Nancy Li

An update on Verda Ventures and our next chapter. After three years of building Verda Ventures into a venture fund focused on stablecoin infrastructure, Amit and I are excited to share that we will be working with the team at Tether who was one of Verda’s LP. As part of this transition, coinciding with the target investment period, Verda Ventures will move into harvesting mode. We will stop investments in new companies to avoid potential conflicts of interest while continuing to manage and support our existing portfolio. We will participate selectively in follow-on rounds of existing portfolio companies. We will continue to support our portfolio companies as they scale, including companies that have also received direct investment from Tether, such as Mural Pay, Finity/Plenti, and Lemon Cash. As the leading stablecoin issuer, joining Tether is a natural next step in our mission to accelerate the adoption of stablecoins and accelerate the financial infrastructure of the future. We're incredibly proud of the portfolio we've built and are very bullish on the 28 companies we’ve invested in. We remain fully committed to the long-term success of our founders and returns for our LPs.

Had an interview recently with a well established project for a social media role and got a take away task that will take "a few hours to complete". The task entails: - A GTM strategy for an upcoming project launch. - A week's complete content calendar. - Produce all posts (videos, images) for that week. - Showcase all the ways I would grow the channels after launch (paid ads, partnerships, etc). This isn't a few hours work and a GTM strat for a entirely new project launch isn't what a SMM should be creating, that's a Head of Marketing / CMO's role.

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Big news: we've raised $4.6M in seed funding, led by @genventurecap, with participation from @CommerceVC, @0xPolygon, @AAF_Management, @VerdaVentures @NGC_Ventures, @FGVCapital, @JSquare_co, @reflexivexyz, @BigBrainVC, and others. We're building global payments infrastructure from the ground up. One integration to issue accounts, collect funds, convert currencies and pay out globally with the licensing, banking relationships, and local rails underneath it all. That depth matters most in emerging markets. Moving money into Latin America, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Global by default. Local to the last mile. This round takes us further: more licenses, more banking partnerships, and a growing team to build it. Link in the comments. If you're moving money across borders, we'd love to talk. We're just getting started! 📷

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