Figma realises a remarkable exit at double its price from 15 months ago and at 50x revenue. And what a dream story of a young entrepreneur who benefited from the Thiel 100K Fellowship when he was not even 20 years old.https://t.co/lmIGdbvUDh
Finwise is delighted to announce it is now a member of EBAN - European Business Angels Network, the pan-european business angel community! Eban is the pan-European representative for the early stage investor community gathering over 150 member organizations in over 50 countries.
I've been angel investing for 12 months.
It's been challenging, fulfilling, and so complementary to building @MorningBrew.
Here's what I wish I knew at the beginning.
THREAD: 9 principles for angel investing 🧵
Running a startup feels like the biggest mental disorder:
9am: *competitor funding news* I can't believe we are so slow
9:10: *new lead* screw VC, we'll grow 4x without them
9:12: *churn report* we won't make it
9:18: *new lead* we'll all be billionaires
Did you know that a successful Supply Chain Finance programme brings benefits to the entire ecosystem?🤯
Other than offering stable yields and uncorrelated returns to investors, supply chain finance solves critical problems for buyers & suppliers in a post-covid world.
Nutmeg, one of the pioneers in robo advisory now sold to JP Morgan in a 700£ deal - despite never having been profitable. Also a happy end for crowdinvestors through Crowdcube.
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