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Syndicate is a decentralized asset management platform and social network. It creates an investing syndicate for 1000x less time and money.

Founders: Will, Ian

Signals:

1. Repeat founders

   • Will is a serial entrepreneur, his latest company before Syndicate was Librarian AI, an AI that helps knowledge workers find expertise faster

   • Ian founded Philantro, a non-profit to help future philanthropists

2. Venture-backed experience

   • Will built products at Proxy (funded by Kleiner Perkins) for years

   • Ian led crypto efforts at Citi Ventures for 5 years

3. Top company alumni

   • Ian worked at Deloitte for 8 years

4. Top university alumni

   • Will graduated from Stanford University (BA)

   • Ian graduated from UC Los Angeles (BS) and UC Berkeley (MBA)

5. Fast team growth

   • Grew 3x YoY to 53 employees

   • And hiring more

6. Accelerated financing

   • Founded, seed and series A all in 2021

7. Midas list investor

   • a16z led series A

   • Kleiner Perkins participated in seed

Till tomorrow, Kenn