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Receipts piling up after your last business trip? We’ve got you. With the Mercury iOS app, your uploaded receipts now automatically match to their corresponding transactions. Snap. Match. Done. 🔥

And that’s a wrap on my first SXSW with Mercury - finally caught up from a quick trip back to ATX. Last weekend, we brought together over 50 founders and investors to connect with one another and our team at Uptown Sports Club - a historical piece of east Austin that’s kept its “same soul” from when it initially opened in 1949. My personal favorite parts of the event were…. 🏗️ Being able to meet and hear directly from founders about what they’re building - glad we got time to connect in-person Clint & Derek. 🧥 Seeing the excitement of attendees picking up their custom denim jacket. Even cooler was bumping into an attendee wearing their jacket later that evening on the east side. 🥩 And who could forget the food. Having food from culinary icon Aaron Franklin and team on-site, as well as a Franklin BBQ spice rub as a giveaway, definitely didn’t hurt. Major kudos to the team, especially Kelly for putting such a thoughtful event together. As always, if you have any questions about Mercury or want to learn more about how we can support your team as you continue to build, don’t hesitate to reach out!

On Tuesday, March 18th, I'll be joining Mercury Raise for a discussion with Austin Walne and Ben Kromnick about fundraising and scaling healthcare & life sciences startups. Come ask questions and take away some meaningful tidbits! Register here: https://lu.ma/89eef9we

Hiring your first marketer? Don't just look for brand name experience or a specialist. ✋ Emily Kramer, creator of the MKT1 newsletter says your initial marketing hire should: - Be an expert in at least two core marketing areas (content/brand, product marketing, or growth) - Have experience with your go-to-market motion Watch for the full insights 🎥 

If you do it right, Influencers do more than get likes They drive growth through EVERY channel You just have to build the specific system for it... Here is the exact blueprint to build it Sharpen Your Skills Season 2, Episode 3: The Influencer Engine: Exactly How 1,000 Product Seeds Grew into $100 Million Special thank you to our partners at FERMÀT and Mercury for their support. Enjoy! Also available on CTC's YouTube in 4K.

Another great #SXSW in the books! This past weekend, Mercury partnered with Dentons and the National Venture Capital Association to bring together over 200 VCs at the Capital Factory VC Brunch. Was great to run into Mercury VC fund customers Ali Mackani and Kristina Chapple there! Great to catch up with Christina Valencia Austria, Nia Pryce, Satoko K., and Jason A. Vita there as well. We then partnered with Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP for the Athletes & Innovators party. Nick Mider and Ben Kromnick way to kill it on the organization. Thanks Cherae Robinson and Alex Wittenberg for stopping by and saying hi! But my favorite event may be the more intimate dinner we hosted with Rajiv Bala and Steve Coffey of Clutch VC. In a cave-like wine cellar, we gathered over a dozen emerging manager VCs for some great conversation, tacos, and tequila. There is so much going on at SXSW, with competing events and massive parties, it can be easy to feel FOMO, but the reason I keep coming back is not for the large parties, but for these intimate moments to sit down and get to know people over the course of an evening or a weekend. Thanks to Mercury VC fund customers Tim Hsia, Jason Fernandez, Nick Tippmann 🏔️☁️, Joy Jing for joining us! I'm excited to have met Higinio Maycotte, Joe Magyer, Ben Freeberg, Pat F., Nick Candito 🌥, Jon Broscious, Peter T., Wesley Gottesman. Great to see you there Katelyn Donnelly and Pete Mathias! Puya Vossoughi Shelley Golan

"It's harder to break up with a board member than get a divorce." Brittany Walker, General Partner at CRV, believes one of the biggest mistakes a founder can make when fundraising for their Series A (and potentially bringing on their first external board member) is not creating the right target list. 🎯 Watch to find out why 👇

Join me Tuesday, March 18th at 1:00PM ET for an insightful virtual discussion alongside two healthcare and life sciences leaders that I tremendously respect: Austin Walne, Senior Partner with ARTIS Ventures and Lazar Bojic, VP of Investor Network with Curie.Bio Our session will cover: ✔️ Fundraising trends in 2025 ✔️ the evolving regulatory market ✔️ impact of AI on how founders build ✔️ the next hot industry for investors ✔️ YOUR questions Whether you're curious about finally spinning out your research, are heads down building your startup, or getting ready to pitch to investors, this event is for you! 📅 Register now: Link in the comments Henry Klingenstein, George Voren, Oliver Dodd, Soufiane Aboulhouda, PhD, Dave Whelan, Ben Freeberg, Ben Morneault, Neel Lilani, Nick Mider, Jeremy Sherer, Gregg Griner, Ilana Brand, Harry Goldberg, Johnny Lam, Gus Roman, MBA/MPH, Vadim Gordin, Jayson Sterba, MBA, Kamal Jethwani, Stan Kachnowski PHD MPA, Trey Bowles, Shannon Plumstead

Ever needed to push back on investor advice? 😬 Immad Akhund has. Here’s how he approaches it 👇

I’m excited to join Mercury Raise on Thursday, March 13th, 2025, at 10am PT for an Expert Session on Successfully Navigating the Founder-to-Leader Journey. We'll dive into: 🔹 Key steps founders can take to establish themselves as force multipliers 🔹 Building healthy co-founder relationships to support company-wide growth 🔹 Identifying low-lift/high-reward opportunities for continuous learning Founders: This is your chance to gain practical insights, ask questions, and learn how to build and maintain meaningful relationships with your team, co-founders, and yourself. Join me and Mercury Raise for an insightful discussion! 📅 Register now: Link in the comments 👇🏼 👇🏼 👇🏼 P.S. Thanks for the invite mallory contois and Hae Rang P.