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We're thrilled to announce our $15M Series A funding, led by Fifth Wall with support from Left Lane Capital. This is a huge milestone in our journey to empower real estate investors to build wealth and unlock new opportunities — together! 🚀 With this funding, we're doubling down on our belief that real estate investing is a team sport. At Fractional, our community of investors shows what’s possible when people take matters into their own hands - pooling capital, resources, and knowledge to achieve more than they could alone. Fractional investors are co-owners of everything they’ve dreamed of, from single-family homes to student housing to assisted living facilities. A huge thank you to our investors, partners, and community members who are building this future with us. Join us as we accelerate forward — there's so much more to come! More on the news in Axios. https://lnkd.in/gc5pGV3Y #realestateinvesting #proptech #fintech #funding #venturecapital #financialwealth

https://lnkd.in/gHqkAM8h Startup Studio portfolio VC fund. $8.5 mil. with room to oversubscribe. All deals warehoused and ready to allocate. Built in equity on day 1. Low 1 time management fee. $35k minimum investment. 506c offering, accredited investors only. GP's are personally invested. Multi tiered exit strategy in place. Liquidity options built in. *** This presentation of Sidecar Portfolio Fund (the “Company”) is for information only and shall not constitute an offer to buy, sell, issue or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell or issue, or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.***

Wealthtech Plenty Raises $5 Million Seed Round Plenty was co-founded by Emily Luk, CPA, CFA (formerly of Stripe) and Channing Allen (formerly of Homebase) out of personal need. Luk and Allen met while working together at the on-demand payment platform Even, which was acquired by Walmart-owned One. The duo eventually married, and the idea for Plenty emerged. Plenty has just announced a $5 million seed round led by led by Inovia Capital, with participation from Garage Capital, Otherwise Fund, and Interplay. The seed round investors join pre-seed investors: Kevin Durant and Rich Kleiman’s 35 Ventures, Charge Ventures, Phenomenal Ventures, Xtripe Angels, and strategic angels Adam Nash (formerly Wealthfront), and Mark Goines (formerly Intuit, early in Mint and Personal Capital [acq. Empower]). Plenty is a Wealthtech that seeks to assist couples in investing and planning for the future. Plenty’s multiplayer money management seeks to allow a flexible approach to wealth-building, from cash flow management to goal planning and long-term investing. Luk, CEO of Plenty, says when they got married they could not find a product or service that worked well for them on making financial decisions so they built one. “The landscape of traditional financial planning or single-player fintech just doesn’t work for couples like us. Today’s couples expect easy collaboration, affordable prices, and are savvy enough to know that there are better investment products out there. We’re excited to bring that all into one platform and introduce Plenty to the world.” Plenty initiated an invite-only program in May 2023. Couples who have turned to Plenty to reach their unique financial goals have invested an average of $70,000 through the platform. Plenty is available for couples and individuals at $100 per person per year. Subscribe for more insights https://lnkd.in/d94JgWBU Source Crowd Fund Insider #fintech #wealthtech #funding

Square, Zillow, and SoFi alums are fundraising machines. They’ve raised a combined $2.5 Billion (just for fintech companies) and many of them have built massive firms. Some of the largest businesses founded by former employees of these companies include Figure, Persona, and Divvy Homes. The implications of this are huge. It makes sense that some have advocated building venture funds that solely invest in alums of certain very successful companies. Time will tell how these alumni companies perform in terms of exits and liquidity in the coming years, but I’m bullish on insider founders building the future fintech giants. Read our full report ➡ https://bit.ly/GGMVFF Gilgamesh Ventures Andrew Endicott Paula You The Wharton School

We're excited to launch our $65M Fund III. We’re thankful to our LPs and founders who empower us to do what we love most: backing early-stage B2B software startups. Some high-level notes on our Fund III: ❌ No product, no problem. Happy to back founders pre-product or revenue 🧵 B2B focus: SaaS & Infrastructure as a core focus, with Fintech 💰 Investing $1.5M+ in pre-seed & seed stage startups ⚡️ Leading or co-leading rounds 🪙 Targeting 6-10% ownership 🇺🇸 Market focus: North America (USA) as the primary customer market 🔢 Investing in 30-35 companies over 3.5 years ❄️ Made one stealth investment in an ex-Snowflake team 👯♀️ 50/50 partnership across management company & GP between Sunil and I 🏫 Our LPs include four university endowments, pension funds, funds-of-funds (FoFs), and many VC partners and tech founders/operators 🐥 Kearny Jackson's portfolio: Motherduck, Cortex, Unit, EigenLayer, Comulate, Rythms, RelayFi, Sprig, and more

About to go live... Startup Studio portfolio VC fund. $8.5 mil. with room to oversubscribe. All deals warehoused and ready to allocate. Built in equity on day 1. Low 1 time management fee. $35k minimum investment. 506c so accredited investors only. GP's are personally invested. Multi tiered exit strategy in place. Liquidity options available at year 2. *** This presentation of Sidecar Portfolio Fund (the “Company”) is for information only and shall not constitute an offer to buy, sell, issue or subscribe for, or the solicitation of an offer to buy, sell or issue, or subscribe for any securities in any jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.***

Excited to share that Vequity closed on its seed round last week, led by Common Forge Ventures and supported by other angel investors! 🚀 Despite a false start, the team is now focused on delivering substantial value to our business broker clients and enhancing small business M&A processes for all stakeholders. Buyers (Investment, Strategic or Individual) seeking to scale their deal flow can create a profile for brokers to match with deals coming to market. What is the largest challenge you have experienced in small business M&A? Let's discuss in the comments below. Check out Vequity.ai for more details.

This genuinely hurts to read. I can’t emphasise it enough: there is good money and there is bad money, and no money is better than bad money (the same axiom mostly applies in the context of dealmaking, more broadly). Founders often diminish their own value – whether in making a sale or raising capital – to get on *that* accelerator, or land *that* deal with a given investor/company. Walking away, knowing how to utilise your limited box of ‘yeses’ and actively saying ‘no’, is easily amongst the top 3 skills required of any good founder. (Also, in 99% of instances, unless the accelerator is at the pinnacle of a given domain, or in the startup world generally, and can communicate their value to your business compellingly, giving away equity or paying a fee is almost definitely not a good idea.)

Don’t fall for the VC trap! In fact, many iconic companies either skipped VC funding, delayed it, or barely touched what they raised. VC funding comes with strings. Sure, it’s cash in the bank, but it also means: → Pressure to grow fast, often unsustainably → Misaligned incentives between founders and investors → A focus on vanity metrics rather than long-term success Sometimes, what your business needs isn’t a shiny sports car. It’s a reliable, scalable minivan. So, What’s the Move? Before jumping into a VC round, consider these alternatives: → Master your unit economics (your costs and revenue inside out) → Hit key revenue milestones before expanding your team → Explore other funding options (bank loans, crowdfunding, or revenue-based financing) → Raise strategically; raise only what’s necessary—not the maximum you can secure A lean, self-sufficient startup is a magnet for investors when the time is right. Build smart. Raise less. Own more. Let’s go! --- ♻ Repost to help your network reach its full potential. And follow Peter Korbel for more content!