Free Post Makeba Deal Memo (September 2020) Deal Abstract https://wefunder.com/makeba Pre-revenue fintech company for emerging companies wants to be the PayPal/Square/Venmo/Braintree. Burned $1.1MM in 2018 and 2019, each, raising money
Free Post Kiwibot Deal Memo (September 2020) Deal Abstract https://wefunder.com/kiwibot Robot company that wants to deploy thousands of tiny delivery robots. Currently has 50 robots in production with the city of San Jose, generating
Free Post September 2020 — Final Investment Decisions You've read my analyses. It's time to see what investment decisions I made for deals from this month. Will be updated as the month proceeds. Exclusively available for premium subscribers.
Free Post 50 startups Reflections from 50+ deal memos I’m now totaling 63 deal memos with >40% published just in August 2020. In the last 31 days I published 26 pieces, nearly one every day. Users,
Free Post Groundfloor Deal Memo (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://www.seedinvest.com/groundfloor/series.b/highlights Online retail platform connecting private investors to real estate debt for single family home real estate entrepreneurs. The platform has
Free Post Beanstox Deal Memo (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://www.startengine.com/beanstox Betterment for middle-income Americans, co-founded by Shark Tank celebrity Kevin O’Leary. Has 3000 downloads, $32k in revenue for all of 2019,
Free Post SEC Modernizes the Accredited Investor Definition https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2020-191 Breaking news: SEC is making formal moves to lower the accredited investor status. It’s not anything that consequential essentially (yet) unless
Free Post Dollaride (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://republic.co/dollaride Mobility company that wants to build the Uber/Lyft interface for dollar vans. I’ve taken these in New York before and they&
Free Post ThisWay (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://wefunder.com/thisway HR platform company that claims to be able to use AI to make sure all candidates are being considered fairly. Burned $1.8MM to
Free Post Streamlytics (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://www.startengine.com/streamlytics Pre-revenue data company wants to aggregate user data and give said users the ability to monetize their data. Streamlytics would sell data to
Free Post HelloWoofy (August 2020) Social media marketing platform driven by AI + Data Science. Auto-completes text and emojis for tweets and posts. $135k in sales in the last 6 months, revenue averaging $15k/mth lifetime. Also has a text and emoji auto-complete API that will make for interesting B2B opportunities.
Free Post Solace (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://www.seedinvest.com/solace/seed/ Solace is a direct-to-consumer direct cremation provider. Achieved $300k in revenue to date but also burned $426k last year. Raising money
Free Post Swipeby (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://republic.co/swipeby Startup creating a ‘third way’ between delivery and in-store restaurant. Has the hypothesis that it can grow customer demand for restaurants by
Free Post Cityzenith (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://www.startengine.com/cityzenith Virtual reality/simulation platform for construction and architects. Revenue stalled in 2019. Company is fascinating in the strange combination of things going right
Free Post Elemeno (August 2020) Deal Abstract https://republic.co/elemeno-health Education platform providing just-in-time reference and tips to healthcare professionals. Backed by Y-Combinator, $900k in revenue to date. Burn is $120k and raised 8