A crowd gathered around Underscore VC's community Manager Jenni Goodman.

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Shopify Co-Founder, Tobi Lutke, speaking with Lily Lyman and Gail Goodman on stage at Core Summit 2019.

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Mark Roberge and Sooah Cho on a stage at Core Summit 2019.

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Co-Founder & CEO of Hubspot Brian Halligan at an Underscore Core community Event

It takes a community.

It takes a community to build an enduring company. That’s why we’ve rewritten the rules of VC to surround early-stage founders with a curated expert community we call the Underscore Core. Through the Core, founders receive the benefits of the right expertise, from the right people, at the right time—all on our dime.

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The people and companies at the core

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Hi Marley

Chris Eng

Emily Green

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Helen Adeosun

Corey Thomas

Salsify

Douglas Kim

Elana Anderson

Coda

Rana El Kaliouby

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Erica Brescia

Kaiko

Jeremiah Brazeau

Karan Gandhi

Soofa

HelloTeam

Angela Liu

Gail Goodman

H1

project44

Yi Chen

Allison Macleod

Osi Peters

Jono Bacon

CloudZero

John Belizaire

Matt Bilotti

Maria Loughlin

Quala

Tiffany Mosher

Sandra O'Sullivan

Apploi

Amy Villeneuve

Elise Sherman

Peter Kashou

Marten Mickos

TetraScience

Sonciary Honnoll

Mark Roberge

Kathy Breslin

Shari McGrath

Kevin Flynn

Susan An

Jaclyn Smith

Mary Jefts

SYRG

Molly Schonthal

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Shirin shahin

Nishant Murthy

Dries Buytaert

Tom Eisenmann

Bryan House

3XR

Vested

Craig Daniel

Mautic

Jay Fulcher

Elizabeth Lawler

Mike Volpe

Raj Aggarwal

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Yasmin Cruz Ferrine

Goldcast

Macro

Erica Windisch

Messari

Amy Knapp

Christopher Comparato

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It takes a community.

The people and companies at the core

Hi Marley

Chris Eng

Emily Green

Sign-up For Core Event Notifications

Helen Adeosun

Corey Thomas

Salsify

Douglas Kim

Elana Anderson

Coda

Rana El Kaliouby

Join the Newsletter

Erica Brescia

Kaiko

Jeremiah Brazeau

Karan Gandhi

Soofa

HelloTeam

Angela Liu

Gail Goodman

H1

project44

Yi Chen

Allison Macleod

Osi Peters

Jono Bacon

CloudZero

John Belizaire

Matt Bilotti

Maria Loughlin

Quala

Tiffany Mosher

Sandra O'Sullivan

Apploi

Amy Villeneuve

Elise Sherman

Peter Kashou

Marten Mickos

TetraScience

Sonciary Honnoll

Mark Roberge

Kathy Breslin

Shari McGrath

Kevin Flynn

Susan An

Jaclyn Smith

Mary Jefts

SYRG

Molly Schonthal

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BusRight

Shirin shahin

Nishant Murthy

Dries Buytaert

Tom Eisenmann

Bryan House

3XR

Vested

Craig Daniel

Mautic

Jay Fulcher

Elizabeth Lawler

Mike Volpe

Raj Aggarwal

Apply to the Core

Yasmin Cruz Ferrine

Goldcast

Macro

Erica Windisch

Messari

Amy Knapp

Christopher Comparato

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Lily Lyman

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