PunchUp Live's New Partnership, Alpaca Launches Options, AI Powered Archiving

The Social Leverage Letter | Issue #138

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Ethan Berk
May 12, 2024

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AGI Entertainment Media & Management has partnered with PunchUp (Fund IV), a platform co-founded by former Meta executives, to enhance the success of its comedy touring clients through data-driven strategies. This collaboration provides comedians with tools to manage their careers autonomously, leveraging technology for direct fan engagement, ticket sales optimization, and effective digital marketing, reshaping the comedy landscape in the digital era.

AGI Entertainment Media & Management Enters Into Partnership with PunchUp Live

Prominent entertainment management firm offers comedy touring clients ability to gain data and drive ticket sales

Alpaca (Fund III) has launched options trading accessible through its Broker and Trading APIs, targeting global investors and algorithmic traders. This new offering is part of Alpaca's ongoing efforts to democratize financial services and follows a beta period with extensive feedback from algo traders. The service allows seamless integration and management of options trading, supporting diverse investment strategies and encouraging broad participation in the options market.

Alpaca Launches US Options Trading to Global Investors and Algo Traders

Today, we’re thrilled to announce another development milestone for Alpaca’s Broker and Trading API – offering options to our global community.

Archive Intel (Fund IV), a fintech company offering an AI-driven archiving solution, secured $1 million in seed funding from us at Social Leverage. The solution helps advisors store communications like texts and emails compliantly with SEC regulations. Founded by fintech veteran Larry Shumbres, Archive Intel aims to enhance regulatory reporting and efficiency in communication archiving.

AI-powered archiving fintech raises $1m in seed round

The seed round was led by Social Leverage, a venture capital company specializing in early-stage tech startups.

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Reaching $10M in ARR, Rising Above the Competition, and Knowing Your Purpose — ft. Tyler Denk of Beehiiv

We’re finishing off our three part series on the future of entrepreneurship. In the episode we share today, we feature a First Time Founders episode, in which our co-host Ed chats with Tyler Denk, the cofounder and CEO of Beehiiv, a newsletter publishing and monetization platform…

Scaling Newsletter Monetization and Email-as-a-Channel with Tyler Denk, CEO & Co-Founder of Beehiiv

Tyler Denk, co-founder and CEO of Beehiiv, joins Erik Torenberg to discuss how he came to be a part of building two media empires: Morning Brew and Beehiiv, a newsletter publishing platform which just raised a $33 Million Series B.

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