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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.
Signals:
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
Venture-backed experience
Will built products at Proxy (funded by Kleiner Perkins) for years
Ian led crypto efforts at Citi Ventures for 5 years
Top company alumni
Ian worked at Deloitte for 8 years
Top university alumni
Will graduated from Stanford University (BA)
Ian graduated from UC Los Angeles (BS) and UC Berkeley (MBA)
Fast team growth
Grew 3x YoY to 53 employees
Accelerated financing
Founded, seed and series A all in 2021
Midas list investor
a16z led series A
Kleiner Perkins participated in seed
Till tomorrow, Kenn