Asylum Ventures / Updates

ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS ARTISTS NOT ASSETS

Trust and the death of the handshake deal

Unlike courage, which requires just a few singular moments, trust requires living it and proving it every single day over a long period of time. There are no shortcuts.

by Nick

Essay

Courage

Some argue taste is now the last remaining competitive advantage in venture (and investing more broadly). But I think it’s Courage, which is in even shorter supply.

by Nick

Essay

Asylum in the NYT

Press

So so excited to be back in London next week with @nchirls and @kenzieregent 🇬🇧💙 Say hi!

6.5.26

@lolawajs

.@asylumventures spotted in Tokyo 👀

5.21.26

@nchirls

The @asylumventures thesis in a nutshell —> “The true founders—not the ones who want to make a lot of money or do it because their roommates want to do it—are closer to artists than to any other profession,” - Steve Blank H/t @billdybas

4.29.26

@nchirls

See you at the McCarren Parkhouse on Thursday morning, 8:15-10:15 - say hi for 5mn or 2 hours, open invite, I will provide a delicious selection of Nick and Sons’s best pastries. Excited to start the day with you

4.28.26

@lolawajs

lucky to call @nchirls a friend and partner, highly recommend reading his latest post💕

4.28.26

@kenzieregent

Art & Pizza with Stephanie Temma Hier

The Memory Reading Room

Event

VERY excited for our Asylum London Residency in June - will be in town for a week with @nchirls & @kenzieregent. Plan is to say hi and host a bunch. DM if you want to collab

3.20.26