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Mercedes Bent

@mercebent

Consumer + SMB Fintech VC @Lightspeedvp💁🏾‍♀️ @Stori_MX @miFlink @MagicEden @theForage_ @Beek_io @Fidu_La Co-Lead LATAM. Investing in products building wealth

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I'm excited to speak at the upcoming Fundraising School Series A edition alongside some of the top voices in LATAM

I'm excited to speak at the upcoming Fundraising School Series A edition alongside some of the top voices in LATAM
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Raviraj Jain(@ravirajjain) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AI is set to be the biggest technological shift of our lifetime, but the adoption of AI is bottlenecked by the availability of compute. At Foundry , the incredible Jared Quincy Davis and team are building a new breed of public cloud, backed by an orchestration platform that makes…

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Jack Altman(@jaltma) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Hiring a huge team before product market fit is the equivalent of smothering a tiny flame with a ton of wood. You move slower, shorten your runway, dilute your average talent bar, and generally have to spend time on things that aren't finding product market fit.

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Mercedes Bent(@mercebent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

The 6% realtor commission is finally being taken head on

This is one huge remaining profit pool in fintech that we called out last year

Let's watch what happens this summer

The 6% realtor commission is finally being taken head on This is one huge remaining profit pool in fintech that we called out last year Let's watch what happens this summer
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Lightspeed(@lightspeedvp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Announcing our new Advisory Council - a group of luminaries with the brightest minds in tech. This elite group will be collaborative partners, sharing learnings and building a vibrant community of leaders. We welcome dara khosrowshahi to the council, who has invaluable experience of leading…

Announcing our new Advisory Council - a group of luminaries with the brightest minds in tech. This elite group will be collaborative partners, sharing learnings and building a vibrant community of leaders. We welcome @dkhos to the council, who has invaluable experience of leading…
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Mercedes Bent(@mercebent) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Major consolidation - one of our big consumer fintech themes. This is a bit different though as not just brands coming together (also that) but vertically integrating the card stack. One to watch

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Nicole Quinn(@Nik_Quinn) 's Twitter Profile Photo

AI needs to be applied to industries where there is a lot of information that needs synthesizing.

Never has that been more true than in medical practices. Healthcare is a $4 trillion industry and 25% is administration costs.

Anatomy is using AI to automate the workflow for…

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Loving using the Apple Vision Pro the last few days!!

From hand control, to voice control, to eye control. Big shift in computing

Team Lightspeed at the office today⬇️

Loving using the Apple Vision Pro the last few days!! From hand control, to voice control, to eye control. Big shift in computing Team Lightspeed at the office today⬇️
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What’s the best way a founder can tell investors they’re heads down / not taking calls? …. as in most effective

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Magic Eden 🪄(@MagicEden) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Introducing Magic Eden Rewards

We’ve spent the last year designing a long term, cross-chain NFT rewards program built for everyone. This isn’t just another points campaign. It’s a meticulously crafted plan to give back to Magic Eden’s OGs, collectors, creators, and degens alike.…

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Richie Serna(@RSerna2010) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Super proud of the team for launching Finix Payouts!

Kill the check (or worse those antiquated NACHA files) and start moving money in REAL-TIME 24/7, 365 days a year. My favorite part — you can go live in a day, not months all via 1 API! Check it out: finix.com/payouts

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Lightspeed(@lightspeedvp) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Since 2016, Vestwell has been transforming access to essential financial wellness and savings programs to close the American savings gap.

Today, we announce our lead $125M Series D financing round and commitment to support Vestwell’s efforts to drive innovation in an industry…

Since 2016, @Vestwell has been transforming access to essential financial wellness and savings programs to close the American savings gap. Today, we announce our lead $125M Series D financing round and commitment to support Vestwell’s efforts to drive innovation in an industry…
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Justin M. Overdorff(@jmover) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We Lightspeed are thrilled to have led the Seed financing for @noeticaai Noetica.ai which is transforming the corporate debt market by leveraging AI.

Here's a great write up by Bloomberg news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p…

Global corporate credit is among the largest…

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Sam Eisler(@seisler1) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Lightspeed is leading the Seed financing for @noeticaai and we couldn't be more excited to back this team as they transform the corporate debt market by leveraging AI. 💪💪💪

Check out this great write up from Bloomberg for more about the company:
news.bloomberglaw.com/business-and-p………

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Inspiring evening with leading women in fintech! 🙌🏾

Big topic of convo: embedded finance. Growth/mature companies buying, but startups building themselves

Lightspeed⁩ ⁦Sam Eisler⁩ ⁩ ⁦⁦Nicole North⁩ ⁦⁦Shan Shan

Inspiring evening with leading women in fintech! 🙌🏾 Big topic of convo: embedded finance. Growth/mature companies buying, but startups building themselves @lightspeedvp⁩ ⁦@seisler1⁩ ⁩ ⁦⁦@nicole__north⁩ ⁦⁦@Shan0343⁩
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