Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 3.30.24

All the happs from the Lightning⚡️Ventures gang

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Tristan Hillerich
March 30, 2024

Happy sat stacking Saturday to the world’s largest Bitcoin-focused investing network! Another great week is behind us. Our portfolio companies are killing it, and we have some updates here. Stack sats and stack equity in Bitcoin startups.

🚨Live deals🚨 are currently running for AmberApp, Bringin, and LNbits. More information is below.⚡️ Need to reach us about anything or everything, reply to this email, and we gotchyooo dog.

Fun Fact!

LNBits also owns NOSTR.com

LNbits aims to serve as the “WordPress for money.” LNbits is used by many builders and companies that do “Bitcoin stuff.”

Here’s your chance to invest in what we believe is one of the most influential companies in advancing Bitcoin development. Co-founded by legendary developer Ben Arc with Fiatjaf, LNbits is a multi-user and account system for the Lightning Network. Built into an easy-to-manage platform, it features a variety of useful extensions that can be combined for a wide range of custom use cases.

Portfolio News n’ Stuff!

Product Updates 🔐

Fountain released an update to both iOS and Android! The new version pushed fixes to optimize performance, remove bugs, improve clip creation status, and add new sorting options for music.

Zaprite showcased one of the underrated features of their app: the ability to toggle between Bitcoin and fiat payment methods during checkout. This toggle does not interrupt the payment process.

Blink has released “Batch Payments” to the Blink Dashboard. With batch payments, users can now distribute funds to numerous Blink users in seconds.

Unchained introduced the Unchained iOS app. It is the fastest way to buy Bitcoin directly to cold storage anywhere. You can buy $100,000+ of Bitcoin 24/7/365 to your cold storage vault. You can download the app here!

Unchained is now on iOS.

Company Accomplishments ✅

Geyser published a company update on its total global impact. Notably, over 1,500 projects have used Geyser so far, projects on Geyser have raised over 3.1 billion sats, and over 452,000 contributions have been made to Geyser creators.

Orange Pill App has lowered its membership prices in Bitcoin across the board. This action contradicts what normal companies must do to keep up with inflation. It pays to deal with Bitcoin and not fiat!

OrdinalsBot has raised $3 million in funding, bringing its total funding to over $4.5 million. This additional funding will be used to expand its infrastructure, including hiring and launching an Ordinals inscription marketplace.

CrowdHealth published their monthly breakdown of requests they received over March. CrowdHealth takes the hassle out of dealing with health insurance.

Yo! Our Node 2 Fund is LIVE. We invest in pre-seed to Series A Bitcoin startups. If you need more information or want to jump on a call to learn more, reply to this email, and we’ll get you sorted. You can learn more or commit here if you're already set up.

In the News 📰

Wavlake is collecting submissions for the Bitcoin Record. Artists are encouraged to submit their music for the chance to be on the official Bitcoin 2024 record.

Unchained released an easy-to-follow guide on how to set up a proper inheritance protocol for your Bitcoin through the use of titled vaults. Remember, Bitcoin is for generations.

The #21toHalving collaboration kicks off Saturday, March 30th, and features numerous portfolio companies, including Fountain, THNDR Games, Relai, Orange Pill App, Satsback, Theya, Foundation, and Geyser. The #21toHalving movement involves 21 teams joining in to countdown the days until the 2024 halving. There will be daily prizes leading up to the event, and Foundation Devices kicks off the contest this Saturday!

The Halving is coming. Follow the #21toHalving events!

Yo! What’s the deal?

🚨AmberApp🚨

Amber is the best and only app for DCA’ing in Australia, and Lightning integration is coming soon! Amber is also expanding outside the country and has many other exciting products in the pipeline, such as AmberNode, AmberConcierge, AmberVault, and TribeKey. 

View the deal here.

🚨Bringin🚨

Bringin is a payments app that lets you instantly spend Bitcoin from any Bitcoin wallet, even at places that don't accept BTC. Users create a one-time virtual debit card through Lightning invoice payments. They can also convert Bitcoin into Euros from their wallets to their bank accounts and make instant payments.

Our companies are hiring! Check out jobs at bitcoinerjobs.com

There are plenty of other roles out there in Bitcoin, and our companies are always looking for new talent! If you want some direct contact or you have some special skills, hit us up, and we’ll make the introductions.

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