Michael Vaughan

Co-founder & GP @VeraEquity and Operating Partner @stripesco_; Former COO @Venmo

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

Congrats @TheTakach @HelsonTaveras
and the whole @Keep_Card team on the fundraising and the incredible business & product you're building for 3 million Canadian SMBs that have only had access to inadequate financial tools. Until Now! Proud to be a supporter since the early days.

[Oliver Takach @TheTakach]

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Today is a huge day.

We raised $108M CAD in equity and debt to rebuild Canadian business banking from the ground up.

Here’s why this matters 🧵👇

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@TheTakach Congrats @TheTakach @HelsonTaveras and the whole @Keep_Card team on the fundraising and the incredible business and product you'r building. Can't wait to see where it goes from here!

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

Proud to see @Simple_Closure on the @FastCompany Top 50 Most Innovative Companies list! They've built the 'TurboTax of shutting down' and are helping founders move forward faster.

https://t.co/AfYMHxDbEu

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@verizon unable to roam in Brazil. Reset network, turned off phone, still can't connect. Roaming worked internationally all of last week. Just landed in Brazil 4 hours ago and can't get a network since we arrived. Is there a Verizon network issue? What can be done?

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@nic_detommaso @HustleFundVC @GaingelsVC @amplifyla @WonderVentures @PrecursorVC @DormRoomFund @PlugandPlayTC @UnshackledVC @EverywhereVC @VeraEquity does true pre-seed in fintech. Almost every investment we've done was pre-product and pre-revenue at the time we invested.

[Jeff Morris Jr. @jmj]

Wrote an article about waking up on a random day and finding out Facebook was building a Tinder competitor.

Our stock fell by 20% in hours... it was one of the strangest work days of my life.

https://t.co/7HgceabXWu

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@public @OpenAI On it yet again. Nice work @malling and @leifthunder and @public team!

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

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[Public @public]

Say hello to Alpha: your investing co-pilot powered by @OpenAI’s GPT-4. Get real-time and historical market data in a natural language interface. On demand.

Go ahead. Start a conversation about any asset you care about.

https://t.co/glP1DraHmJ

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@chrisfralic 15 years later and West Conshohocken just hasn't become the hub of tech and venture capital we all thought it would

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@PromiseHQ @phaedrael Thanks for having me @phaedrael and @PromiseHQ team! Feeling inspired as well by the company you're building and the commitment you have to the customers you're serving.

[Oren Charnoff @OCharnoff]

Pumped to soon release this collab w @drsnow and @snowagencyco with @Get_Fondue that quantatively measures the top 75 Shopify plus brands welcome series. Jon gives a sneak peak to it below https://t.co/OW9TVYT5Fc…

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@MandarKagade @RyanZauk @NikMilanovic @StoneAtwine @brunoswerneck @CharleyMa @arfrank @mengxi @iankar_ @maiab @mdudas @i_vp @haydenalcalde @MichaelVaughan The other @MichaelVaughan is now a commentator and I will get misdirected DMs from passionate cricket fans. Maybe I should talk to him about coinvesting.

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

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[Erik Torenberg @eriktorenberg]

Sharing some big news today:

- We’ve launched a $100M community-backed accelerator to fund people as early as pre-company

- We provide $25K advances for people to quit their job and explore whether they want to start a company

- Now Co-CEO at On Deck

https://t.co/iif1L4pqHV

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

We aready knew this. Now you do too! @milana!

And @stem too!

https://t.co/OqLedHqEui

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

BNSMPL (Buy Now Save Money Pay Later) @getpriceapp now integrated with @AfterpayUSA

https://t.co/8O1SAUOZij

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@gragtah @mdudas @Yelp @ToastTab IMO they missed the opportunity to be the actual marketplace at the point of sale and online ordering rather than just being the reservation system. Opentable should have been Toast and Uber Eats and Doordash combined.

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

All @unit_co_ does is 🛳️

[Itai Damti @itaidamti]

0/ List of things @unit_co_ shipped in the last few months.

PS- we have a new website + new docs. And we just made all the following public:
- Changelog: https://t.co/lXku1fCYMW
- Features: https://t.co/QmdlQEYsVZ
- Roadmap: https://t.co/WXfpU9QXid

👇

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

@shawnxu @EricTLiu @josephinekchen Yes and @josephinekchen too!!

[Michael Vaughan @michael_vaughan]

Love what @EricTLiu and @shawnxu are building here...

[Eric Liu @EricTLiu]

Exploring startup ideas alone is hard. But the search cost is high to find co-explorers.

That's why I'm excited to launch Groundwork, an invite-only community for -1 to 0 founders to explore ideas by building together. https://t.co/r4v9B01prU

What and why 👇