Andy Cloyd is a venture investor at Revolution who actually left to start his own company, Superfiliate, partly to test whether his advice as an investor held up in practice—giving him rare firsthand operator experience. He's known for spotting founders with strong timing and team fit, has long focused on messy, under-digitized industries like real estate and construction, and built Superfiliate around the idea that creators and short-form video changed how people shop while brand tools hadn't caught up; he's also refreshingly candid about things like moving cities to change his pace, forming his co-founder relationship by accident, and telling founders to keep going even after 100 nos.