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OpenAI CEO Sam Altman Has a Major Stake in This Hot IPO Stock. Should You Follow His Lead?

The Motley Fool

In addition to founding and advising start-ups, Altman also has a prolific career as an angel investor. According to Reddit's IPO filing, Altman has invested nearly $60 million into Reddit, giving him a more than 9% equity stake in the business. Image Source: Getty Images How can you invest in Reddit?

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The Role of Angel Groups Going Forward

This is going to be BIG.

I'm peripherally more aware of more sources of capital and what they like then I ever have been. I follow other investors on Twitter, Quora, and respond to blog posts--I've even been able to strengthen my ties to other investors through Instagram. Everyone knows about the First Round Capital "platform". 5) Be fun!

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Arcium Raises $5.5M in Funding

FinSMEs

The round, which brought total capital raised to $9m, was led by Greenfield Capital with participation from Coinbase, Heartcore Capital, Longhash VC, L2 Iterative Ventures, Staking Facilities, Smape Capital and Everstake, and angel investors Anatoly Yakovenko and Keone Han. in funding.

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People who don't run your company

This is going to be BIG.

applications are due this Monday the 31st ) The company said no because their main angel investor didn't think it was a good idea to let an audience see their pitch. They knew it wasn't a controlling share, but it was the bulk of their angel capital and they couldn't have worked on their company without it.

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Magma Raises $3.9M in Seed Funding

FinSMEs

Magma, a Miami, FL-based builder of a MEV-powered liquid staking on Monad, raised $3.9M in seed funding.

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Aloha Receives $68M Secondary Investment from Semcap Food & Nutrition

FinSMEs

The secondary capital bought out early angel investors and enabled Semcap to take a minority stake in Aloha. Aloha, a Littleton, CO-based B Corp and Climate Neutral Certified plant-based protein brand, received $68M in secondary investment from Semcap Food & Nutrition.

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Hypothetical Value To Real Value

A VC: Musings of a VC in NYC

We opened a TD Ameritrade account and staked him with a small amount of money, enough to trade but not enough that if he lost it all it would be an issue. And investors will think “how many years of profits will I be willing to pay for that company?” You trade ownership for capital at work. And off he went.