A New Way to Invest in Bitcoin Startups? Mike Jarmuz of Thunder Funder SLP595
Description
Thunder Funder is a new funding portal by Mike Jarmuz (CEO) and Rockstar Dev (CTO). This will be a new way to allow retail investors to participate in bitcoin company equity rounds. Muzz and I discuss the ins and outs of what this means, as well as what it could mean for bitcoin and open source companies.
Timestamps:
(00:00 ) - Intro
(00:55 ) - Overview of Lightning Ventures & Thunder Funder
(12:15 ) - Sponsor
(13:50 ) - Pros and cons of investing in Bitcoin startups
(19:28 ) - Liquidity, secondary transactions, Reg CF & overview of investing process
(26:39 ) - Sponsor
(27:30 ) - The etiquettes of information rights
(32:02 ) - Carried interest
(35:25 ) - Getting involved in the bitcoin startup ecosystem
(39:17 ) - Open source funding opportunities
(42:14 ) - Way forward for Thunder Funder
Links:
Sponsors:
CoinKite.com (code LIVERA)
Stephan Livera links:
Follow me on X: @stephanlivera