Interplay

We're proud to share that @interplay Ventures portfolio company @olliepets has been acquired by Agrolimen. This is an exciting outcome; the Ollie team deserves a big congratulations on building a defining brand in the human-grade pet food space. Read more about our investment and the Ollie story here: interplay.vc/blog/ollie-is-…

Stock options are a common form of equity compensation that startup founders use as a tool to attract talent, reward early contributors, and enable others to share in the future growth of their company. Here is a great guide from us. linkedin.com/pulse/stock-op…

𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆: 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐤 𝐏𝐞𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐃𝐚𝐯𝐢𝐬 𝐨𝐧 𝐏𝐨𝐰𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐰𝐬, 𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬, 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐖𝐡𝐲 𝐕𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐩𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐈𝐬 𝐚 𝟐𝟎-𝐘𝐞𝐚𝐫 𝐀𝐩𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐩 From 200+ portfolio companies to 9 unicorns, 15 co-founded startups, and a

RT @mpd: Congrats to Tyler Maloney, Nick O'Brien, and the entire TeachMeTo team on their $3M raise as they build the go-to marketplace for…

Voice AI is having a moment - where do we go from here? We’re seeing a surge of AI startups building voice-first products—and for good reason. Voice agents are now reaching (and in some cases, surpassing) call center-level performance, with faster, more natural, and more human-like interactions. But with the market getting crowded, the big questions for investors and founders are: - Which wedge products will win? - Which teams can build lasting, venture-scale businesses? - Where is the real long-term opportunity? We dove into 45+ venture-backed companies in the voice AI space to unpack the trends, team profiles, and product strategies that are shaping the future of this category. If you're building a voice AI startup, we’d love to connect and hear what you’re working on. Dive into the full piece from Caroline Elliott, Senior Associate on our Venture Capital team, here: interplay.vc/blog/investing…

Big news from the Interplay team: @andybilinsky has joined us as a Partner to lead our Studio. Formerly referred to as our Foundry, our Studio is the division of Interplay that builds new companies from scratch. We come up with ideas internally, diligence them hard and when we

Are you a founder looking to fundraise for your company? Are you unsure about what laws and rules need to be followed when raising funding from your friends, family, and angel or venture capital investors? #fundraising #startups linkedin.com/pulse/how-do-i…

A Deep Dive into the Evolving Venture Landscape. For decades, all eyes were on Silicon Valley. But new data tells a more nuanced story. We dug into 25 years of venture data across 6 U.S. regions and surfaced some surprising trends. interplay.vc/blog/venture-c…

As a founder or employee of a startup, how do you protect yourself against dilution. Eric Broad shares some great ideas here. #bowerylegal #antidilution #equityadvice #startuplegal #venturecapital #founderadvice

Startups face countless hurdles, but few are more daunting than going head-to-head with a well-funded incumbent. In this week’s pod episode, Phuong Ireland and I break down the playbook for winning as the underdog: - Nail a niche - Iterate faster than they can blink - Build a

Qualified Small Business Stock (QSBS) can eliminate capital gains tax on up to $10M. If you're a founder, early employee, or investor—this is a powerful tax benefit to know. Hear Eric share more information about the advantages of QSBS. 💸🔥 #QSBS #startups #founderadvice

An 83(b) election is a proactive filing made with the IRS that allows an individual who receives restricted stock to elect to be taxed on the aggregate value of the entire stock grant at the time of grant, rather than paying tax piecemeal. linkedin.com/pulse/understa…

Outsourcing isn't new - but the way startups can use it today has radically changed. On this week’s ep, I sat down with Shaun Walker, CEO of Spoke (gospoke.co), to unpack what business process outsourcing (BPO) can look like for high-growth startups in 2025. Let me say this upfront: most early-stage founders are missing out. Outsourcing isn’t just about slashing costs - it’s about building operational leverage and unlocking global talent pools in a way that accelerates your entire business. Spoke’s model stands out because it focuses on fully embedded, dedicated teams that feel like extensions of your startup - they're engaged team members motivated to help you hit your milestones. Whether it’s customer support, finance, data operations, or even engineering, there’s a strategic opportunity here. Especially in today’s hybrid and AI-enhanced world, Shaun argues that outsourcing can be a “bionic” function - letting you scale up or down with flexibility, access talent faster, and focus your internal team on what truly matters. If you're a founder thinking about how to stretch your funding and build operational leverage, this is a must-listen. Hope it helps you navigate your own growth journey. #startupoutsourcing #scalingwithglobalteams #startupgrowthstrategies

I couldn’t be more excited to announce AgenticShopping, powered by @KnotAPIs. Knot started with card-on-file—now used by top banks and fintechs to instantly update cards across merchants. Then we unlocked transaction data, giving them visibility into what users actually buy. Now

As a founder of a company, do you want to know when to grant shares vs. granting options to people? Some quick tips from Eric Broad. #bowerylegal #foundersadvice #options #equity #venturecapital #startuplegal

How do you determine if your idea is truly worth pursuing? In this week’s episode, Phuong Ireland and I dive into a practical framework that breaks down the evaluation process into four critical components: the pain point, the market size, the defensibility of your product, and

Raising capital can be a challenging endeavor. In particularly, when a company’s valuation decreases from its previous equity fundraising round. linkedin.com/pulse/navigati… #bowerylegal #downrounds #fundraising #venturecapital #startups

Excited to share my conversation with @mpd of @interplay. We talked about: 🌎 Geopolitics and startups 🔍 What Mark needs to see from startups to invest 💡 Why ideas still matter 💸 Career advice on how to break into venture capital Mark is a serial entrepreneur and longtime

Y Combinator has long been - and continues to be - the tip of the innovation spear. That's why I was especially excited to sit down with @garrytan, President & CEO of @ycombinator, for a conversation that gets right to the core of what’s changing across the startup landscape. At

Excited to announce that @KnotAPIs is now collaborating with @PayPal. With Knot’s CardSwitcher™, PayPal users will soon be able to seamlessly add their PayPal branded cards as a payment method across their favorite merchants—making paying with PayPal easier. From day one, Knot