Free Post AKUA Deal Memo (December 2020) Kelp based food maker launched kelp jerky and kelp burgers. Great growth and took a product to market in ~2 years with $500k-$1m maybe. Will be curious how they compete against Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods.
Free Post Moonshot Junior Deal Memo (November 2020) Indian team of strivers wants to create a super education platform to allow the children of strivers get more entrepreneurial resume experience for getting into elite colleges. Reminds me of Open English Junior for children.
Free Post Cheatsheet: "What You Do is Who You Are" by Ben Horowitz Concepts, facts, and procedures from Ben Horowitz's "What You Do is Who You Are." Not urgently recommended for startup investors, but a great and authoritative read on building high-function corporate cultures
Free Post 50 startups Nickelytics Deal Memo (2021-04-30) Billboardsin/LeagueSide/Digital Ads for mobility. If you remember the last time you took a taxi, you remember there's a device to pay with credit card that has ads. This company wants to build the marketplace for companies to deploy ads to all rideshare.
Free Post SIFA #4: Learn, Ask, & Profit This is a series of premium posts I wrote for paying subscribers to the Startup Investing for All community. These posts were originally hosted on Buy Me A Coffee from my original tech stack. Originally posted September 21st, 2020.
Free Post December 2020 — Final Investment Decisions What a beautiful month to make startup investments. Christmas came early with Angel Santa. My decisions are not ~*financial advice*~
Free Post Soraban Deal Memo (November 2020) Couple of Korean-American software bros out in Arizona want to build automation focused platform for providing company financial audits. Extremely early stage, but investors love hearing stories of founders rolling up one's sleeves.
Free Post SIFA #3: Names to Know: Andreessen Horowitz (a16z) This is a series of premium posts I wrote for paying subscribers to the Startup Investing for All community. These posts were originally hosted on Buy Me A Coffee from my original tech stack. Originally posted September 14th, 2020.
Free Post StartupHunt: DAOs, Nebula, Brace, Roostify, RealKey, and OpenAxis StartupHunt: DAOs, Nebula, Brace, Roostify, RealKey, and OpenAxis.
Free Post Knightscope Deal Memo (November 2020) Robotics startup with security bots looking like R2D2 wants to raise $25m on a $447m valuation to roll out omnipresent big brother police bots. Has product in the revenue, though growth stagnant. Fascinating peek into the market of innovation in law enforcement.
Free Post A Fund for Every Moon Looking for an innovative lawyer (do you exist?) who will show me how to build a fund for every moon e.g. investment club for unaccredited investors joined by some kind of expertise.
Free Post SIFA #2: The valuation is too damn high This is a series of premium posts I wrote for paying subscribers to the Startup Investing for All community. These posts were originally hosted on Buy Me A Coffee from my original tech stack. Originally posted August 31st, 2020.
Free Post Elly Deal Memo (November 2020) Google Assistant backed startup company that could be the Calm.com aka the video library for all audio assisted treatment for hospitals. Has a product but pre-revenue. Risks include founders who have no notable exits before, lack of big hospital connections, and painkiller value of product.
Free Post Manta Biofuel Deal Memo (November 2020) Algae farming for cost-competitive, eco-friendly crude oil replacement. Has a founder that has operational and academic experience. Needs to figure out how to solve distribution, go-to-market, and scaling risk if they want to become a billion dollar company.
Free Post Jassby Deal Memo (November 2020) Deal Abstracthttps://www.seedinvest.com/jassby/seed Splitwise/Venmo/Payroll/Shopping portal for families. Has burned several million to build a platform for parents to assign tasks, compensate kids with
