What Weekend Fund does

Weekend Fund is a San Francisco–headquartered (distributed across Miami and London) early-stage venture capital firm founded in 2017 by Ryan Hoover, the founder of Product Hunt. The firm writes $100,000–$300,000 checks into pre-seed and seed-stage startups globally, with occasional post-seed and pre-Series A participation and SPV leadership in select late-stage opportunities. The fund does not lead rounds and instead co-invests alongside leads such as Y Combinator, Andreessen Horowitz, a16z, Slow Ventures, TTV Capital, Gradient, Pear VC, and General Catalyst.

The firm is operated by two General Partners — Ryan Hoover (Founder, ex-Product Hunt, co-author of Hooked) and Vedika Jain (ex-Stripe, first PM at TrueLayer) — and is backed by a collective of 350+ LP operators and founders including Naval Ravikant, Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon, Troy Carter, Kevin Rose, and Chris & Crystal Sacca. Weekend Fund has raised three vintages: Fund 1 ($3M, 2017), Fund 2 ($10M, 2019), Fund 3 ($20M target, 2021) via a 506(c) structure, and operates on a standard 2-and-20 model with front-loaded management fees (3% years 1–3, 2% years 4–7, 1% years 8–10) and 20% carried interest. Track record is top-quartile: Fund 1 delivered 36.6% IRR and Fund 2 delivered 117.9% IRR (100th percentile on AngelList's performance calculator as of April 2021).

The portfolio spans 25+ companies across consumer and B2B, including Deel, Intercom, Pipe, MoonPay, Voiceflow, InVideo, Certn, MainStreet, Mindbloom, Magic, and Blueland. Recent (2025–2026) deployment is notably concentrated in AI infrastructure and AI-applied verticals (Linkup, Hamilton AI, Clouted, Dealops, Luminai, Extropic). Beyond capital, the firm provides hands-on product strategy, community building, hiring, and fundraising support, and has built three internal tools for its community — Rolodexer (network introductions via Twitter), Signature Block (investor newsletter), and Fastround (fundraising facilitation). In January 2025 the firm launched the Weekend Partners program, selecting 10 part-time deal sourcers from 500+ applications to extend sourcing capacity globally.

Name

Weekend Fund

Legal name

Weekend Fund

Website

https://weekend.fund

Company type

Private

Founded year

2017

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Weekend Fund is a two-GP early-stage venture capital firm (Ryan Hoover and Vedika Jain) that writes $100K–$300K checks into pre-seed and seed startups globally, backed by a 350+ LP collective of operators and founders across three vintages totaling ~$33M in AUM.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Early-stage venture capital fund management

NAICS

Other Investment Pools and Funds (5259), Funds, Trusts, and Other Financial Vehicles (525)

SIC

Investment Advice (6282), Security Brokers, Dealers & Flotation Companies (6211)

akta.pro primary industry

Early-Stage Venture Capital (Series A/B) (FSANAAAB)

Keywords

• Early-stage venture capital
• Pre-seed and seed investing
• Angel investing
• Startup fund management
• Founder community investing

Headquarters

HQ city

San Francisco

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Management Fees: Weekend Fund charges standard venture fund management fees to cover operational costs of running the fund. The fund follows a 2% management fee structure, front-loaded at 3% in the first three years, 2% in years four through seven, and 1% in the final three years of the 10-year fund life.
2. Carried Interest (Carry): Weekend Fund earns 20% carry on profits generated from successful portfolio company exits, in line with standard venture capital industry practice.
3. LP Investment Capital: Weekend Fund raises capital from Limited Partners (operators, founders, and accredited investors) to deploy as investment capital into early-stage startups. Weekend Fund 3 was raised from over 350 LPs with a target fund size of $20M.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion3 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Weekend Fund is an early-stage venture capital firm that writes $100,000–$300,000 checks into pre-seed and seed stage startups globally across consumer and B2B sectors. The firm operates a standard 2 and 20 fund structure, charges management fees and earns carried interest on exits, and provides portfolio founders with hands-on support in product strategy, community building, hiring, fundraising, and GTM alongside a network of 350+ LP operators and founders.

Product overview

Weekend Fund is a venture capital firm that invests $100K-$300K checks into early-stage startups globally across consumer and B2B sectors. While primarily an investment vehicle rather than a product company, Weekend Fund has developed a small suite of internal tools for their portfolio founders, LPs, and friends: Rolodexer (for Twitter network introductions), Signature Block (investor newsletter), and Fastround (fundraising facilitation). The firm provides support in product strategy, community building, hiring, fundraising, sales, partnerships, and crisis management to their portfolio companies.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Rolodexer: Built by Weekend Fund for portfolio founders, LPs, and friends. A tool to search and request introductions to Ryan Hoover's 250K+ Twitter followers.
• Signature Block
• Fastround

Products and services

• Rolodexer A networking tool built by Weekend Fund for its portfolio founders, LPs, and friends that lets users search and request introductions to Ryan Hoover's 250,000+ Twitter followers, enabling portfolio companies to find customers, hires, and contacts within his network.
• Signature Block A newsletter published by Weekend Fund for investors, covering investment themes, market insights, and startup ecosystem analysis. Founders and operators can subscribe to receive periodic updates.
• Fastround A platform built by Weekend Fund for its portfolio founders and LPs to facilitate fundraising and investor connections.

Quantifiable outcome

• Fund 1 achieved 36.6% IRR and Fund 2 achieved 117.9% IRR as of April 2021, ranking in the 100th percentile on AngelList's performance calculator.
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers12 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Slow Ventures: Slow Ventures is a community-driven early-stage VC that invests across consumer, crypto, and frontier tech with operator-led sourcing. It is the most direct peer to Weekend Fund — both target pre-seed/seed rounds, do not lead, write $100K-$500K checks, and rely on networks of founders/operators. Slow Ventures led the $7M Clouted round in which Weekend Fund participated.
• Pear VC: Pear VC is a pre-seed and seed investor with a community-of-founders model (PearX, Pear Fellows) and similar $100K-$500K check sizes. It co-led the Dealops $7M seed alongside General Catalyst with Weekend Fund participating, making it a directly comparable founder-led community fund.
• Lachy Groom: Lachy Groom runs a solo-operator-led seed fund that writes $100K-$500K checks into pre-seed and seed startups with a heavy consumer/product focus. The solo-GP, no-lead, network-driven model and check-size profile are closely aligned with Weekend Fund's structure.
• Contrary: Contrary is an early-stage fund and research platform investing in pre-seed and seed startups with a community of student/operator analysts that mirrors Weekend Fund's Weekend Partners cohort. Same stage, similar thesis on technology shifts, and similar network-driven sourcing.
• 1517 Fund: 1517 Fund is a Thiel-backed early-stage fund writing small checks ($100K-$250K) into young founders, often non-traditional, dropouts and operators. It is a directly comparable small-check, community-oriented seed investor to Weekend Fund.
• Hyper: Hyper is a solo-operator-led seed fund run by Dylan Hawn investing at pre-seed and seed in consumer and frontier tech. Same fund size, check size, founder-led thesis, and network-driven sourcing as Weekend Fund.

Broad incumbents

• First Round Capital: First Round Capital is a long-established seed and early-stage VC with a community-of-founders ethos (the First Round Network, Review, Capital) that aligns with Weekend Fund's LP-as-platform thesis. It invests more capital per round and often leads, making it a larger incumbent in the same niche.
• Andreessen Horowitz (a16z): Andreessen Horowitz is a multi-stage VC and LP in Weekend Fund (Marc Andreessen, Chris Dixon are LPs), with a portfolio that overlaps on consumer, crypto, and AI seed investments. a16z is far larger and operates across stages, but is the most institutionally comparable incumbent given the direct LP and co-investment overlap.

Emerging players

• South Park Commons: South Park Commons is a founder community and talent incubator that seeds companies from its membership, with a community-first model analogous to Weekend Fund's LP collective. It both competes for the same early-stage founders and supplies talent/companies that align with Weekend Fund's investment thesis.
• On Deck: On Deck is a community and platform for founders, operators, and investors that produces deal flow and LP-quality community members for early-stage funds. It is adjacent ecosystem infrastructure to Weekend Fund's Weekend Partners / community-raise model.

Market position

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/weekendfund

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments71 records

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