Shaun John

@idealexit

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The FOMO is Real https://techcrunch.com/2025/04/15/openai-is-reportedly-developing-its-own-x-like-social-media-platform/

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Innovation always lives in the gap between public perception & expert imagination, though the AI chasm does look wider than you might think, depending on where you stand. https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/04/03/how-the-us-public-and-ai-experts-view-artificial-intelligence/

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We’re 10-30 days out from early looks on what the Pectra hard fork will hold, but it’s looking like it may be Ethereum’s biggest upgrade yet. On-chain validator deposits, execution layer withdrawals, bigger blob throughputs & more on mainnet 🔜 🦄 ⛓️ 💠 https://blog.ethereum.org/2025/02/28/pectra-audit-results

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A Sliver of Silver Lining 🌦️ Pax just raised a $4.5m seed round w/ Initialized Capital, General Catalyst & more investing in a startup automating the duty drawback process - enabling up to 99% of tariffs paid on imported goods to be reclaimed if goods are subsequently exported.

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"You need to build the relationship years before the check clears. Send updates. Host events. Become known for something. And know that if someone asks for the data room on Day One, they’re not serious." -- Rob May, Neurometric.ai cofounder, on raising funds

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Thrilled to see the Republic & INX connection evolve into an acquisition! INX has been a key Republic partner since 2023 after tokenizing its portfolio, as well as public equities like NVIDIA. Together, the road to web3-powered investments just got wider. https://shorturl.at/zBkOR

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Back when I was at Techstars Boston, we backed a beverage startup called Bevi. I wasn't quite sure every water drinker's palette was ready for the zip of mint, lime, coconut, or cucumber in their H2O...my how far we've come. #AprilFools

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Double it and give it to the next person -- The founder's dilemma behind adding mega funds to your round & re-injecting startup risk into would-be unicorn https://nextview.vc/blog/megafunds-and-the-great-re-risking/

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“The VC ‘winter‘ has kind of passed, but there are clear ‘haves and have-nots.’ Some people are raising really fast, but for early-stage managers, it’s still a grind.” -- Rachel ten Brink, Red Bike Capital

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A great football coach by the name of Bill Walsh once said, "The Score Takes Care of Itself," but a quote more apt for the tech startup aficionado may be Sam Altman's...

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DoorDash was once a startup -- here's how they built it: 1/ We took 45 minutes to build it so it wasn't as fully built as some of the other services…we built PaloAltoDelivery.com which is a static HTML page that had eight PDF menus…

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For those that were once skeptical of crypto's place or purpose in the public markets, here we are: crypto exchanges buying reputable retail trading platforms & the next era of professional trading https://ninjatrader.com/news/kraken-to-acquire-ninjatrader-introducing-the-next-era-of-professional-trading/

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$32 Billion is a MASSIVE exit for a NYC headquartered tech company of any size. Rule of thumb: If a monumental startup acquisition doesn’t go though at $23 Billion…just invert the numbers! https://blog.google/inside-google/company-announcements/google-agreement-acquire-wiz/

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The raising of Righteous Lazarus, the Four-Days Dead, is considered a miracle. The reversal of The Lazarus Group's billion dollar blockchain heist, apparently fits a similar definition -- highly improbable, extraordinary, yet bringing very welcome consequences. https://x.com/TimBeiko/status/1893412457567383559

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Where's the action for Polymarket props on whom is most likely to get pardoned 1st -- SBF or CZ? https://polymarket.com/event/trump-pardons

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How Stonks transformed into Mora has to be studied. In 2019, Ali Moiz created a platform for serious startup investing though powered by memes & lolz alike, called Stonks (later, Sandhill Markets).

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Market watchers & wonks alike are predicting that when the next IPO Bull Run does inevitably occur, it will be an IPO Unicorn Run porting many a multi-billion dollar tech company into the public markets 🧸>🐮 > 🦄 https://www.investors.com/news/technology/ipo-market-slump-unicorns-new-ipo-stocks-2025/

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Now that AI is having its day in the sun 🌞 those with eyes on the horizon are beginning to unlock the future of quantum😶‍🌫️ countries & companies included 0️⃣1️⃣ https://www.reuters.com/world/china/china-set-up-national-venture-capital-guidance-fund-state-planner-says-2025-03-06/

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I know the public market hasn't been terribly ravenous in its voracity for venture-backed companies...but is an IPO of a venture firm the "reverse ozempic" shot to pique public appetite for our portfolio companies? https://www.pymnts.com/news/ipo/2025/general-catalyst-reportedly-weighing-initial-public-offering/

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Though we’re still in the early days of seeing the full value of web3 x AI intersections, if ETHDenver is a looking glass into the future, I’m glad to see it isn’t all degen projects on the horizon. Long on regen 🦄

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