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4/20 - This Week in Venture Capital & Start-ups

April 20, 2023

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We are officially on our 20th newsletter article & decided that it needed some REVAMPING. We would absolutely love to hear your opinion on the newsletter so far so feel free to reply with any constructive feedback.

Here is a breakdown of today's newsletter:

  • 🥳 Events & Community

  • 🎙️ New Podcast Episode

  • 📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

  • 💰 Venture Capital News

🥳 Events & Community: 

What a great and successful event at NFT NYC! We loved meeting so many of you IRL. Let us know if you are going to Consensus because it is coming up quick and we might have an event in the works!

Below we have provided our tentative list for the rest of 2023 but if you want to see a larger list of events, check out a larger list one of our community members made here:

  • Consensus

  • LA Tech Week

Also, if you don't want to miss out on future events we will be hosting during 2023, join our Telegram group to stay up-to-date. The chat has been growing and it is so amazing to have such an awesome inspiration group!

🎙️ New Podcast Episode:

In this episode of The Girls Table, Elana Dickman also known as TradingFemale is joined by Stevie Cline who is the GP at Vol1 Ventures. Stevie shares key insights into:

  • 💸 Starting to Angel Invest

  • 📈 Raising a first VC fund

  • 💻 Diligencing Companies

  • 💡 Advice for Founders Raising Funding

Do you know any entrepreneurs, creators, or investors who you think have an amazing story? Please reply and share them with us so we can continue to have the most inspirational individuals on the podcast.

📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

Please keep this confidential.If you are an accredited investor and interested in expanding your start-up portfolio, we have provided some investment opportunities that are currently active through the Red Beard Ventures Syndicate. The minimum amount to invest per deal is $1k! Please reach out if you have any questions.

One Earth Rising: Ownable Interoperability for Modern Gaming

  • Their standard has self-sovereignty and a format game engines can understand

  • This format seeks to become industry standard

  • All facets of the asset - items, moments, stats - are able to be minted

  • Link to invest

Meratas: Expedia for Student Loans - Last check, Oversubscribed Round

  • This round is led by Jason Calacanis, legendary investor from The All In podcast

  • Multi-lender marketplace allows users to compare and loan offers to compete

  • 110 schools are current paying customers, at $1300/mo

  • Projected revenue of $6M in 2023

  • Link to invest

Toka: Cybersecurity Tools for Modern International Protection

  • Second year of revenue doubled with multiple government PoCs

  • Gross margins more than 90%

  • $22M forecast in 2023

  • Backed by Andreesen Horowitz

  • Link to invest

GET protocol: The Premium NFT Ticketing Solution

  • GET has been building NFT ticketing since 2016

  • They have a full range of ticketing products for event holders, from self-service to full concierge, and also whitelabel solutions

  • Issued nearly 3.4 Million tickets (1.7M in 2022 alone), over 17k events

  • Investment includes a token grant AND discounted token purchase rights

  • Link to invest

Simply Eggless: The Future of Egg Alternatives

  • Simply Eggless is the second-largest producer and supplier of plant-based eggs globally, with a revenue of $2M in 2022

  • Their products are sold in over 2.8k stores in North America and the company is looking to expand to 1k more stores, serving their massive popularity among Gen Z and Millennials

  • The main ingredient used by Eggless is lupin bean, which offers high protein, excellent baking functionality, and is environmentally friendly

  • The competitors in vegan egg alternatives all fall behind Simply Eggless, which has a much more versatile and shelf-stable product

  • Link to invest

Knights of Degen: Co-Founded by Drew Austin! Web3 Sports & Gaming Ecosystem + $10M in Sales + Acquired League DAO Defi Fantasy Protocol

  • KoD is building RPG Fantasy Sports Games powered by Web3. The Knights gaming ecosystem, rewards degen activities, from betting, to fantasy gaming, to building as a DAO contributor.

  • Assets of KOD include fantasy gaming software, bet2earn protocol, mobile application, media network, p2e gaming assets and teams, professional sports ownership stakes, nfts, and more.

  • The KOD Inc. cap table will be allocated 30% of the Degen Token market supply.

  • BoostVC (Coinbase, Etherscan, Alta, Wyre) is leading the round w/ participation from RBV Fund I

  • Seed, $16M Pre-Money + Token

  • Link to Invest

Blocklords: GoT Meets Axie - Revolutionizing Play-To-Earn Gaming

  • Blocklords already has 120k pre-registered for their play-to-earn game

  • The medieval-based game allows players to craft their narrative while simultaneously earning cryptocurrency for tasks they complete within the game (Play-to-earn model).

  • Blocklords is focusing on delivering value to the user first to build up the user base and ecosystem first - This approach seems to be working by their massive sign-up and connection numbers

  • Money earned can be used to progress in the game or traded on crypto exchanges.

  • Bitscraft, Delphi Digital, and Animoca Brands are all investing

  • SAFT, $100M FMV

  • Link to Invest

The Sandbox: Global leader and largest metaverse platform

  • $SAND is a Top 50 Cryptocurrency >$2B

  • $250M+ current virtual real estate LAND value

  • >$700M digital asset portfolio

  • $4.3M highest LAND price paid

  • ~3X more LAND sales than competitor Decentraland

  • 250K+ creators and brands are using the no-code tools to mind new items and experiences each month!

  • Link to invest

💰 Venture Capital News

  • Despite expectations of increased M&A activity in Q1 2023 due to lower valuations, PitchBook eports that acquisitions of VC-backed companies fell to the lowest quarterly level in a decade.

  • The lack of M&A activity has been attributed to the unpredictable course of interest rates, geopolitical instability, and a renewed focus on profitability for large tech companies.

  • Due to the current uncertainty, deal processes are taking longer, even though valuations have come down between 30% and 50% compared to 2021.

  • There is hope for some rebound in acquisition activity in the latter part of the year, as corporate boards and activist investors become more open to creative deal terms, such as earnouts and seller notes, to make purchases more palatable in an uncertain environment.

👋 That’s all for now friends! See you next week.

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