ResilienceVC

We're honored to welcome ResilienceVC to the ICM community! ResilienceVC is a venture firm investing in embedded fintech startups that build financial resilience for users and deliver returns for investors. The team has over a decade of experience in seed-stage investing and has supported over 75 innovative and impactful fintech startups. ResilienceVC focuses on startups that empower all Americans to build the financial resilience they need to thrive by concentrating on three key elements: - Reliable income generation and expense management - Risk mitigation and recovery - Asset and wealth building Welcome to the network, Tahira Dosani, Vikas Raj, Billy Taki, and Bryson Hearne!

In the CAFE this week... thanks to Vikas Raj and Bryson Hearne at Resilience VC for their guidance for the CAFE fintechs on how to grow and raise in the current market environment. Resilience VC is one of the managers of the Discover Fund and invests in startups that are making financial services work for all Americans, not just wealthy Americans, not just large enterprise. ResilienceVC #fintech #investors #venturecapital #community #startups #finance #inclusion https://www.resilience.vc/

?????? EarlyBird Funding Announcement ?????? At a time when we were literally told by many; "I am sorry but in this climate, you won't be able to raise any capital..." I have never been prouder of our team at EarlyBird that we get to announce our next round of funding with the amazing support of TechCrunch! This has been an incredible journey from our Series Seed back in November 2021 to now. As most startup founders know, this has been one of the most difficult fundraising climates to date, especially for B2C fintech... The 180 shift in late Q3 of 2022 from growth at all costs to a strategic focus on unit economics both in the short term and long term was a major learning curve that we took head-on. The speed of growth that both myself and Caleb Frankel had to go through as founders was critical and I am so thankful that I have a partner that pushes me, guides me, advises me, and collaborates with me at the highest level. This round is 100% dedicated to the community of EarlyBird. Not only did we receive continued support from all of our previous investors which included Seven Seven Six 7??7??6??, Fiat Ventures, RareBreed Ventures , Network Ventures, Gemini, and Reform Ventures, but we also brought on an incredible new team of investors that includes; ResilienceVC, Sweater, Lightspeed, Goodwater, Alumni Ventures, Parallel LA, and LvlUp Ventures! On top of institutional investments, we decided to get creative and really test the power of a new category we are driving called: Community Based Investing. We decided to open a specific allocation of this round to our actual wonderful EarlyBird parents. The response was insane. The idea of a parent investing in the platform that is investing in their child's future was a perfect fit. This allocation filled up in 48 hours and we had to expand it further. I am personally super excited to see how this continues to unfold and how other startups will work to leverage the communities that helped get them to where they are. Everyone knows the startup game is a team sport. There are a couple of huge shoutouts I need to make and these all start with our rockstar team. Thank you Laur M. for being the guiding force on all things product and beyond, thank you Marcelle Saulnier-Holland for being such a thoughtful and strategic UX designer, thank you Ciara Grierson for being on the frontlines for all things customer experience, and thank you Robin Mercereau for being the artist behind the EarlyBird brand and bringing it all to life. Lastly, I want to thank a couple of key people who have been a consistent rock for us throughout the past 18 months, thank you Cristina Apple Georgoulakis, Jeffrey Maters, Samara Mejia Hernandez, Alexis Ohanian Sr., Katie Nowak, Jenna Birch, Erica Wenger ???, Cara Morphew, and Tahira Dosani! Oh and here is a $25 promo code to get started today: INVESTOR25 ?? ?? https://lnkd.in/eDThhr4f