Blair Garrou

Early-stage VC investing in software startups throughout the Midcontinent

[Arden @Arden_Labs]

Loyalty is indeed still a thing, and blockchain truly unlocks a number of value-add use cases to the end user experience. The on-chain tech must be implemented with a laser focus on ADDING value, rather than simply replacing existing value. Coming soon w/ https://t.co/58CJ6ahZ8L

[Arden @Arden_Labs]

Arden is thrilled to announce the March 26 launch of @MaterialWorld0, a cross-chain NFT project built to gamify the utility of @Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Verified Randomness Function (VRF).

Learn more in the🧵👇

[Arden @Arden_Labs]

BIG NEWS!
We’re thrilled to announce that Arden has acquired @shadow_storage, a leading decentralized storage solution built on @GenesysGo shdwDrive.

The full Medium post is below, with the tl;dr in the 🧵.

https://t.co/sB6oLCtGDT

[Chris Georgen @c_georgen]

If anyone is looking to understand what happened in #crypto this week between the #SEC and Ripple $XRP, I humbly recommend...

https://t.co/KHKQ3rzzY2

[LISNR @lisnr]

We are very excited to announce our partnership with @SunCashBahamas, as we enable CBDC payments within its digital wallet, delivering online and offline proximity-based payments to consumers and merchants in the Bahamas!

[Cart.com 🛒 @cartdotcom]

Excited to have @omairdotcom recognized along with so many other inspiring business leaders as a winner in the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South program! #EOYUS #EOY Gulf South @EY_US https://t.co/wr9XCfT6sM

[Houston Landing @Hou_Landing]

Houston Landing — a new, nonprofit, no-paywall, nonpartisan journalism site — is ready to fully launch.

Beginning Wednesday, you will see multiple news stories a day from our team.

https://t.co/zimloAWvL2

[Blair Garrou @bgarrou]

@intentionally Product

[Benson Hill @BensonHillInc]

How Benson Hill cut a path for sustainable, non-GMO soy. “The focus at Benson Hill is scaling up their aquaculture ingredients… But they’ve already made inroads in the #pet and #poultry industries…” https://t.co/sfXje71KQ9

[aziz gilani @TexasVC]

Our friends at @SVB_Financial have been great partners since the inception of @mercuryfund and they're taking their current challenges very seriously. Kudos for the transparency and pro-active steps to bolster the balance sheet.
https://t.co/KLJ7bfZfql

[Mark Suster @msuster]

1/ More in the VC community need to speak out publicly to quell the panic about @SVB_Financial ... I believe their CEO when he says they are solvent and not in violation of any banking ratios & goal was to raise & strengthen balance sheet

[Mercury Fund @mercuryfund]

We’re pleased to announce @sjolewis has been promoted to Partner! Named one of Insider’s Rising-Star Fintech VCs, a Kauffman Fellow, and a member of Mercury’s DEI board, Samantha is a next-gen VC leader: driven, inclusive, & versed in emerging technologies.

[Mercury Fund @mercuryfund]

“We need governance structures that are actually adhered to, and we need more responsible VCs who practice good governance.” @sjolewis shares her thoughts on #DeFi, what she wants to hear in a pitch, and more in this TechCrunch piece from @jacqmelinek.

https://t.co/Bkz1HxwC1i

[Cart.com 🛒 @cartdotcom]

It's not every day you're featured by @Entrepreneur!

Check out the story, which details our founder Omair Tariq's journey and his inspiration for building an all-in-one ecommerce platform.

🗞 : https://t.co/AG2WA28Cs8

#entrepreneur #ecommerce

[Omair Tariq @omairdotcom]

End of the 1H and @cartdotcom continues to break records…

[Mercury Fund @mercuryfund]

Bravo, Ben Johnson! The @SpruceCrew CEO was named one of @HousingWire’s 2022 Rising Stars. @bgarrou https://t.co/peKyj7GkTa

[Blair Garrou @bgarrou]

@TexasVC I’m in

[(James Aman)² @scasplte2]

Wow, just wow. 🤦‍♂️ The lack of insight on how to build a robust distributed evosystem is just astonishing.

I cannot wait for the day when we look back on Ethereum as the Blackberry of blockchains. Innovative for its time but ultimately just a stepping stone to something better.

[David Leebron @davidleebron]

And I convey my very last diploma tube as president of Rice.

[LISNR @lisnr]

Excited to announce our partnership w/ @_orionec to enable contactless E-Bike authentication! Our 4th launch in the mobility space in 2022, ORION plans to deliver our market-leading authentication solution across the U.S. https://t.co/tP84DUWzGv #ContactlessAuthentication #LISNR