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Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 5.9.24

Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 5.9.24

All the happs from the Lightning⚡️Ventures gang

Tristan Hillerich
May 09, 2024

Happy Thursday to the world’s largest Bitcoin-focused investing network! We have another weekly rundown of all our portfolio company updates!

Portfolio News n’ Stuff!

🟧 Theya released a video documenting the 5 new features they dropped last week. The features are a redesigned web app, passkey integration, offline mode, Single-Key Vaults, and Multi-Vault support!

🟧 Fountain posted a video showing how users can use the Lightning Network on Coinbase to support their favorite podcasts and artists on Fountain.

🟧 JAN3 sponsored soccer team Botev Plovdiv is in the Bulgarian Cup Final. The match is on May 15th and the JAN3 logo is on the Botev Plovdiv jerseys as they fight for a ticket to the Europa League.

🟧 Bringin is 1 step away from the final round at Bitcoin Prague’s Startup Pitch Contest. You can vote for Bringin at the link here!

🟧 Geyser has announced Bitcoin Beach Grants. This set of grants will power Bitcoin Circular Economies around the world. They have also enabled new functionality that lets creators now receive on-chain SATs in their Lightning wallets in a non-custodial way. This is possible through collaboration with Boltz, which brings no intermediaries, no custodians, and low fees.

🟧 Wavlake has introduced Ticketbot! This is a new way to buy and sell tickets across the web using NOSTR! For a video example of how this functionality works, click here! Wavlake also announced Martin Grooms and his song “The Hard Way” as the winner of the Bitcoin Conference 2024 title track.

🟧 Relai is nominated for the TOP 100 Swiss Startup Award! You can vote for Relai using the link here. They have also announced the addition of 8 new members to the Relai Squad!

🟧 OrdinalsBot had another huge week! They set a new record for the largest file inscribed on Bitcoin, and they launched support for custom emojis such as your Runes Ticker and 5-character tickers for BRC-20 tickets.

🟧 Zaprite has added a learn section to its website. The section details many “how-to” videos to ensure anyone can understand how to use Zaprite and other Bitcoin functionalities.