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GitCoin Grants, connect sponsors (small donors and grants) using a "plural funding" formula that accounts not just for the total funding received, but also the diversity of its source across individual contributors and connected social groups.
Audrey Tang • ⿻ 數位 Plurality: The Future of Collaborative Technology and Democracy
Employees with large stock positions in tech companies like DoorDash, Nvidia, or Meta have always struggled to sell their shares without taking a massive tax hit. Though most people don't know it, one strategy has always been available for the ultra-wealthy; using an Exchange Fund to diversify without incurring large tax bills.
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Michael Blochx.com
More firms are incubating companies as early-stage valuations rise.
A few successes:
• Snowflake ($49B mrkt cap) by Sutter Hill Ventures
• Affirm ($6B mrkt cap) by HVF Labs
• Hims & Hers ($1.3B mrkt cap) by Atomic
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The best example of this alternative product is Indie.VC, run by Bryce Roberts. Over the course of 6 years, Indie invested in 40 companies. It held the two key components of limited fund size and gave equity optionality through redemption clauses or equity buybacks. The results are encouraging, with a 51% IRR and 4.3x TVPI, while 87% of the compani... See more