FAST

No idea is too early

FASTs opening soon:

Previous FASTs:

Generative Tech FAST

For early Founders building generative AI companies.

Crypto Gaming FAST

For early Founders bringing gaming and web3/crypto/NFT's together in new ways.

For professors and grad students ready to start companies. The time of the Scientist-Founder is now.

For Founders with next-generation ideas in finance and payments.

Marketplaces FAST

For Founders who see marketplace opportunities others do not.

For early Founders obsessed with changing the way real estate works.

Restart Startup Nation: FAST

Investing in the next wave of Israel's top founders.

Lite FAST for Harvard Students

For Founders who are students, faculty or alumni of Harvard.

Stanford Lite FAST

For Founders who are students, faculty or alumni of Stanford.

For Founders who are students, faculty or alumni of MIT.

Berkeley Lite FAST

For Founders who are students, faculty or alumni of Berkeley.

Investing in founders revolutionizing human longevity

Investing in the next wave of Israel's top founders.

2025 FAST for Harvard Students

Investing in the next generation of Founders from Harvard

Investing in the next generation of Berkeley Founders

Investing in the next generation of Stanford Founders

Investing in the next generation of MIT Founders

How FAST Works

FAST represents a new SLA for fundraising between NFX and Founders.

Transparent - you know the deal terms and where you are in every step of the process
Founders who receive FAST funding join the NFX Guild, our portfolio of 400+ top Founders who support each other

To apply:
Create a private BriefLink which includes a deck, a video and answers to 12 questions.

What companies are most likely to get funded by NFX?

Like all investors, we have investment preferences and areas of focus that you should know about. For instance, we strongly favor companies that can have network effects (NFX). We focus on companies located in the US, Israel, LatAm, and Europe.

We don't invest in these sectors: semiconductor, medical devices, pure pharma, pure hardware, and network devices.

Learn more about what each NFX Partner is interested in by visiting their Signal profiles: Morgan Beller, Omri Amirav-Drory, Pete Flint, Gigi Levy-Weiss, and James Currier.

Here's our current portfolio.

Here are some essays we've written on fundraising.

About NFX

NFX is a Pre-Seed and Seed venture firm based in San Francisco and Israel. As Founders ourselves, we built 10 companies with more than $10 billion in exits. These exits spanned multiple industries and geographies. We invest, build software, and distribute content to help early-stage Founders unlock speed, defensibility, and edge.