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The big news on Friday was that Constitution DAO raised $47MM in Ethereum to bid on a copy of the U.S. Constitution at Sotheby’s.
From the snippets: New art equity platform, e-commerce startup tips, and Miramax sues for NFT rights. Spinning up Startups How does Atomic work?Atomic invests in two ways using their "studio fund model." They either start with the person or the people, or they start with the idea. For every company they create, their LPs get to invest at predefined ownership levels. By the time these companies come out and raise from venture capitalists, the ownership levels are much higher than most investors traditionally have. Better Bookmarking The list of features is looong, but here some highlights:
The interface is stunning too. After signing up, you can import all your bookmarks from the tool you're currently using. Domain Snacks👉 $3MM Domain 👉 The Best Crypto Name? Together With MicroAcquire How To Acquire a SaaS Business What's it like to MicroAcquire a business?One buyer shares his experience on the recently launched MicroAcquire podcast, SaaS Acquisition Stories.
In this episode, Andrew talks to Colin Keeley who successfully acquired his first business on MicroAcquire earlier this year. 👉 SaaS Acquisition Stories w/ Colin Keeley
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PartyDAO just released a new version of PartyBid - the dapp that makes it easy for groups to collectively bid on choice NFTs.
When PartyBid launched, the dapp’s initial version supported group bidding only on Foundation or Zora NFT auctions.
But, not every NFT sale happens via auction.
The good news is that PartyBid now supports all “Buy Now” listings on OpenSea.
OpenSea is home to millions of NFTs, so this integration considerably expands the reach of PartyBid users. In addition, the “Buy Now” option opens up new forms of cooperative collecting options.
PartyDAO explains all their new features in this post.
* Party Round Raised Its Own Party Round
The idea behind Party Round is that raising money is a pain in the butt and that founders need better tooling.
The service wants to make fundraising simpler and also allow founders to accept smaller checks - so that they can put together their own party rounds.
Funding events with many smaller participants used to be mocked as a bad idea for founders.
So much for that old logic. Party Round just added $7 million to its accounts using its own service.
* A DAO Evolved
Upstream, the professional networking platform, announced their newest product: Upstream Collectives.
An Upstream Collective is a virtual community with a shared Ethereum wallet. Each member contributes money to the Collective and votes on how to use the funds.
Upstream states: "The communities of the future are transparent, equitable, and run by their community members."
This is their version of a DAO - without the fragmentation and barriers to entry.
"With Upstream Collectives, we took all the features needed to run a DAO and brought it into one place. An Upstream Collective is a DAO, evolved."
See how it works.
Smarter Photo Sharing
Waldo is a photo-sharing platform that just happens to share its name with the character from the popular book series, "Where's Waldo."
The company has historically targeted businesses, schools, sports leagues and other organizations.
Now, they're offering an ad-free, private photo-sharing service direct to consumers.
Can't you do that elsewhere, we hear you say?
The short answer is "yes", but Waldo believes their standalone app has several advantages.
Waldo is promoting its facial recognition-powered smart notifications, closed-loop commenting, private reactions, and custom print options as key differences.
The new consumer plans are offered as either a Plus or Premium subscription at $4.99/month or $9.99/month, respectively.
If you share a heap of photos or just want an easier way to sift and sort through event images, then Waldo is worth checking out.
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✅ Snippets to Send You on Your Way
🔷 The crowded aggregator ring: London-based Gravitiq is the latest e-commerce roll-up company to attract a large amount of initial funding. It is buying and scaling Amazon marketplace brands in the consumer e-commerce healthcare sector. The company announced $55 million of seed investment.
🔷 Fight over rights: Miramax filed a lawsuit last week accusing Quentin Tarantino of copyright infringement by selling NFTs based on the screenplay for "Pulp Fiction."
🔷 New art equity platform: Fractional alternative asset investing continues to expand, with Yieldstreet announcing a fine art fund, The Art Equity Platform allows retail investors to invest in art - offering an alternative to Masterworks.
🔷 E-commerce tips: An expert tells you the 9 Things You Need to Know When Starting an E-commerce Business.
🔷 Communities of the future: Thoughts on community evolution from Web2 to Web3. The growth and future of DAOs as communities and business models.
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