The Girls Table Newsletter

4/06 - This Week in Web3, Venture Capital, & Start-ups

April 06, 2023

Welcome back to The Girls Table's Newsletter! This weekly newsletter will share key insights into web3, venture capital, crypto, & the community. Join our Telegram to hear about upcoming events, job opportunities, and connect with like-minded individuals!Also, don't forget to respond to this newsletter with a quick "Hi" so it doesn't get buried in your promotions folder! 

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Here is a breakdown of today's newsletter: 

  • 🥳 Events & Community

  • 🎙️ New Podcast Episode

  • 🚨 TLDR - This Week in Crypto

  • 🌗 Crypto News

  • 📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

  • 💰 Venture Capital News

🥳 Events & Community: 

We are hosting a lunch during NFT NYC for founders and investors. There is very limited seating so feel free to RSVP here and if you don't make this one there will always be more!

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

  • NFT NYC 

  • Consensus 

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.

    🚨 TLDR - This Week in Crypto:

    • Elon memes, dogecoin dumps

    • Saudi wealth fund backs crypto VCs

    • Sen. Warren’s “Anti-crypto army”

    • Sandwich attacker gets sandwich attacked for 20M

      🌗 Crypto News:

      • Sanabil, the venture arm of the SWF, released investment info into 40 VC firms

      • The list includes prolific Web3 investors: A16z, Thiel (via Valar Ventures), Soma Capital, Polychain, and much more

      • While the VC firm investments are made public, their $124B of liquid holdings remain private - even as to if they contain digital assets

      • This is not the beginning of crypto’s politicization, after Gov. DeSantis and Sen. Cruz introduced anti-CBDC bills

      • Warren compared buying Bitcoin to “Buying air” on Meet The Press, then going on to praise CBDC

      • Recent bank runs and liquidations were also blamed on the crypto crowd

      📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

      Please keep this confidential.The author of this newsletter, TradingFemale, works at Red Beard Ventures. Red Beard Ventures is a Web3 Venture Capital Firm that has invested in over 150+ companies including Sandbox, Dapper Labs, SuperRare, Unstoppable Domains, LayerZero, and more! 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 + a16z and GFR Investing

      •  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 are more than 90%

      • $22M forecast in 2023

      • Backed by Andreesen Horowitz

      • Link to invest

      💰 Venture Capital News

      • March was a difficult month for the venture capital industry

      • The collapse of Silicon Valley Bank caused disruptions, but worst-case scenarios were avoided

      • The frigid exit market has drained liquidity for investors

      • VC-backed companies only recorded $5.8 billion in exits during Q1

      • Only 20 public listings occurred in Q1, making IPOs unattainable and building pressure within the ecosystem.

      • Capital commitments continued to concentrate on larger-size vehicles, but only two funds closed on $1 billion or more in Q1.

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

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      Disclaimer: The Girls Table DOES NOT provide financial advice. All content is for informational purposes only. The Girls Table is not a registered investment, legal, or tax advisor or a broker/dealer. Trading any crypto-related asset is extremely risky and could result in significant capital losses. 

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