January 9, 2023

It‘s such a rare and wonderful occasion that we can bring the team together for several days to celebrate all that we’ve accomplished in 2022.

We are all so focused on our day to day that it’s often so easy to forget the people behind the screen on Zooms and Huddles. Every one of you was brought on board not just because you’re the best at what you do with incredible potential, but also because of the contributions we knew you’d make to support and enhance the collaborative culture we strive to uphold.

January 3, 2023

It’s officially a new year and while it’s just a day on the calendar, it’s an opportunity to start anew. 2022 will be remembered for its market volatility and economic challenges as public markets closed out with its worst loss since 2008. Hype cycle asset classes like crypto and collectibles crashed down to earth. With all that as the backdrop, what can we expect for 2023? Below are a few of my predictions that I think could play out this year. 

December 27, 2022

As we wind down the last week of the year, it was only right to look back on just how far we've come in 2022. In a year where every market, every sector, every asset class faced challenges that only come around once every decade or so, we managed to do what most could not - we put our heads down and just kept pushing in order to deliver, to execute, and to excel.

December 19, 2022

It’s that time of year again, when the work begins to slow down a bit and clients start to shut things down for the holidays. These are often the important weeks of the year as we can spend quality time with friends, family, and those we love to remind ourselves what matters most in life.

December 12, 2022

I'm pleased to announce that we have officially locked in our plan for the $[ ] in venture debt that's coming due on Thursday. After much back and forth, [ ] has agreed to take down $[ ] of the position, with an additional ~$[ ] being syndicated back out to our investors.

December 5, 2022

Amidst all the work being done internally on 2023 strategic planning, there's been quite a bit happening overall in the industry and several good articles that have come out in the past few weeks that are worth reading through.

November 28, 2022

The last few years have been a portrait of excess without good governance. Startups raised at astronomical valuations, getting term sheets for fundraising rounds in days often times without even needing to provide a data room. If anyone ever tried to do real diligence, the company would push back and just go with the investor who didn't need it. After the rounds were done, the normal process of setting up a board, holding quarterly meetings, adhering to thresholds that required board approval, all went out the window. Founders felt empowered to do as they pleased because in their mind, investors needed them more than they needed investors. The downstream impact of these decisions have hit fairly close to home for us these last few weeks.

November 21, 2022

This past Wednesday we held our latest board meeting and it was our first real one in months given the amount of time dedicated to fundraising this year. It was also the first time we presented our plan for the upcoming year and the key workstreams we're going to be focusing on to help make that transformation into a pure play technology company.

November 14, 2022

It's been another productive week in the books for a multitude of reasons. First, we secured another commitment for the Series B from [ ]. They are keen to figure out ways to become not just investors but users of the platform as well to syndicate their club deals where they share deal flow with the counterparts.

November 7, 2022

We went into the weekend with another $[ ]M commitment into our Series B from a new fintech focused fund that has been incredibly impressed with what we've built and the impact the platform can have on this very analog industry. We are now over the 2 month mark since the term sheet was signed and we're slowly but surely chipping away at the $[ ]M total we're aiming for, with a target for firm commitments and a final order book to be locked in before Thanksgiving. This market has made it one of the most challenging fundraising markets ever as many VCs are simply not deploying capital, others are promising a commitment and then downsizing it materially, and others are even committing and then backing out.

October 31, 2022

A key part of our growth story in 2023 is going to have to come from increasing our total assets outstanding, regardless of whether we're underwriting the transaction or not. With our marketplace, we have the opportunity to generate revenue from borrowers, investors, and now underwriters as well.

October 24, 2022

It's been quite the hectic week and a half as we've managed to squeeze in 3 conferences back to back. ABS East, Opal's Family Office Conference, and Money 20/20. It's also a bit of a coming out party for us as this is the first stretch of conferences where we've had the chance to demo our platforms from end to end.

October 17, 2022

The senior leadership team has had several productive meetings this week around 2023 strategic planning. The outcome of this is several workstreams that are going to be further developed over the next few weeks and presented in detail at our next all hands in November.

October 11, 2022

It's been a good week on the Series B front. As the final docs were signed and we began to take in wires, we also had several new commitments come through as well. These commitments were years in the making, with both dating back to 2019 when they first diligenced us.

October 3, 2022

As our Series B is slated to close soon, we have the question of our venture debt outstanding that we need to figure out what to do with. The terms on the $[ ] we raised via our platform stipulated that the debt would have to be refinanced either when we close our Series B or by December 15th, whichever one comes first. We have been actively looking towards institutional venture debt providers to take over the debt in order to extend the maturity out much longer and reduce the exposure our platform investors have in the deal.