FinSMEs

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Lendo, a Riyadh, Saudi Arabia-based shariah-compliant debt crowdfunding marketplace, raised SAR 105m ($28m) in Series B funding. The round was led by Sanabil Investments, a wholly-owned company by the Public Investment Fund (“PIF”), with participation from Shorooq Partners, AB Ventures and other investors.

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FinSMEs

OCTOBER 18, 2023

EarthGrid Public Benefit Corporation (EarthGrid PBC), a Richmond, CA-based plasma boring technology and infrastructure development company, raised $30m in seed funding. The $30m includes more than $3 million from a crowdfunding on NetCapital where 1,514 individuals invested between $100 to $165,000.

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The Motley Fool

DECEMBER 5, 2023

According to the FBI, criminals often used emails, fake social media accounts, websites, cold calls, and even crowdfunding campaigns to pull off the scam. If there is any chance of recovering your funds or halting any additional payments, your financial institution may be able to do so.

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This is going to be BIG.

MAY 11, 2012

In fact, thanks to increased scrutiny of investment funds in a post-Madoff world, this imbalance will probably get bigger and bigger. Trust me, if you lose all your money on your brother-in-law's Arizona tanning salon, it's not going to hurt any less than if you lose it in his seed fund. tanning salon/seed fund combo.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 29, 2021

Every January, Kickstarter runs the Make 100 program where creators are encouraged to make 100 of something and crowdfund it on Kickstarter. USV TEAM POSTS: Andy Weissman — Jan 26, 2021 USV 2021 Fund. There are all sorts of great creative projects this year. Check them out. I backed this one this morning.

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FinSMEs

JULY 14, 2023

Craft Gin Club, a London, UK gin subscription service, closed an £800k first crowdfunding campaign on Seedrs. Over 700 investors participated in the campaign.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

My friend Mike Masnick , founder and leader of Techdirt , is crowdfunding a new paper on NFTs. I backed the project just now with 0.1 ETH and you can do the same here. USV TEAM POSTS:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 16, 2021

” The film is being crowdfunded on the Ethereum blockchai n and the campaign ends at 6pm eastern time today. When you choose to back the project, you will have a choice to pledge one ETH and get an NFT from the film or pledge less and get a token recognizing your contribution.

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The Motley Fool

SEPTEMBER 3, 2023

With all of those applications, many people are going online to find answers about starting, funding, and running small businesses. Small business loans There are lots of different ways small business owners can fund a new business. Small Business Administration (SBA). But before you apply, you'll need to get a few things set up first.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

called Attack Surface, and is crowdfunding the audio book to keep it out of the Amazon/Audible ecosystem. The author Cory Doctorow is out with his third book in the Little Brother series. I backed the project this week. USV TEAM POSTS: Hanel Baveja — Sep 10, 2020 Mental Healthcare 3.0

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Sara Grillo

OCTOBER 18, 2022

This guide from Able Futures will tell you how to put your entrepreneurial plans into action, find the funding you need, and get your business up and running in no time. Compare Funding Options for Individuals With Disabilities. Compare Funding Options for Individuals With Disabilities. Accion Opportunity Fund.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 25, 2019

Our portfolio company Kickstarter is running a cool crowdfunding event called Shapeshift that is focused on “bold new products made from recycled materials.” ” You can see them here and back the ones that are interesting to you. I did that this morning. Here is one of the Shapeshift projects I backed:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

Mirror is something between a blogging platform, a crowdfunding platform, and a community platform, built for the crypto sector. Imagine your DAO wants to distribute funds to worthy crypto projects. Our portfolio company Mirror has been using a “game mechanic” called The Write Race to onboard users to the Mirror service.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 1, 2013

In the past week, both AngelList and FundersClub got SEC "No action" letters --notices that their crowdfunding platforms were going to be allowed to keep operating without fear of getting run over by the government. A lot of people have asked me over the last year what I think of crowdfunding. Call it fate, call it luck.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 6, 2021

Here are some live parties you can join and bid with others: Funding Friday has always been about the idea that others might want to fund things that I am funding. Party Bid takes that idea a step further and makes funding things more social and fun. PartyBid is a fun way to collect NFTs with others.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 23, 2021

I’m going with something a bit different today on Funding Friday. Longtime AVC reader Kirsten Lambertsen has created an email newsletter featuring creators and their projects across many different creator platforms. It is called Patron Hunt. It looks like this: I just signed up and you can do that too right here. USV TEAM POSTS:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 28, 2019

While some of those offerings were scams or worse , many of the ones that are being investigated by the SEC are serious projects, started by some of the top cryptographers and computer scientists in the world, and backed by the leading token funds and venture capital firms in the US and around the world. You can do so here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 26, 2021

Kevin Kelly , who has been an editor at Wired and Whole Earth Review, is funding this book project on Kickstarter. He is attempting to capture the many cultures in Asia that are disappearing with modernization. I backed the project today and decided to get the book too. You can do that here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 2, 2021

I am a fan of wireless charging for my various devices and I am glad that there is a standard, called Qi , for wireless charging that many manufacturers support. This means you don’t need to buy your wireless charging device from Apple or Google, you can buy it from any manufacturer you prefer.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

USV TEAM POSTS: Andy Weissman — Jan 26, 2021 USV 2021 Fund. The more the roots can recover and grow deeper underground, the more carbon we can sequester from the air. “ I backed Mikayla’s project earlier this week and you can too.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

AUGUST 28, 2020

I like supporting young creators who are putting their work out there and seeking funding for it. I backed a bunch of projects this morning on Kickstarter and this one really stuck with me. And I also like the idea of documenting this pandemic in photos so we can remember it when its in the rear view mirror. USV TEAM POSTS:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 5, 2021

If you are like us and have watched so much TV during the pandemic that you are now struggling to find new things to watch, click on over to Watch Now and find amazing independent films that were funded on Kickstarter and are available to watch on iTunes. USV TEAM POSTS:

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

I backed this project to fund a creator space and coffee shop in Williamsburg Brooklyn this morning. As many companies make the decision to move to hybrid and remote workforces, we will need more of this kind of space to work in. I am excited to see entrepreneurs stepping in and filling that role. And I like to support them when they do.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

I was on a zoom board meeting in early July and one of the board members started whipping out cards instead of interrupting. I captured the moment because I thought it was awesome. Since then, I have wanted my own set of zoom meeting cards, but never took the initiative to make them.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 24, 2020

The third edition is being funded on Kickstarter right now and I backed it this morning. These are books about a group of kids, The Steamchasers, who take a scavenger hunt through town finding the contributions Black Americans have had to our everyday lives in the areas of Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JANUARY 15, 2021

He’s raising funds to support the launch of two playing card games he created called Fubnub and Bad, Bad, Turtle. Longtime AVC regular Kevin Marshall launched a Kickstarter a week or so ago. I’ve embedded the video below for web readers. Email readers can click this link and watch it.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

I backed this project today to make large scale public art projects honoring frontline workers. Frontline workers have been and continue to be the heroes of this pandemic. They are out there delivering our packages, stocking our stores, caring for sick people, etc, etc. I really like the idea of honoring them. Part 2.

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This is going to be BIG.

APRIL 2, 2013

It's very fashionable these days of crowdfunding and party rounds to go out, tell a good story to individuals, and piece together a lot of cash from a lot of folks--with no investor in particular really taking any responsibility for advising the company.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MARCH 27, 2020

Frontline Responders Fund – This is a $10mm campaign started by Edward Norton and the logistics company Flexport to fund supplying “masks, gowns, gloves and other critical supplies to protect medical professionals in hospitals across the world.” You can give here. ” You can give here.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

APRIL 24, 2020

So I want this Funding Friday to be for people like her, who have given a large part of who they are to serving us. I can’t get her words and the images and emotions they convey out of my head. And the cause I’ve selected is ROAR , Relief Opportunities for All Restaurants.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

MAY 7, 2021

Longtime AVC reader Alex Wolf has a Kickstarter project that I think is awesome. She has long been working on a “pattern alphabet” to encode the patterns of nature and life. This project turns this alphabet into cards that can be used by kids in school and at home to learn.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 30, 2021

I backed a documentary project this morning about two 80-year-olds pursuing their lifelong dreams to be stand-up comedians. I think people of any age should chase their dreams and I can’t wait to watch this film.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 30, 2020

This project has a bunch of things that interest/excite me: 1/ Entrepreneurs committing to building new things in NYC during the pandemic. 2/ Young chefs going out on their own. 3/ Brooklyn. 4/ Jelly donuts. I backed this project just now and took the jelly donuts reward because how could I resist?

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JULY 9, 2021

There are many stories of chefs, bakers, etc cooking from their homes and apartments during the pandemic and now turning that activity into permanent businesses with storefront leases. I’ve backed quite a few projects like this on Kickstarter and found a great one today.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

JUNE 4, 2021

I backed this project last week and think the idea is really great. You put a Terra device outside where you hear the sounds of birds in nature and you can then listen to those sounds indoors. There are also features that let you identify the species of birds and track their migration. The video is here for email readers.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

I love using robotics to teach kids to code. A K12 teacher told me many years ago, “when the robot doesn’t do what you told it to do, you know your code is wrong and you need to fix it.” ” Robotics brings code to life for kids and that’s a great thing.

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A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

OCTOBER 22, 2021

My friend Stephen sent me a text with a link to this Kickstarter project. I backed it immediately and went one step further than I ordinarily do, I bought a pre-order copy of the book.

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