Standard Capital

Dalton interviewed us at @algolia for YC W14, but that was just the beginning. He supported me as a first-time founder, and again when I joined YC as a new partner. I've learned so much from you @daltonc! I can't thank you enough! Congrats on this new chapter!!!

Every job has “Hell yeah!” moments. At YC many of mine have been hearing Dalton give founders unintuitive, surprising advice that answers their questions, points them at a more ambitious path AND amps them up to barrel down that path. Him and @paultoo teaming up to help startups at the next stage is huge news for founders. I’m excited for everyone to see what they’re cooking up.

Brex wouldn't exist without Dalton. And most importantly, YC as we know today wouldn't exist without him. Excited to see the next leap in Dalton's journey!

Congrats @daltonc and @paultoo!! i’ll miss working together, and at the same time this is great for startups’ series As

Founders, just one office hour with @paultoo or @daltonc can change the trajectory of your company, and to have both of them on your side, is game changing! What an unbelievable combo! Had the fortunate chance to work with PB as our group partner when we went through YC, and Dalton when I was a Visiting GP. Fun story, PB coined the term 'Trojan Cow' to describe Supr in one of the group office hours and it became our go to way to describe the company. The trojan cow slide on demo day killed it!🐄 And, I learnt so much about being an investor by just shadowing Dalton🙏. There is no one who knows more about startups than him. Congrats guys!

PB was the first investor we pitched - right at the end of YC. I remember being nervous and working furiously on a handful of slides. He said “I’m in” & pulled out that checkbook before we could start the pitch. I remember insisting he at least look at our growth graph.

When PB first invested in my co, he also wrote us a paper check. Said he thought it was more fun that way. He was right - I remember telling my cofounder it was the largest amount of money I had ever held in my hands at one time.

Cheers @daltonc - can’t imagine a better team to disrupt the Series A ecosystem and build a better product for founders.

Thanks to Dalton Caldwell and Paul Buchheit. Excited for their new VC fund! ycombinator.com/blog/dalton-…

It's hard to overstate how much @daltonc has given to YC. Much of what I've learned about being a good YC partner came from watching him. Grateful to have gotten the chance to work so closely together.

YC partnership is like VC pre-training; huge swaths of datapoints on startup dynamics learned in batches. The natural next step is post-training + RL with full rollouts (multi-stage investing) as an independent VC firm. Excited to see what Dalton and Paul cook up @Standard_Cap

This is big news. I've known Dalton and PB for almost 20 years, and they both consistently have new insights about technology and startups. This is going to change Series A.

Huge news. @daltonc has been an invaluable counselor and steady voice of reason for the ups and many downs of our startup. Any founder would be lucky to have @Standard_Cap on their cap table.

I’m so grateful to have had @daltonc as our partner in his last batch. @simstudioai wouldn’t be what it is today without his guidance. We’re incredibly excited about this next journey! Let’s go @Standard_Cap!

I first got to know Dalton in 2009/2010 when we were both doing mobile startups. Getting to learn from him a decade later here at YC has been a real privilege. The new Series A product he's building with PB at @Standard_Cap is going to change VC. Thanks for everything, Dalton.

This is the YC for series A @Standard_Cap

.@daltonc and @paultoo are two of the smartest people I’ve ever worked with. Specifically, they’re the definition of independent, original thinkers. It’s going to be a refreshing change for founders who get to work with them vs the fomo driven investors they usually deal with.

Dalton + PB is going to be a formidable combination. Each of them would be the smartest partner at a normal VC firm.

Whoa! Story about PB. At the end of a meeting, he said follow me to the parking lot. Got in his M5, pulled a crumpled check out of his glovebox, filled in 100k+signature, told us to do the rest, and drove away. We had to pester him for docs later 😂