Hyphen Capital

Today, we’re announcing a $65M strategic round in equity and debt from J.P. Morgan, Notable Capital and others, bringing our total funding to $252M! We believe our long-term thinking and emphasis on both “fin” and “tech” has been imperative to execute precisely above the chaos, close major partnerships, and onboard new customers. While we are very “tech” – pushing boundaries in AI and shipping velocity, headquartered in San Francisco, and backed by the best technologists in Silicon Valley (Sam Altman, Y Combinator, founders of OpenAI, DoorDash, Plaid, Dropbox, Unity, etc.) – partnering deeply with the largest bank in the world, J.P. Morgan, to gain expertise in compliance, risk, and distribution is a necessity to transition the $125T B2B economy online. By combining J.P. Morgan’s fortress balance sheet and depth of client relationships with Slope’s strengths in technology, underwriting and credit risk monitoring – we are a well-positioned partner to serve the world’s largest enterprises. We are hitting an exciting inflection point and hiring across all roles! If you or someone you know are interested in joining us, check out our roles here: https://lnkd.in/dx5wS3_i Announcement on X: https://lnkd.in/deJu3gra Note from our CEO: https://lnkd.in/dYCe59ur TechCrunch coverage: https://lnkd.in/gjduHbwQ Press release: https://lnkd.in/dmtWxR76

Excited to announce our $4.5M Seed Round for AfterHour, the ultimate financial community app for the internet generation. With our raise, we're doubling down on community features that give everyday traders the chance to find alpha faster in the stock market. Backstory: I turned $35k into $8M in the stock market. Lucky? Absolutely. But I really believe a big portion of my edge came from exchanging quality DD/alpha with retail traders across communities. Now, I want to help other retail traders find their edge. Being able to distinguish signal from noise in investing and trading is incredibly difficult. You have to get through the bots and paid groups - after that, you have to somehow verify the DD/alpha you find from people who aren’t transparent with their track record. This is what we built AfterHour to solve. With our Seed round, we’ll be doubling down on new community features that’ll give retail traders even more ways to build their unfair advantage in the stock market. The goal is to create a social trading experience where DD/alpha/signals come from voices that put their money where their mouth is by showing verified positions in callouts they make. With over $200M+ in verified positions so far, AfterHour is becoming the go-to app for traders to exchange their best ideas. We have users sharing portfolios from $1,000 all the way to $78M - it makes no difference. There’s an opportunity to find traders just like you to follow, learn from, and ultimately make it easier to succeed in the stock market. A big thank you to our investors for believing in our mission. Founders Fund, General Catalyst, Pear VC, Daybreak, Gold House, Alumni Ventures, Hyphen Capital, Anti Fund, Roadrunner Ventures, Gaingels, F4 Fund, Trousdale Ventures, SaxeCap, and our wonderful angel investors. There is a lot of exciting work ahead of us. You can read our Fortune article and download the app in the comments 👇

🚀 We launched a new product that scaled from $0 to over $30MM+ ARR in under 12 months. Plus, we launched two new products in unrelated verticals that reached millions in sales. How did we ship so fast and with such impact? Here's the secret: 🧵👇 The magic wasn't in the ideas, but in an organizational structure change. We adapted Amazon's Single-Threaded Owner (STO) model for modern startups and scale-ups. As we grew, functional organization slowed us down. Cross-team dependencies and disconnected team members were issues. I saw a lot of “create a Jira ticket, throw it over the fence, and pray an engineer gets to it” from the business teams and vice versa. We tried Spotify's guilds and tribes, but non-tech teams were left out. We pivoted to Amazon’s STO model for clear ownership and accountability, but it needed tweaks for startups. We didn’t have Amazon's resources, deep pockets or hundreds of engineers to throw at problems. Introducing Mission-Aligned Teams (MATs) - a hybrid of STO and functional reporting. MATs blend hardcore ownership with coaching and development at a fraction of the cost and resources required to run STOs. Here's why MATs worked: 1) Every MAT has a single mission and a single owner (MAT Lead) who is responsible and accountable. Clarity of focus and ownership is the most important part of this structure. 2) Most projects are MATs. If a project doesn’t have a clear MAT or single lead, it’s a no-go. We do not allow "side-hustle" projects. The best way to fail at something is to make it into many people’s part-time jobs. 3) MATs control their destinies with members from all functions including both tech and non-tech. No tossing Jira tickets over the fence, no RACI frameworks and no complex web of cross-functional dependencies. 4) MAT Leads have decentralized decision-making authority, allowing for clear prioritization and informed choices. 5) MAT Leads aren't people managers. They focus on mission and execution, while functional managers handle development and coaching. Neither MAT Leads nor MAT members have to be senior or unicorn talent. 6) Anyone can be a MAT lead, regardless of title, job level or tenure. MATs can be led by product, engineering, marketing, data, or business. 7) We offer standardized training and a MAT “bootcamp” to ensure a consistent execution framework. We can hire talent at any level and execute just as effectively. 8) MATs are flexible and can be spun up or down based on market needs. Leads and members can easily move between MATs. This lets us rapidly adapt to capture new market opportunities or double down on successful experiments. This structure made us fast and focused. We now ship winning products and grow talent from within. One of our million-dollar projects was led by a new-grad MAT Lead! Want to stay ahead? Comment or DM "I want to learn about MATs" and share this thread and I'll send a link to our MAT implementation template and guide.

The first episode of TAAF Heritage Heroes Season 3 is out now on Amazon Prime and features our Founder & CEO, Sahra Nguyen! Learn about her story and how it inspired our brand today. Watch the full episode here ➡️ https://lnkd.in/gk58gYYs

You might know us as Hemster, Inc, a data-enabled alterations solution, or as "Hemster Revive" in the last couple years... Today, we officially launch Revive as a standalone business with $3.5m round led by Equal Ventures. We are grateful for our team, existing & new investors (Equal Ventures, Hustle Fund, Banter Capital, Coalition Operators, Veronica Chou, Charge Ventures, Everywhere Ventures, Hyphen Capital, Wocstar | B Corp Certified and Chris Quinn), and advisors in helping us combat the unstockable inventory. We’re looking forward to continuing to grow as a company and to empower brands to recover financial value of previously-dead items. Thank you Kimberly Chin at Axios for sharing our story. https://lnkd.in/dmSB5Acz   

Gamma just raised a $12M Series A led by Accel! For ~40 years, slides have been the go-to for presenting ideas. We're reimagining things from the ground up. Our story so far: Gamma started at the end of 2020. Peak pandemic, the world was in a different state. • We bet on SF, and started a sublease during shelter-in-place • Team of 16 now (first 7 ex-Optimizely) • Profitable and growth accelerating • Over 60 million gammas created Our product strategy is dead simple: Bring together modern primitives and the right AI. And our 2024 roadmap remains stubbornly consistent. Our mission: Make content creation feel effortless — whether you have design skills or not. You might be asking: → “Haven't there been plenty of failed attempts at disrupting powerpoint?” → ”What's different this time?” → “Why us?” It’s simple. We're the first writing-based design tool — and the fastest (and easiest) way to structure your ideas. Gamma is used for more than just traditional presentations. Our users share links async, export pdfs, and save images. Since our websites feature launch a couple months ago, we've seen 100K+ sites published. 👀 Gamma is a malleable medium you can mold to your needs. We're pumped we get to partner with the very best: → Vas Natarajan → Accel → Script Capital → South Park Commons And an incredible group of investors and early supporters including Amy Saper, Julie Zhuo, Claire Vo, Dan Siroker, Pete Koomen, Siqi Chen, Ben Lang, Ben Tossell, Dave Lu, Allison Pickens, Afore Capital, Lorimer Ventures, LocalGlobe, Fellows Fund. If you haven't built anything with Gamma yet, give it a try! We also have some exciting product announcements coming, so give us a follow → Gamma

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Super excited to be announcing our $3M fundraise led by Craft Ventures to build an AI copilot for job seekers! 🚀🚀 Think of it like a personal “Hollywood agent” but for your career – someone that understands your background and helps you reach your career goals. Ethan, Rushil, and I started Simplify in 2021 with a goal to help people navigate the (extremely painful) job search process and democratize access to personalized career support. Today, Simplify has been used by nearly half a million job seekers to discover and apply to over 25 million roles. Super excited for what’s next! 🚀🚀