👉 NOTE: approval IS required to attend this event. Thank you!
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New York City is one of the best places in the world to be a fintech founder / investor. We're bringing the community together for a casual happy hour for people to make connections (and trade notes on fintech go-to-market, fintech trends to pay attention to, fundraising dynamics, and more) 🍻
Note: we're curating this event's attendees towards builders and investors specifically focused on fintech. Please RSVP if this describes you 💸
Drinks and light snacks provided - looking forward to a great evening with some high-quality people! Looking forward to seeing you there ✨
⏰ Time: starts at 7:00pm
📍 Location: provided after registration
🍻 Food & drinks: provided!
🤝 Organizers:
Jack McClelland (Engineer & Investor @ Afore) - Twitter • LinkedIn
Zehra Naqvi (Head of Founder Community at Republic) - Twitter • LinkedIn
❓ Questions? Text Jack at (650) 863-8151
Afore (http://afore.vc/) is a $300m pre-seed-focused VC investing $1-2m checks into tech founders across all industries and geographies. Since Afore's inception 5 years ago, the fund has invested in 75+ companies that were almost all pre-traction, pre-revenue, and pre-obvious at the point of investment. Portfolio companies have raised $2 billion in follow-on capital and are valued collectively at $11 billion.
Republic (https://republic.com/) is a financial technology company that specializes in investment-related services in the private markets, which include a retail investment platform, a blockchain advisory service, and a private capital division. Republic has deployed over $900 million in investments, supported over 600 companies, with a community of over 1.5M users across 100 countries. Republic is backed by dozens of leading investment firms and financial institutions and has co-invested with the best names in venture and private equity.
