John Anisere

CEO @bullringfinance | Stablecoin Rail for African Importers

[Alliance @alliance]

Itô (@itomarkets) helps companies buy compute at fixed GPU-hour rates and lets suppliers sell excess capacity to hedge tail risk.

$350k notional traded in a few weeks. 10+ compute providers. 3 hedge fund partners. Compute is becoming a commodity you can trade, not just a bill you pay.

Congrats on the launch @affaan and @absurdistphil.

https://t.co/tfLcbQc4Zj

[Oversee Pay @OverseePay]

Introducing Oversee Pay

We're rebuilding how Pakistanis manage their finances across two worlds, starting with sending money home.

Pakistan is one of the world's largest remittance markets, yet sending money is still slow and costly. We use stablecoins to move it across borders in seconds at close to the real rate.

We've spent the last few months building out of New York with @alliance and the response has blown us away. Onboarding as fast as we can, sign up below.

[Noah Liu @noahliu__]

Have we met at startup school yet?

[Morning Mist @0x_Mist]

my ALL17 demo day standouts:

@OsaurusAI: local OSS agents, whoever nails the app for them goes viral

@OverseePay: Pakistan dollar app, textbook neobank traction (93% ret., double digit MoM organic growth)

@bullringfinance: Africa <> China stablecoin rails, ex‑Nubank/YC team

Crypto isn't dead, it's eating fintech

[Alliance @alliance]

https://t.co/jX4SXD5Fro

[Noah Liu @noahliu__]

@wekruit 's first event and we're going straight to dessert.

friday: motions hq becomes a dessert café for one night. full tasting menu. founders only.

second mainframe founder dinner, hosted with TinyFish + Motions + Ani(@fluentflier).

if you're in sf friday — rsvp or dm me.

[Imran @lmrankhan]

Remember the stablecoin team I mentioned at the start of the batch?

After getting three no’s from a potential customer, they applied for a job at the company just to get in front of the decision maker. That move ultimately helped them win the company as a customer.

They started the batch at $0 ARR. They’re ending it at $5M ARR. That team is https://t.co/WJwjBwzmAP

They are relentless about acquiring customers. They never take no for an answer. The entire team is from Brazil, completely new to the US, and they’ve been crushing it here.

Never feel sorry for yourself. Crush every obstacle in your way and win.

[Alliance @alliance]

Alliance ALL17 Demo Day is happening today.

Join us for live one-on-one conversations with the founders and an investor roundtable featuring:

- @reganbozman from @latticexyz
- @MariaShen from @ElectricCapital
- @willnuelle from @galaxyhq
- @uninsightful from @usv
- @mdudas from @6thManVentures

Tune in at 12pm EST: https://t.co/eaHqBqetyp

[Bullring Finance @bullringfinance]

Proud to be the engine behind these amazing numbers. Let’s keep building! 🤝

[Alliance @alliance]

The story of Alliance alumni @raincards (ALL7) from zero to $2B valuation.

0:09 Rain’s growth
0:23 Rain’s office tour
1:35 Rain’s company values
2:46 Alliance’s move to NY
3:40 Why NY after Stanford
4:23 Rain’s founder meeting
5:55 Office amenities
7:00 Rain’s agentic use cases
8:00 Rain’s customers
9:01 How Rain started
9:45 Why starting niche is better
10:35 Danny Meyer story
11:46 The talent arbitrage of NY
12:45 Alliance’s influence on Rain
13:53 The difficulties of scaling
15:13 The serendipity of NY
15:38 Finding partners in NY
17:00 The future of Rain
18:15 How startups win

The next cohort of 18 startups graduates next Tuesday on Alliance's Demo Day. Apply at https://t.co/v29WpAluLH

[Imran @lmrankhan]

The Alliance effect.

Since the ALL17 batch kicked off on May 11 @usetimon has become one of the fastest growing African stablecoin startup in this batch

They've already crossed $1.6M in weekly TPV, $18K in weekly revenue, and are adding ~200 new cardholders every day

[Alliance @alliance]

Why Founders Shouldn’t Build Alone.

Being a founder is lonely.

That’s why the best ones surround themselves with like minded founders for feedback, shared learnings, and people rooting for their success.

When one wins, everyone wins.

[Rooshan Aziz @rooshanaziz]

Be first in line to feel a little less far away with Oversee Pay - more at https://t.co/VivnA9yDPh

[adam_y @adam_ylol]

Applying cold is brutal.

We built a Chrome extension that opens on job pages and helps you find likely recruiters, talent partners, and hiring managers for that specific role.

Works from job pages like Greenhouse, Workday, LinkedIn Jobs, and company career sites.

Comment “try” and I’ll send you the link.

#recruiting #wekruit

[Alliance @alliance]

Freeport Markets (@freeportmarkets) gives retail traders buy/sell signals as breaking news happens, allowing users to trade ahead of price moves.

With $60M traded and growing 50% month-over-month, it's clear that a new generation of traders is adopting the tools once reserved for Wall Street.

Congrats on the launch @Bryan__Reed and @Lihong062.

https://t.co/wLY8dw1KmE

[Bullring Finance @bullringfinance]

"We didn't need another provider. We needed infrastructure."

🎧 Hear how @afrexofficial simplified USD collections, settlement, and treasury operations using Bullring Finance.

A customer story on what happens when fragmented payment flows become one unified system.

[Daya @Daya_HQ]

Last year, Daya got into @alliance.

That experience gave us the backing, community, and pressure to sharpen what we’re building: stablecoin-powered banking rails for African businesses that need dollar liquidity and faster cross-border settlement.

@TechCabal told the story.

[Imran @lmrankhan]

Why do founders choose Alliance over others?

We’re backed by Founders Fund, Jump, Jane Street, Hudson River Trading, Susquehanna, and many of the sharpest investors and founders in tech and finance. Our focus is frontier tech, where finance, crypto and AI intersect. We’ve built a network designed to help our founders win.

We’re not a startup factory. We’re not funding hundreds of companies per batch. We select 20–30 teams and spend our entire time working on the hardest problems we can solve. We operate our program as one unit, one family.

We’re New York City first. We believe New York has a unique advantage for founders density, ambition, culture, talent, and diversity of thought. It’s a city that rewards builders and challenges out of box thinking. Less groupthink.

We’ve helped our founders achieve unicorn status and win, you’ll have a strong network of alumni teams to learn from like Rain, Pendle, Debridge Kamino, USDai, Pump, Ostium, 0x and others.

If you’re looking to build something that matters and want to win, apply to Alliance.

[Rooshan Aziz @rooshanaziz]

https://t.co/6OWeJ4KMhK

[Bullring Finance @bullringfinance]

We're proud to partner with the team at Afrex as they continue building solutions for payment businesses and cross-border operators.

We're excited about what we're building together and look forward to being part of your continued growth.