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A lot of other companies want you to speculate. At Lava, we want you to save. We made a mini-doc about our mission, what we’re building, and the people who make it possible. Check it out below.

Today is the biggest day in Lava’s history. We’ve raised $200M, our bitcoin-backed line of credit is live globally, and we’re now offering the lowest fixed interest rates in the industry. Access dollars instantly without selling your bitcoin — at JUST 5%.

Lava is introducing the world’s first bitcoin-backed line of credit. No monthly payments. Open terms. The lowest fixed interest rates in the industry. It’s the most flexible, simple, and secure way to access dollars instantly without selling your bitcoin.

Agentic AI has arrived. But agents can't pay for tools. Or hire other agents. Or let developers earn. Without money, there's no economy. Just hollow demos.

dub just raised a $30M Series A to change how America invests. People are bad at picking stocks. Instead, they should pick smart people to copy-trade. Here’s dub’s story:👇

excited to announce Micro the first product since gmail launched 21 years ago today that transforms email into what it should be an all-in-one tool that organizes itself

MightyFly was featured on #CNN's The Whole Story with Anderson Cooper! @BillWeirCNN and Tom Chi from @atoneventures highlighted that MightyFly Cento aircraft's point-to-point deliveries offer a more sustainable alternative to traditional supply chains. youtu.be/iN1ds5mPato

Today, we announce our Series A co-led by Khosla Ventures and Founders Fund. It’s an honor to be working with the best fintech investors: @rabois @peterthiel @vkhosla @jonchu @joeykrug Lava makes bitcoin-secured loans simple and reliable. Download at lava.xyz

Big congrats to @ApertureData on the $8.25M round led by TQ Ventures + the launch of their ApertureDB Cloud — set to revolutionize multimodal AI workflows by simplifying complex data infrastructure. Proud to be part of the team's journey! venturebeat.com/data-infrastru…

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Announcing Lava Loans v2, the best way to access bitcoin-secured loans. You can find the full paper here: github.com/lava-xyz/loans…

Announcing our Seed Round. With support from the best backers in the industry, we’re building the self-custody vault for people who want to save in bitcoin and spend in dollars without compromising on security.

neuroClues wants to put high speed eye tracking tech in the doctor’s office tcrn.ch/3UEWA8o

MightyFly announced today that it received the first FAA flight corridor approval for large autonomous cargo eVTOLs to start A-to-b flight testing: axios.com/2024/05/01/mig… #eVTOL #autonomous #aircraft #drone #logistics #delivery #cargo #expedited #FAA

Our Series Seed Fundraising and Public Launch Announcement, a thread:

Excited to announce that @SkyrootA has secured 225 crore INR (27.5M$) in a pre-Series C round led by @Temasek. We are grateful for the trust of global investment giants in our mission to #OpenSpaceForAll. This new capital propels us into commercial satellite launches, fuels tech innovation, attracts top talent, and amps up our launch frequency and capabilities.

Happy Friday the 13th! The Morty team is thrilled to announce our $2.2M Series Seed round, and our launch of haunted attractions! 🎃 If you know someone who loves haunted houses and Halloween, please share @mortyapp with them today! More on the future of Morty: blog.morty.app/seed-round We're honored to be joined by world class investors who share our vision. Round led by @ProtagonistXYZ with @ANIMOvc @generalcatalyst @petragriffith @marketplacevc @unpopular_vc @stopman @verghesemm @WonderVentures and other greats.

It is a truly monumental day for @regentcraft – I’m ecstatic to announce our $60M Series A! From our earliest days, we were told this round may be the hardest money we ever raise. I wont go as far to say its “easy” to build a sub-scale, proof-of-concept demonstrator, but many companies have done it. In the early days, we raised our Seed Round off a business plan, some clever use of physics and regulatory pathways, and a ¼ scale uncrewed prototype that proved it was possible. But then came the big jump: full-scale, human safe systems. They’re (very) expensive. They’re difficult. They take years to design. When they break, there’s no reversion to the last stable branch of code – its months of repair and delays on program goals. Most importantly, human life is on the line. Systems must be redundant. Tested to the edge of their operating envelope and beyond. It is a whole new ballgame. Unsurprisingly, the world of interested investors quickly dwindled when we first tested the waters of a $60M raise to build a human-carrying prototype. And if the ask wasn’t grand enough, as an economic backdrop, it was the worst fundraising market of the last decade. We of course understood the general sentiment. After all, what could be a more capital intensive, more risk-on, more long-lead than investing in a human-carrying flying machine? Investors existing and prospective alike challenged us on our approach. “Why build the full scale? Is there anything else you can do that’s less money, time, or risk?” We stood steadfast because we knew: if we wanted to bring seagliders to market on the timeline we promised, this was the next step. Full scale, with humans onboard. So we remained undeterred, and we chipped away. We began forming strategic commercial partnerships and took investment from @JAL_Official_jp, Yamato Transport, and others (soon to be announced!). We leaned in on dual use - on the growing need for distributed maritime transport to our armed forces - and brought on @LockheedMartin. And at this intersection of defense and sustainability, we met 8090 Industries - who’s ethos and hustle perfectly complimented our own. With a lead check from 8090, and co-leadership from @foundersfund , our earliest backer, the Series A was on. We gathered support from investors who understood what we were doing. Who didn’t recoil at the goal of a full-scale human-carrying prototype, but rather embraced it. They saw the prize – the promise of $8B in commercial preorders waiting on our development, a capability perfectly in line with an existential capability gap in national defense strategy, and a mode of transportation that will service the billions of people that move along coastlines every year. When the dust settled, we raised an oversubscribed $60M round that funds us all the way through human flight of our full scale prototype, and we were able to do it all without slowing down the engineering one bit. The year ahead will be the most exciting year in REGENTs history (I suppose that isn’t saying much as we’re only 3 years old – but it will be truly exciting!) as we fly humans on a seaglider for the first time in history. Besides our amazing investors, I’m thankful for our steadfast customers, our partners, my co-founder and best friend @Mikeklinker, and my wife who has provided unwavering support through the years of founder grind. Could not be more proud of this amazing team and more humbled to be a part of it. And you can bet, this round has not gone to our heads. We know we’re still a long way from our goal of global seaglider operations and we’re full force ahead on making history next year!

Queer social app Lex gets a new CEO and $5.6M to grow tcrn.ch/3PGJtzL by @harriblogs