Social Leverage Letter | Issue #16

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.

By Michael Dabaie MoneyLion Inc. said Thursday it would acquire Even Financial Inc. for up to $440 million. The deal uses a convertible financing structure...

Hunter S. Thompson's letter to his friend, Hume Logan, on finding your purpose and living a meaningful life. The most profound advice I've ever come across.

Listen to this episode from Panic with Friends - Howard Lindzon on Spotify. As long term listeners know, I struggle with sleep. I'm in perfect health with an incredible body and an incredible mind, yet perfect sleep continues to elude me. Luckily, the O'Shaughnessy's chimed in on one of my twitter rants and pointed the way to today's guest, Matteo Franceschetti. Matteo is the co-founder and CEO of Eight Sleep. Part of our discussion is a fascinating look into sleep, an area that consumes about a third of our lives; and has a massive impact on our health and longevity. In addition, we cover Matteo's previous startups, his experience with Y Combinator, and what it takes to grow a 'hardware' company in an environment where software is eating the world.  Guest - Matteo Franceschetti, Co-Founder & CEO at Eight Sleep  howardlindzon.com, eightsleep.com  Twitter: @howardlindzon, @m_franceschetti, @eightsleep, @knutjensen  linkedin.com/in/matteofranceschetti #fintech #invest #investment #venturecapital #stockmarket #finance 

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

Job Opening: Software Engineer at beehiiv in Remote.

We are looking for an ambitious and data-driven Sales Development Representative to join the team at Even. As part of your role, you will execute a lead-gen strategy for Even - developing, sourcing, outreach, and qualification plans for our sales team. You will build a pipeline of conversations with a wide number of prospects in partnership with our Sales and BD team, who will be the primary point of contact for each opportunity.

Alpaca is a fast-growing fintech API startup backed by a group of prominent investors including Spark, Portage, Social Leverage, Tribe, Horizons, Eldridge, Positive Sum, Elefund, and Y Combinator, and highly experienced industry angel investors. Alpaca has raised a total of $72 million to date. Alpaca builds a developer API that allows apps and developers globally to launch commission-free stock trading apps. Our platform also offers a developer-friendly community and platform for traders to programmatically trade stocks with ease. Of course, we are very enthusiastic about open source contribution and community building! Job Responsibilities: Process new account documentation  Enforce documentation requirements to meet industry standards Follow Customer Identification Program Process account maintenance requests and communicate with clients when necessary Provide input into new procedures and processes and help improve the client experience Customer Service focus Ad hoc duties and projects as assigned  Required Qualifications and Experience:  3 + year of brokerage operations experience Series 24 Strong attention to detail, accuracy and reliability with the ability to thrive in a fast-paced environment Ability to work effectively and supportively within a team environment and the ability to work independently Must possess the ability to adapt to a changing business and regulatory environment Enjoys challenges and taking ownership of new responsibilities Preferred Skills, Abilities and Knowledge: Series 7 license preferred Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience Must be eligible to work without sponsorship for this role.