Yrjo Ojasaar

VC & Angel investing in ambitious Baltic founders

[Change Ventures @changeventures]

Today we updated our Baltic Startup Funding Report for 2022, compiled with the generous help of founders who shared their confidential deal terms so everyone can get transparency on an opaque market🙏. Key insights in the🧵👇. Full report: https://t.co/iMmY79bDEJ 1/

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

That's the last straw for me. Elon blocking journalists for free speech. I'm out. You can still reach me on LinkedIn.

[The New York Times @nytimes]

Breaking News: Twitter has suspended the accounts of roughly half a dozen journalists, the latest change by the social media service under Elon Musk. https://t.co/nVTiq5Fe6X

[Keith Edwards @keithedwards]

This is old data from Elon's jet, so it's ok to share.

[Navalism @NavalismHQ]

"If you don’t care to be liked, they can’t touch you."

@naval

[Luke Miani @LukeMiani]

If anyone is wondering how much Tik Tok pays for 7.5M views, 629K likes and over 5K comments: it’s $3.95

[Jason Yeh @jayyeh]

The VC slowdown is real

But 400+ brave VCs still invested over $1M in seed deals last month

If you're raising soon, maybe start with them?

To help, I made a list of 418 investors who led round over $1M

If you want it
1. Comment "Nov Leads"
2. RT + Follow so I can DM it

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

@Tendar minecraft designers at work

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

@siimteller same here, after a decade on twitter now seriously considering leaving the platform

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

I just published Aquariums and Startups - creating new worlds Part 2. Enjoy!! https://t.co/zIzsTk9b2x

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

FTX founders Sam Bankman-Fried and Zixiao “Gary” Wang, along with FTX engineer Nishad Singh and former Alameda Research chief executive Caroline Ellison, used a chat group on Signal called "Wirefraud," to send secret info about operations in the lead up to FTX collapse, per AFR.

[Don Winslow @donwinslow]

Mark Meadows exchanged texts with 34 member of Congress about overthrowing the government and NOT ONE OF THEM HAS FACED ANY CONSEQUENCES.

Not.
One.

[Car Dealership Guy @GuyDealership]

We just had an 820 credit score get quoted 8% from Capital One and 10% from Ally for a CAR LOAN. Have never seen that before.

[Jason ✨👾SaaStr.Ai✨ Lemkin @jasonlk]

The fact that most high-growth SaaS companies have to approach $1B in ARR to get truly profitable is a bit insane if you really think about it

[George Takei @GeorgeTakei]

That red pill rabbit hole is no joke. Watching what should have been a much smarter man go down it, while unraveling before us in real time, is both startling and disturbing.

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

I noticed that ChatGPT does not like to answer questions about how much energy each search takes, or the energy required to run the system ...hmmm

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

@business outstanding differentiation idea for a luxury hotel

[The New Yorker @NewYorker]

In his little books of sinister whimsy, Edward Gorey was true to his belief in leaving things out, so that the reader’s thoughts could flower. https://t.co/kUDs1Rpw70

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

Tesla short sellers have made $11.5 billion profit (60% return) this year |https://t.co/jekD3kJene

[Yrjo Ojasaar @yrjo]

Posterchild of American conservatives
on Zelensky: "Zelensky is far closer to Lenin than to George Washington. He is a dictator...A dangerous authoritarian who has $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars to erect a one-party police state in Ukraine."

[Daily Caller @DailyCaller]

Tucker Carlson: "Zelensky is far closer to Lenin than to George Washington. He is a dictator...A dangerous authoritarian who has $100 billion in U.S. tax dollars to erect a one-party police state in Ukraine."

[unusual_whales @unusual_whales]

JUST IN: Ethics group asks Federal Election Commission to probe ex-FTX crypto exchange CEO Sam Bankman-Fried over admitted "dark" money donations to Republican-linked groups, per CNBC.