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Social Leverage Letter | Issue #17

Social Leverage Letter | Issue #17

A Few Highlights, and a Happy, Healthy, New Year

Pete Weishaupt
December 26, 2021

The Social Leverage Letter is a weekly newsletter for early-stage seed startups and investors. Receive it directly in your inbox every Sunday. Subscribe now.

UPFRONT

A big 'Thank You' to everyone who subscribed to the Social Leverage Letter. This issue marks our 17th consecutive weekly letter. Each one is published on Beehiiv (Fund IV), a platform that allows anyone to build beautifully designed, customized newsletters. As we close 2021 with some highlights from the year, we wish all of you a safe, happy, and prosperous New Year.

READING

Social Leverage Leads beehiiv $2.6 Million Seed Round — Social Leverage

Social Leverage is excited to have led the seed round in beehiiv , a platform that streamlines the ability to create, customize, scale, and monetize email newsletters. The company was founded by Morning Brew alums Tyler Denk, Benjamin Hargett, and Jake Hurd.

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/10/6/social-leverage-leads-beehiiv-26-million-seed-round

SL Founder in Focus: Rob Petrozzo - Rally Rd. — Social Leverage

I recently interviewed Rally cofounder Rob Petrozzo . Like many founders, Rob traces his natural progression for creativity back to his youth. He'd draw and design plans to make sneakers, high rise buildings- he had millions of ideas he'd put down on paper. He turne

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/8/26/sl-founder-in-focus-rob-petrozzo-rally-rd

Stocktwits Raises $30 Million in Series B — Social Leverage

Social Leverage is pleased to announce portfolio company Stocktwits (Fund SL/SLG ) has raised $30 million in Series B funding. Alameda Research Ventures led the Series B round, along with Times Bridge, the global investment and venture arm of The Times Group, India’s largest media conglomerate.

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/12/16/stocktwits-raises-30-million-in-series-b

LISTENING

Gary Benitt Talks Serial Entrepreneurship, Sales, and Venture Investing — Social Leverage

Catch our very own Gary Benitt on the TenOneTen podcast. Gary talks about starting four companies, three of which were in the customer service space. The last one, Assistly, had Howard and Tom as angel investors. They exited to Salesforce about 18 months afterwards, and Gary spent nearly four years

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/11/8/gary-benitt-on-the-tenoneten-podcast

SL Founder in Focus: Brandon Cavalier of CARPAY

Listen to this episode from Social Leverage on Spotify. In this episode we discuss Brandon's journey from Independent Auto dealer to revolutionizing the Buy-Here-Pay-Here (BHPH) space. Brandon solved his own problem in the vehicle lending space and is now scaling a fintech business in a $100 billion industry.

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5hJoaUq9eSFqBvKF9gFReu

Frank Rotman of QED Investors - Fintech Operator Turned Fintech Investor (EP.181)

Listen to this episode from Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon on Spotify. My guest today is a fintech operator turned investor. Frank is the real deal. He spent almost 13 years at CapitalOne, is the co-founder of QED Investors, and made the Midas List of Top 100 Investors four times. Everybody is a fanboy of somebody, and I’m a fanboy of Frank for sure – because he’s just raised a billion dollars, and he has the amazing ability to spot leaders in the fintech space. So sit back and listen and learn. Guest - Frank Rotman, Co-Founder, Partner and Head of Domestic Investments at QED Investors howardlindzon.com, qedinvestors.com Twitter: @howardlindzon, @fintechjunkie, @QEDInvestors, @knutjensen linkedin.com/in/frank-rotman #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance

https://open.spotify.com/episode/0kVgyGu2iUeJA7ub0NE9x0?si=FDInXWc5TtGmoCULELe-3Q

WATCHING

Social Leverage Portfolio Company Robin Healthcare Raises $50 Million To Scale the Team and Expand Offerings to Physicians Nationwide — Social Leverage

Social Leverage is proud to announce the Series B funding of $50 million for Fund III portfolio company Robin Healthcare. Since our investment at the end of 2017 , the team has made incredible headway in bringing world-class expertise in using artificial intelligence solutions that allow doctors

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/12/8/social-leverage-portfolio-company-robin-healthcare-raises-50-million-to-scale-the-team-and-expand-offerings-to-physicians-nationwide

JOB BOARD

Software Engineer

Job Opening: Software Engineer at beehiiv in Remote.

https://careers.beehiiv.com/en/jobs/21465

We're Hiring an Operations Manager — Social Leverage

Operations Manager - Scottsdale, AZ $70k – $80k • No equity Arizona’s largest and most exciting venture Fund is hiring! Based in Scottsdale, Social Leverage is seeking an “operations manager” to liaise and assist with fund management and service providers to our family of funds. This is an excit

https://www.socialleverage.com/blog/2021/12/8/were-hiring-an-operations-manager

Our portfolio companies are seeking great candidates to fill roles in engineering, product management, design, sales, marketing, HR, and more. Browse ALL available opportunities here.

Check out all of our portfolio companies at Social Leverage.

Affiliate Disclosure: Social Leverage Group, LLC ("SLG"), Social Leverage Capital Fund I, LP ("SLC"), Social Leverage Capital Fund II, LP ("SLCII"), Social Leverage Capital Fund III, LP ("SLCIII") and Social Leverage Capital Fund IV, LP ("SLCIV") are all distinct entities from Social Leverage, LLC ("SL"). Social Leverage is not a registered investment advisor. SLC, SLCII, SLCIII, SLCIV, SLG and SL have used the logo and branding of Social Leverage with the permission of Social Leverage Group, LLC.