Texted a Seed series founder about their situation last night, response being, “Had a busy couple days, but I was fast and wired out the money yesterday AM and the wires posted. Still a couple mil locked up, but they’re in money market funds, so should be good. I was part of the bank run… Continue reading SVB
Category: Startups
Investment Memos
Investment memo's are written docs all VC, PE, or CVC shops produce to (i) tell a story with conviction and (ii) obtain permission to invest capital into the company. Some are 2 pages, some are 20. These memos differ by the (i) stage of the company (Seed is much different than Series B), (ii) fund… Continue reading Investment Memos
Miner/Maximum Extractable Value (MEV)
I want to quickly cover MEV, or Miner Extractable Value, given it's still a topic of increased relevance, and yet still opaque. MEV refers to the potential value that miners can extract from the transactions included in a block they mine. On the Ethereum blockchain, MEV is primarily generated from arbitrage opportunities, transaction reordering, and other forms… Continue reading Miner/Maximum Extractable Value (MEV)
The Rule of 40
The 'Rule of 40' is popular among investors and analysts because it provides a simple, easy-to-understand metric for evaluating the financial health of software companies. As with any metric, there are pros and cons. It combines two important metrics, revenue growth and profit margin into a single number that can be used to quickly assess… Continue reading The Rule of 40
Venture Funding
When raising a Series A round of financing, founders need to focus on the metrics that demonstrate the potential of their company to investors. Post prototype, pre-product market fit. Here are five metrics that founders should track and be prepared to discuss (albeit business model dependent): 1/ Monthly Recurring Revenue (MRR): This is the amount… Continue reading Venture Funding
Weekly Startup Spotlight: Lendtable, a Series A Fintech
This week's FintechFriday session is with Mitchell Jones, co-founder Lendtable ⚡ a YC S20 batch company that raised $18M from Softbank to help workers get thousands in additional income by giving a cash advance to cover living expenses so they can finally begin earning their employer match.It’s noted from YC’s site that 1 in 4… Continue reading Weekly Startup Spotlight: Lendtable, a Series A Fintech
Genie.xyz – Scott Grey
The Fintech Friday's crew is continuing our #Web3 deep dive by capping off January with Scott Gray, CEO, and founder of Genie. ⚡₿⚡Scott is joining us this upcoming Friday at 0800 PDT.Launched in November 2021, Genie is considered the first NFT marketplace aggregator and has already transacted over $150M. We will cover Genie, as well… Continue reading Genie.xyz – Scott Grey
Moving Quickly & Methodically
Most corporate executives would benefit from joining a startup for three or so months to learn and be exposed to the following: Being surrounded by builders, not strategists. Executing at pace without corporate bureaucracy.Seeing the benefits of using modern tools and technology in pratice.Experiencing the risk of failure and being allowed to 'be over their… Continue reading Moving Quickly & Methodically
Floor NFTs
Floor NFTs is a young company led by Chris Madden. Chris has a background in both Fintech and Martech. Being an early employee at Venmo, he spent two years researching how social + money work together. Currently the Co-founder of Button, he works in Fintech by day, and crypto by night. Chris is also on… Continue reading Floor NFTs
Tectonic Shifts In Fintech
Below are some quick thoughts. Several earlier fintech companies found success, with younger adults being solid customers. Today, we see newer companies target teens and kids through several gifting platforms that have closed rounds the past few quarters (i.e., UNest). This is good, but it will be difficult for those companies to scale over time… Continue reading Tectonic Shifts In Fintech
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