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Lightning⚡️Ventures Thunderstruck 4.5.24
All the happs from the Lightning⚡️Ventures gang
Tristan Hillerich
April 05, 2024
Happy Friday to the world’s largest Bitcoin-focused investing network! Another great week is behind us. Our portfolio companies are constantly updating and upgrading! Keep stacking sats and stacking equity in Bitcoin startups. The Halving is coming!
🚨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.
Portfolio News n’ Stuff!
Product Updates🔐
Zaprite has updated how they handle onchain address selection for connected wallets to improve the overall payment experience. They published an “inside the baseball” blog post detailing how this works from a technical side. For every other user, this update does nothing to affect day-to-day usage other than making Zaprite work more efficiently with standard Bitcoin wallets. There was also a recent feature update where users can reserve a Bitcoin address for a dedicated invoice.
Slice announced you can now earn SATs by watching videos. Watching the videos will help boost your earnings on top of normal internet browsing!
Strike’s new limit system continues to roll out to more customers. With this new system, there are no more Bitcoin limits and users can withdraw up to $100K of cash at a time.
Start9 had a complete marketplace makeover.
Orange Pill App has also had a website overhaul and has completely revamped its page.
New Orange Pill App website landing page
Company Accomplishments✅
OrdinalsBot shared a summary of how they are changing the game. They are about to launch $TRIO, a token that will be one of the world’s first utility-driven BRC-20 tokens. They have raised $4.5M in funding and already have products live including Ordinals and BRC-20 creation tools, powerful APIs, and The Scribe Protocol for uncensorable on-chain publishing.
PlebLab recapped their most recent Startup Day and unveiled the top Builder as Team Yopaki! Our very own Mike Jarmuz was one of the judges on the panel that helped grade the various start-ups in the competition. Check out the blog post to see the full breakdown and videos from the event. Congratulations to PlebLab on running such an amazing event!
Strike continues to see massive Bitcoin buy volume and took the time to post a thread documenting why users continue to use Strike as their go-to method for buying Bitcoin. Among the reasons are: cheap fees, no Bitcoin limits, all major on-ramps supported, free on-chain withdrawals, a full-featured Lightning Network wallet, and quality customer support.
Reasons to use Strike
Yo! Our Node 2 Fund is LIVE. Investing in Pre-Seed to Series A Bitcoin startups. If you need some 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 has closed the submission window for artists looking to be a part of The Bitcoin Record playlist. Now, the voting stage is ongoing and will continue through April.
Geyser updated a page that shows the step-by-step process for how to create and launch a project on their site. The idea in your head is only an idea until you create it!
Unchained published episode 24 of The Bitcoin Frontier. The episode features Allen Farrington and he discusses if deflation is a “bad” thing, the S&P 500 under a Bitcoin Standard, and more!
JAN3 sponsored soccer team Botev Plovdiv continues to showcase the Bitcoin logo on their uniform kits. The team is also currently offering a Satsback campaign leading up to the Bitcoin halving for anything purchased at their official stores.
Spot the Bitcoin message?
Yo! What’s the deal?
AmberApp Amber is the best and only app for DCA’ing in Australia and they have Lightning integration 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. |
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. |
 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. |
Our companies are hiring! Check out jobs at bitcoinerjobs.com
Swan is hiring for a Chief Revenue Officer and plenty of other roles!
JAN3 is looking for a Graphic Designer!
Foundation is hiring a Head of Growth and multiple other roles!
Satoshi is hiring a Chief Technical Officer!
Unchained is hiring an Events and Marketing Coordinator!
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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