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[Pool HQ @ourpools]

Launch day! Excited to kick off our Pilot at Pool. Great deep dive here from @alexrkonrad.

[Alex Konrad @alexrkonrad]

Exclusive: In 2023, Amanda Peyton went viral for an honest post about the closure of her startup, Braid.

Exactly two years later, she's back with another group payments startup, Pool. Pool launches today with $4.5M in seed funding, 70% of it from Braid's previous VC backers.

[Ashley Mayer @ashleymayer]

I first met @amandapey through my partner, @jacsrice, when she was building her prior company, Braid.

Braid was a WILD ride: years of building with little fanfare, interrupted by the magic of product-market fit. Then, the heartbreak of having to off board happy customers and replatform with a new banking partner. And then, the relaunch! People came back!! Throughout, Amanda was transparent, optimistic, and above all, dogged.

Eventually Braid hit a roadblock that even Amanda couldn’t move, and she shut down the company. But she did it her way: buying Braid’s IP (because you never know) and writing a brilliant and shockingly candid blog post about Braid’s journey and her own psychology as a founder. Her essay went deservedly viral.

Two years later (to the day!), Amanda is back with @ourpools, the spiritual successor to Braid, only better. Pool makes it easy for groups of people to collaborate on money - whether you’re a neighborhood HOA, an athletic team, roommates, etc - with fine-grained controls and collaborative features. You can join the Pool waitlist today.

@alexrkonrad of @UpstartsMediaCo does an incredible job chronicling Amanda’s journey and the bet with Pool. Link below.

We’re obviously proud Pool investors at @coalitionvc. When you have the opportunity to back a founder courageous and crazy enough to take a second swing at a problem they just can't move on from, you say yes. Very quickly.

[Jaren Glover @JarenGlover]

Pool (@ourpools): When you need to do financial tasks with N people.

Excited to be early partner to @amandapey with the wizard @nchirls