Social Leverage

Exciting news from FinChat. Our good friends at VanEck joined us at Social Leverage as investors. https://lnkd.in/gFMHKM3r

Great to see Social Leverage portfolio companies working together

Crypto is hot, but what about Crypto Data? Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners put out a monster 132-page deck highlighting a bunch of the companies in the space. The market map I am sure is missing a bunch of companies, but it's a good start. I am interested to see when the traditional market data providers start aggressively making acquisitions in this space. They all have partnerships, but it's only a matter of time before they start to consolidate this part of the industry. If you are a crypto market data provider and are missing from the market map, comment below.

Financial Data is so Darn Lucrative “Another artful form of triple dipping - getting paid for the creation, maintenance, and licensing of the ratings. A highly margin accretive practice.” Triple Dipping or the Triple Dipper. A quote I pulled from the latest blog from The Terminalist. He talks about MSCI Inc. & Moody's Ratings & S&P Global specifically how the ratings and index business is able to triple dip. Make money on the creation of a rating, the maintenance of it and the licensing of it. Triple Dip! You can do similar dipping with indices. Bloomberg for example with their Terminal, Indices (they have created and acquired a lot!), Data Feeds, and numerous other offerings more than triple dip. This is what is so great about a good data & information services business. Links below to The Terminalist post as well as my TLDR highlights post.

Crypto is hot, but what about Crypto Data? Financial Technology Partners / FT Partners put out a monster 132-page deck highlighting a bunch of the companies in the space. The market map I am sure is missing a bunch of companies, but it's a good start. I am interested to see when the traditional market data providers start aggressively making acquisitions in this space. They all have partnerships, but it's only a matter of time before they start to consolidate this part of the industry. If you are a crypto market data provider and are missing from the market map, comment below.

We are excited to be hosting a webinar to dive into why financial advisors should allocate to venture capital. In this webinar we will talk about the current state of the venture market, the opportunities at the seed stage, tax benefits, diversification, and the value alternatives bring to clients. We encourage advisors and their clients to listen in. Date: Tuesday, August 20th Time: 10:00am PST Duration: 1 Hour Featured Speakers: Evan Rapoport: Venture Partner, Social Leverage & Founder, SMArtX Howard Lindzon: General Partner, Social Leverage Omar Qureshi: Managing Partner of Hightower Wealth Advisors Register here if you want to listen in: https://lnkd.in/gxE4YG-J

11thEstate and Stocktwits Unite Efforts to Boost Investor Recovery in Securities Fraud https://lnkd.in/dwQWxQWk

Awesome Gemini Sports Analytics!

Investment Recovery Platform 11thEstate Raises $2 Million in Seed Round Led by Social Leverage Congrats Stan Vick and 11thestate team! https://lnkd.in/gEQJ8MWv

Archive Intel Secures $1 Million in Seed Funding Led by Social Leverage Congrats Larry Shumbres and Archive Intel team! https://lnkd.in/gCTwuiPN