Slava Solonitsyn

Yo, check out Slava Solonitsyn. This dude’s resume is wild. He went from being a physicist to a VC, and then decided that wasn’t enough and became a 3-time YC founder. He’s seen the game from every angle, as the guy writing the checks and the guy cashing them. That’s a rare breed.

His biggest flex? Co-founding Mighty Buildings (YC W18). We’re talking 3D-printed houses, bro. This wasn’t some small-time project; they raised over $150M from heavy hitters like Khosla Ventures and built legit, net-zero homes. He took on construction, one of the oldest, toughest industries, and hit it with deep tech, patents, and robotics. That’s how you make a dent.

But Slava didn’t just stick to hardware. He jumped back into the software game, co-founding AI-driven tools for founders. He launched Socap.ai (YC W23) to fix the broken networking grind and even built AI agents to help construction companies scale faster with Surfaice.PRO. The man is addicted to solving hard problems with tech.

Now, he’s a co-founder and Chairman at No Cap. He’s the veteran presence, the guy who has raised insane capital and now helps steer the ship. He lives by his “Parallel Fundraising” playbook, a system he teaches to create FOMO and get deals done fast. That’s some alpha right there, and he’s baking it into the products he builds.

Bottom line: Slava is the ultimate operator-investor hybrid. He’s built physical shit and digital shit, raised two unicorns as a VC, and now he’s building the tools to help the next gen of founders do the same. He’s seen it all and is still in the trenches building. No cap.