Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓

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Something new in VC. Demystifying venture capital for aspiring investors & founders VC Investor | Forbes30U30 | Columbia alum @vcdemystified

85 811Followers

671Following

9 138Posts total

76.3KViews on collected posts

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Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso13 Sep

I’m hearing so much of venture has turned into chasing quick mark ups rather than finding true value for LPs. Smh. We have to go back to GPs not chasing mgmt fees via quick new fund raises. It’s causing huge misalignment in the ecosystem. 5.3K views · 69 likes · 5 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso11 Sep

Some thoughts on the current state of venture right now: TLDR Mega funds are eating most VC firms for lunch. Firms that lead are getting squeezed out of rounds. Even if they do get into rounds, mid to large sized firms are struggling to get the ownership they need to make 13.1K views · 105 likes · 11 reposts · 15 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso10 Sep

cc. @harmonic_ai 354 views · 2 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso10 Sep

This is my most read newsletter this year. It's my full story on how I got into VC. Everyone started somewhere. https://t.co/FwmBJphWSp 2.2K views · 16 likes · 1 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso10 Sep

@nic_detommaso Day in the life of a Jr VC. Not an easy job at all https://t.co/gsMoUNz4I9

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Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso10 Sep

What no one tells you about being a junior in VC: The weekly deal meetings can be BRUTAL. 50+ deals evaluated every week. What do I mean? Oftentimes the junior on the team is tasked with running the weekly meetings where the team goes through their sourcing funnel and https:

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Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso30 Jul

@nic_detommaso @HarlemCapital Big news truly...you're one of the first people I started following when I first heard about VC and wanted to know more. Always insightful and importantly giving back to the community. Curious to see what you'll be upto next. All the very best !!! 90 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 1 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso30 Jul

@nic_detommaso We loved working with you, ND! We can't wait to see what you do next. ♥️ 692 views · 3 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso30 Jul

@nic_detommaso @HarlemCapital Was an absolute pleasure working with you the past 6 years! So much life has happened since then. Excited for this next step in your journey. Know that you will crush it as you do all things ;) 402 views · 6 likes · 0 reposts · 0 replies Open on X →

Nicole DeTommaso 🪄 ✓@nic_detommaso30 Jul

MAJOR LIFE UPDATE: after nearly 6 years at @HarlemCapital, I'm taking the next leap in my career. This wasn't an easy decision. HCP took a chance on me before I had any VC experience and helped me grow into who I am today. I started as a part-time intern back in 2020 and 30K views · 228 likes · 1 reposts · 35 replies Open on X →

Against accounts of the same size

10 posts from the last 90 days, next to the 10K–100K follower range. ordinary reach for its size, weaker reaction than most.

Median views3 760this account1 079median for 10K–100K

Reach, %4.38%this account3.82%median for 10K–100K

Engagement, %0.94%this account1.65%median for 10K–100K

Metric	This account	Median for 10K–100K	Ratio
Median views per post	3 760	1 079	3.49×
Reach (views ÷ followers)	4.38%	3.82%	1.15×
Engagement rate	0.94%	1.65%	0.57×

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Growth & engagement

How the posts we collected actually performed: views and reaction rate post by post, what the audience did with them, and where the follower count goes.

Views per post

30K30 Jul

402

692

14.6K10 Sep

9.5K

2.2K

354

13.1K11 Sep

5.3K13 Sep

Last 10 collected posts, oldest on the left. The scale is logarithmic: one post can outrun the rest a hundred times over.

Engagement rate per post

0.88%30 Jul

1.49%

0.43%

4.44%

0.34%10 Sep

1.78%

0.77%

0.85%

1.00%11 Sep

1.67%13 Sep

Reactions — likes, reposts, replies and quotes — divided by views. Median for 10K–100K accounts is 1.65%.

What the audience does

Likes70.9%631 in total

Reposts2.8%25 in total

Replies9.0%80 in total

Bookmarks17.3%154 in total

Share of every reaction we collected for this account. Replies mean argument, reposts mean endorsement, bookmarks mean the post was worth keeping.

The follower curve appears once this account has two daily snapshots — we take one a day, and this one is on its first.

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