Jeffrey Finkle’s one rule — for start-ups, VCs, and life: Fink about it
A New York operator-turned-investor who has been backing, advising, and writing about early-stage founders for over a decade. 25+ years building companies. 13+ years backing them. Today: CEO of The Arcview Group.
Numbers he doesn’t
have to round up
Every chapter, thought through.One career, five chapters
Operator first, investor second, writer throughout — each chapter funded the judgment for the next.
Cheyenne Software → CA, Inc.
GM, Unix Division · VP Corp Dev · VP Marketing
Two-plus decades running product, marketing, and corporate development inside real software businesses.
Odeon Capital Partners
Founding Partner
Early-stage venture fund — ~$115M under management, backing NY tech at the seed.
ARC Angel Fund
Chairman, Evaluation Committee & Treasurer
NYC seed fund writing $50K–$150K first checks into software, tech-enabled services, and healthcare IT.
Arcview Collective Fund
Founder & Manager
The first member-managed fund in cannabis — seed and early-stage checks into the sector’s builders.
The Arcview Group
CEO · also CEO, Arcview Ventures
Financial services for the cannabis and psychedelics sectors — capital, research, and community.
arcviewgroup.comWhere the finking gets applied —Advisor, chairman, shareholder
Real seats, real companies — every one of them a door he still walks through.
WellLife NetworkCo-Chairman of the Board↗
Cirrus Data SolutionsBoard of Directors↗
EquipidFounding Shareholder
No VC-speak. Ever.Three finks, verbatim
What we’re looking for is evidence that through further iteration this thing will get to product-market fit.
Jeff Finkleon what a seed check buys
It’s better to have wrestled with a problem in an industry for a long period of time, and understand the nuance of that industry so that you can build the right solution.
Jeff Finkleon founder–market fit
More companies fail because they built a solution to a problem that either nobody had, or wasn’t topical enough to pay for a solution.
Jeff Finkleon why start-ups die
All three, word for word, from his AlleyWatch interview: “Inside the Mind of a NYC Angel Investor”.
Thoughts on start-ups, VCs, and life!What Jeff finks about
A decade of essays on his blog, organized the way he actually thinks — by theme, not by date. Six shelves, all real, all his.
Start-ups ↗
Product-market fit, first hires, and why most companies die of self-inflicted wounds.
02Tech ↗
What the platforms are doing to us — and what an operator of 25 years makes of it.
03Investing ↗
Angel math, portfolio honesty, and evidence over enthusiasm.
04Cannabis ↗
Regulation, capital, and building the sector’s first member-managed fund.
05VC ↗
The venture business from inside it — funds, follow-ons, and what LPs never see.
06Life ↗
New York, family, gun violence, a post-COVID world — the non-deal finking.
The full archive lives at finkabout.it — his blog since the mid-2010s.
Building something early-stage?Give Jeff something worth finking about.
He reads pitches, keeps office hours, and answers the occasional cold message — pragmatic, plain-spoken, and allergic to hype.