@bgarrou

Early-stage VC investing in software startups throughout the Midcontinent

 Houston, Texas
mercuryfund.com
Joined January 2009
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Arden@Arden_Labs16 Mar 2024
Loyalty is indeed still a thing, and blockchain truly unlocks a number of value-add use cases to the end user experience. The on-chain tech must be implemented with a laser focus on ADDING value, rather than simply replacing existing value. Coming soon w/ Arden.cc
raj 🖤
@rajgokal16 Mar 2024
a story for another time… for now I’ll share that starbucks almost built this on @solana, but in the final few days, it fell apart. it would have been interesting to see things play out differently. loyalty is still a thing, with eg @bobaguys seeing demonstrable lift. onward.
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Arden@Arden_Labs7 Mar 2024
Arden is thrilled to announce the March 26 launch of @MaterialWorld0, a cross-chain NFT project built to gamify the utility of @Chainlink’s Cross-Chain Interoperability Protocol (CCIP) and Verified Randomness Function (VRF). Learn more in the🧵👇
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Arden@Arden_Labs6 Dec 2023
BIG NEWS! We’re thrilled to announce that Arden has acquired @shadow_storage, a leading decentralized storage solution built on @GenesysGo shdwDrive. The full Medium post is below, with the tl;dr in the 🧵. medium.com/@ardenlabs/arden-…

Arden Acquires Shadow Storage, Bolstering Its Blockchain-Based Infrastructure Solutions

We are thrilled to announce that Arden Labs has acquired Shadow Storage, a decentralized, blockchain-based storage solution. This strategic…

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Chris Georgen
@c_georgen15 Jul 2023
If anyone is looking to understand what happened in #crypto this week between the #SEC and Ripple $XRP, I humbly recommend... mirror.xyz/c-georgen.eth/cAe…

Open for (web3) business

Looking at the approach of US agencies over the past two years, it’s hard not to miss the days when regulatory concerns and opinions hadn’t really ventured beyond “if something is illegal without...

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LISNR@lisnr28 Jun 2023
We are very excited to announce our partnership with @SunCashBahamas, as we enable CBDC payments within its digital wallet, delivering online and offline proximity-based payments to consumers and merchants in the Bahamas!
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Excited to have @omairdotcom recognized along with so many other inspiring business leaders as a winner in the Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2023 Gulf South program! #EOYUS #EOY Gulf South @EY_US bit.ly/3qP2ojr
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Houston Landing — a new, nonprofit, no-paywall, nonpartisan journalism site — is ready to fully launch. Beginning Wednesday, you will see multiple news stories a day from our team. bit.ly/3C81kJJ

Houston Landing launches full website for local news

The Houston Landing launches full website featuring daily news stories dedicated to the communities of this region.

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How Benson Hill cut a path for sustainable, non-GMO soy. “The focus at Benson Hill is scaling up their aquaculture ingredients… But they’ve already made inroads in the #pet and #poultry industries…” feedstrategy.com/animal-feed…
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aziz gilani
@TexasVC10 Mar 2023
Our friends at @SVB_Financial have been great partners since the inception of @mercuryfund and they're taking their current challenges very seriously. Kudos for the transparency and pro-active steps to bolster the balance sheet. ir.svb.com/events-and-presen…
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Mark Suster
@msuster9 Mar 2023
1/ More in the VC community need to speak out publicly to quell the panic about @SVB_Financial ... I believe their CEO when he says they are solvent and not in violation of any banking ratios & goal was to raise & strengthen balance sheet
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We’re pleased to announce @sjolewis has been promoted to Partner! Named one of Insider’s Rising-Star Fintech VCs, a Kauffman Fellow, and a member of Mercury’s DEI board, Samantha is a next-gen VC leader: driven, inclusive, & versed in emerging technologies.
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“We need governance structures that are actually adhered to, and we need more responsible VCs who practice good governance.” @sjolewis shares her thoughts on #DeFi, what she wants to hear in a pitch, and more in this TechCrunch piece from @jacqmelinek. techcrunch.com/2023/01/10/si…
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It's not every day you're featured by @Entrepreneur! Check out the story, which details our founder Omair Tariq's journey and his inspiration for building an all-in-one ecommerce platform. 🗞 : entrepreneur.com/growth-stra… #entrepreneur #ecommerce

Kidnappers Held a Gun to His Head and Pulled the Trigger. That Moment Would Fuel His Billion Dollar...

Two decades ago, Omair Tariq survived a nightmare that left him with deep trauma. But the ordeal also gave him a ravenous drive to succeed.And he funneled that ambition into founding a billion-dollar...

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Omair Tariq@omairdotcom1 Jul 2022
End of the 1H and @cartdotcom continues to break records…
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Mercury Fund@mercuryfund2 Jun 2022
Bravo, Ben Johnson! The @SpruceCrew CEO was named one of @HousingWire’s 2022 Rising Stars. @bgarrou housingwire.com/winner-profi…

2022 Rising Star: Ben Johnson - HousingWire

Ben Johnson, CEO and founder of Spruce, is an innovative leader in the lifestyle services space with the goal of positively impacting small businesses and hundreds of thousands of residents across...

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(James Aman)²@scasplte27 May 2022
Wow, just wow. 🤦‍♂️ The lack of insight on how to build a robust distributed evosystem is just astonishing. I cannot wait for the day when we look back on Ethereum as the Blackberry of blockchains. Innovative for its time but ultimately just a stepping stone to something better.
Justin Bons
@Justin_Bons7 May 2022
1/14) Cardano has made major trade offs by relying on a UTXO model instead of a account model The disadvantages of a UTXO model far outweigh the advantages From a worse user experience, To ADA smart contracts being far more limited I will cover these fundamental flaws here:
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And I convey my very last diploma tube as president of Rice.
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LISNR@lisnr26 Apr 2022
Excited to announce our partnership w/ @_orionec to enable contactless E-Bike authentication! Our 4th launch in the mobility space in 2022, ORION plans to deliver our market-leading authentication solution across the U.S. buff.ly/3KgoK15 #ContactlessAuthentication #LISNR
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Omair Tariq@omairdotcom14 Apr 2022
Ya know, we're something of a scale crusher ourselves.
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Can't-miss panel: Omair Tariq of @cartdotcom + Jay Steinfeld of @BlindsDotCom in “Houston OGs: A Fireside Chat.” The #HoustonTechRodeo event happens next Monday, 2/28! @bgarrou events.hubilo.com/2022-tech-…

2022 Houston Tech Rodeo Roadshow

Houston Tech Rodeo Roadshow - Houston's Official Startup Week

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