Podcasts: A New Way to Invest in Bitcoin Startups? Mike Jarmuz of Thunder Funder SLP595 🔗 6 weeks ago

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