Swaypay: Not Boring Investment Memo

Strong Early Traction. After a successful beta, Swaypay has 60 retailers on board for its Q4 launch and is targeting 200-300 by end of year.

Make equity investments in businesses based on its data, a la Tencent.

We recently invested in a company that enables creators to be the next-generation sales channels for brands, in a transparent and privacy-forward way. Brands care about a few things: 1) They only want to pay when they’ve acquired a new customer and done so profitably; 2) They want to control who can sell / promote their brand and where; and 3) They... See more

My intuition is it’s more likely to start with distribution than crowdfunding. There are tools to fund future development or work available to most creators. If you're a musician, you go to a record label and I'm sure there's the equivalent in the influencer world. Competing head to head with existing services is not the way to go. The new cool thi... See more

Shirt.com pays Swaypay $5