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Out of the Crisis #20: the founders of Bitwise on the role of technology in empowering people, spreading benefits to underserved communities, and the creation of OnwardUS

Startup Lessons Learned

We are still reeling from the first order of consequences of the pandemic, but we are also starting to see the second and third order effects, unemployment, hunger, mass bankruptcy, and the inequity and injustice of this crisis. Jake Soberal : Hi, my name is Jake Soberal. I am the co-founder and CEO of Bitwise Industries.

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Convertible Equity, A Better Alternative To Convertible Debt?

techcrunch.com

As a refresher, a convertible note is a loan that automatically converts into equity upon the closing of a Series A round of financing. Ressi, Wilson Sonsini and a top-tier accounting firm (which preferred not to be named) have been working on developing this set of documents for some time now, says Ressi. Crunchboard.

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