A New Way to Invest in Bitcoin Startups? Mike Jarmuz of Thunder Funder SLP595

Thunder Funder is a new funding portal by Mike Jarmuz (CEO) and Rockstar Dev (CTO). This will be a new way to allow retail investors to participate in bitcoin company equity rounds. Muzz and I discuss the ins and outs of what this means, as well as what it could mean for bitcoin and open source companies.    Timestamps: (00:00) - Intro (00:55) - Overview of Lightning Ventures & Thunder Funder (12:15) - Sponsor (13:50) - Pros and cons of investing in Bitcoin startups (19:28) - Liquidity, secondary transactions, Reg CF & overview of investing process (26:39) - Sponsor (27:30) - The etiquettes of information rights (32:02) - Carried interest  (35:25) - Getting involved in the bitcoin startup ecosystem (39:17) - Open source funding opportunities (42:14) - Way forward for Thunder Funder Links:  https://x.com/MikeJarmuz  https://x.com/r0ckstardev  https://x.com/ltngventures  https://x.com/ThunderFunderCF  https://thunderfunder.com/  Sponsors: CoinKite.com (code LIVERA) Mempool.space Stephan Livera links: Follow me on X: @stephanlivera Subscribe to the podcast Subscribe to Substack