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6/23 - This Week in Venture Capital & Start-ups

June 23, 2023

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Here is a breakdown of today's newsletter:

  • 🥳 Events & Community

  • 🎙️ New Podcast Episode

  • 📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

  • 💰 Venture Capital News

🥳 Events & Community: 

If you want to see a larger list of events, check out a larger list one of our community members made here:

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🎙️ Podcast:

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.

Pathway AI: a Data Science Team at Your Fingertips

  • Analysts can use natural language to generate sophisticated statistical models

  • Chosen for AngelList Access Fund and Private Capital Network

  • Coinvesting with Notion Capital, Cur8 Capital, REMUS Capital, and more

  • Link to invest

Venus Aerospace: LA to Tokyo in ONE HOUR at hypersonic speed

  • A promise of the space age finally fulfilled, the craft designed by Venus Aerospace will be the fastest reusable hypersonic system in the world.

  • Their patented rotating detonation rocket engine (RDTE) will propel passengers at speeds up to Mach 9

  • The craft is designed to fly just outside of our atmosphere, where air friction poses no risk to the craft

  • Link to invest

Canza Finance: a New Financial System for Africa’s FX Markets

  • African FX TAM is $5T, yet is still highly inefficient and expensive

  • Canza is building the Jara Network to facilitate OTC

  • The round is being led by Polychain Capital at a $15M PMV

  • Link to invest

Tafi: The Global Leader in 3D Assets and Text-to-3D genAI

  • Largest commercial library of 3D assets in the world; customers include Coca-Cola, HBO, Warner/DC, Coinbase, and others

  • Their product DAZ 3D (link to demo here) creates ultra-HD fully compatible and customizable characters

  • Exclusive partnership with NVIDIA to train even greater AI capabilities

  • Link to invest

Brex: Financial Services to Businesses of all Sizes

  • 200% growth YoY with 200k customers

  • Ranked the #2 disruptor in their field by CNBC two years in a row

  • Expanded by acquiring six startups and partnering with Techstars for further expansion

  • Link to invest

Potion: Using AI to Create Personalized Video Content

  • On track for $1M ARR by July of this year

  • Unique no-code platform allows marketing managers and advertisers to create personalized video content

  • Coinvesting with UpHonest, Streamlined Ventures, and others

  • Link to invest

Siegelman Stable: Streetwear with a Conscience - Gary Vaynerchuk Lead

  • Rapidly gaining mass appeal and A-list celebrity endorsements

  • Nearly one million dollars in gross revenue in 2022

  • Founded by the son from a top horse racing family, Max Siegelman, past collaborator with Kanye West, NBA teams, Puma, Hypebeast, Lexus, and more

  • Link to invest

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

💰 Venture Capital News

PitchBook: VC Valuations

  • Founders are using structured term sheets to secure cash without resorting to down rounds, but these terms often come at the expense of early backers.

  • Cap table disputes are on the rise, with liquidation preferences and cumulative dividends becoming more common.

  • Pay-to-play provisions and bridge rounds are leading to higher liquidation preferences, causing dilution for early investors.

  • Startups are adding more structure to term sheets to protect themselves and attract capital, but this can have negative effects on valuations and team morale.

  • Internal bridge rounds are seeing increased leverage for VCs, leading to higher liquidation preferences and discounts.

  • Cost-cutting measures implemented by startups in 2022 may begin to run out, potentially leading to crisis situations in late 2024.

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