go as belief in pure software is compressed.

Come and see, folks. Deep tech & hardware event you don't want to miss @ SXSW. 

Monday March 16th, 4PM
Apply for access in the comments.

One state is going to figure this out. Open the doors to data centers while demand is white hot, set up long-term tax plan, and get the equivalent of Alaska and New Mexico oil added to your state budget.

Really great opportunity for deeptech startups that need more derisking in the lab.

New Mexico Lab Embedded Entrepreneur Program

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🚀 Build your startup at a national lab: 📢 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐬𝐨𝐨𝐧!

#NMLEEP is gearing up for Cohort 6 — and 𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐨𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 26!

NM LEEP supports scientists and engineers ready to translate breakthrough technologies into viable startups through:
 ✔️ Two-year stipend and benefits
 ✔️ Rigorous mentorship
 ✔️ Access to world-class research facilities
 ✔️ Early funding opportunities
 ✔️ A clear path to commercialization

🗓  𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫: 𝐅𝐞𝐛𝐫𝐮𝐚𝐫𝐲 26

 If you’ve been thinking about taking your innovation to the next level, this is your sign.

🔗 Learn more: https://nmleep.com/

#NMLEEP #DeepTech #Entrepreneurship #TechnologyTransfer #Innovation #Startups #NationalLabs #AI #Innovation #AdvancedComputing #AdvancedMaterials #manufacturing #Biotech #SpaceSystems #quantum #Bioscience #EnergySecurity

Karoo is aligning the incentives of healthcare to finally serve cardiac patients the way they were promised. Great to see this partnership come together with many more to come.

MASSIVE NEWS!!! 

At Karoo Health, our mission has always been focused: transform the way cardiac care is delivered.

We are incredibly proud to share that as of January 1, Karoo Health and Humana have teamed up to improve heart health for eligible Medicare Advantage members through a value-based care cardiology care partnership covering Alabama, Arizona, Illinois, Louisiana and Mississippi.

As we recognize Heart Failure Week and the immense toll cardiovascular disease continues to take, Karoo Health is honored and excited to work with our network of 600+ cardiac providers to offer coordinated, evidence-based care designed to improve quality of life and reduce hospitalizations.

Cardiovascular practices and health systems interested in being part of this mission with us should feel free to contact Karoo Health at partner@karoohealth.com.

A monumental moment for the team at Graza today. It turns out it’s incredibly difficult to make mayo using only olive oils, but that’s what we do here at Graza. If we can create things that add next level flavor, made from ingredients we believe in, we work tirelessly to make it possible. Our fancy mayo is the first mayo ever made exclusively using an unrefined oil, being our extra virgin olive oil. 

What started as just an olive oil company, is evolving quickly into something much larger and magnificent, and I’m honored to work alongside our incredible team in this next phase of our growth. We’re just getting started. You gotta try all three of these, they are good enough to just eat by the spoonful… or is that something weird that only I do?  https://lnkd.in/e694sNk3

Founding Dev is replacing every SMB Saas tool, customizable with AI. Super excited about where this is headed!

I’ve watched companies burn thousands of dollars on basic e-sign tools.

I once saw a company pay $18,000 to DocuSign just to use their APIs.
That frustration is exactly why I started Founding Dev.

Today, we’re launching our own e-signing tool built so businesses don’t have to get ripped off for common workflows.

- Create templates.
- Send documents for signing.
- Stay compliant with ESIGN, UETA (US) and eIDAS (EU).
- Use a powerful API.
- Import and edit templates however you want.

We built this so you don’t have to break the bank to get serious e-sign infrastructure.

If you’re interested, comment “esign” and I’ll DM you the link.

#saas #ai

Jonathan Gubbay is looking for an incredible data engineer to add to the team. Plaza is using AI to an extremely high level in their development process, definitely something to check out.

Founder at Plaza | Building Vertical AI for Multi-family Residential | Backed by Antler, Brickyard, & Flybridge

Excited to announce Plaza's pre-seed round! It's been a crazy year filled with a lot of personal and company growth. In the last year I welcomed my third child (3 kids under 5, FTW!), moved my family and GetPlaza.ai from Utah to Tennessee to honor the Brickyard handshake, re-structured the team and re-underwrote our engineering team to be AI-based, drank unhealthy levels of caffeine, started coding, lost a loved one, and made new friends in Chattanooga. Start-ups are incredibly hard, but through it all we have persevered and are doing very well. Truly extraordinary customers and team-members make it worth it in the end. 

I'm excited to keep building closely with our customers, and release Plaza 2.0 this year which I believe will change the real estate industry. Check out our new website getplaza.ai to learn more!

We are looking to hire one more extraordinary individual in the next 30 days, if that is you, please reach out to me. 

Grateful for our investors and supporters. We are thrilled to meet new people as we open up our shop window again and start selling in a couple of months. 

Cash Allred, Matt Patterson, Cam Doody, Ashby Monk, Elliott Donnelley, Jordan Clancy, Mark Fisher, Drew Tulchin, Julia Maltby

Being easy to root for is a superpower. Brock Hardy @ Nebraska is one of those dudes. Hundreds of comments like this.

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Co-Founder & CEO Aurora (AI-Native Lifestyle OS)

365 days and the results are in at Aurora HQ.

In our first year, we:

1. Raised $4.1M from VCs, family offices, and angels

2. Launched an invite-only private beta capped at 50 paying accounts, with just shy of a $2M run-rate. Customers include founders, c-suites, and athletes from the likes of Vise, Cleo, Redpoint, QuadPay, Archer, VistaJet, the NBA, and the Premier League

3. Built Astra V1 and V2, our proprietary internal OS, agentifying core functions and laying the foundations for scale

4. Ingested >600,000 unique member signals, spanning calendars and health wearables

5. 5x'ed the industry best standards on transaction frequency, customer spend, and engagement

6. Built a global team of engineers and operators out of our offices in Belgravia, Manhattan, and West Hollywood

7. Grew a waitlist of 1,000+ high-performance individuals

8. Recommended and executed 1,000+ experiences, from end-to-end family travel to full-body MRIs and bloodwork, to once-in-a-lifetime luxury gifting and experiences

In the next 365 days, we want to:

1. >10× our run-rate

2. Continue attracting the world’s best engineering, travel, lifestyle, and operating talent to help us build the definitive high-performance lifestyle operating system

3. 10x Astra’s productivity & leverage

4. ⁠Re-define Lifestyle OS: multi-modal, multi-party, and more…

There’s an old saying: you overestimate what you can do in a year, and underestimate what you can do in ten.

One year down. Nine to go.

Let’s get after it.

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