GCR Angel Network - September Newsletter

Dear GCR Friends,

This is our GCR Angel Network Newsletter, in which we share periodic updates on the new initiatives we’re working on and the growth of our portfolio and angel investor network.

Did You catch the GCR team in Korea Blockchain Week and Token2049? 🇰🇷 🇸🇬

We had an amazing team offsite and threw multiple events with great partners. We also saw a number of portfolio company founders such as T2, Endemic, Hedgey, Decrypt, Jia and more. Shoutout to all the GCR builders out there!!

Global Coin Research (GCR)

@Globalcoinrsrch

GCR team meet-up in Singapore on Sept 11-12th! with @JoyceInNYC @vamosarthur @CarolMartinezph @daily_potential @0xChaosWalking @CyberHang @kooky______
Making memories together! #TeamBuilding #SingaporeAdventures #WorkHardPlayHarder

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5:43 AM • Sep 14, 2023

Global Coin Research (GCR)

@Globalcoinrsrch

The @flipsidecrypto x GCR Founders and Friends Rooftop Party in Singapore was an absolute blast!

Together, we're soaring to new heights in the world of innovation and crypto.

Interested in partnering with GCR? Send us a DM anytime!

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4:27 AM • Sep 15, 2023

Updates from our Portfolio Companies and Partners

• Jia - In H1, Jia launched publicly and hit their targets to begin establishing ourselves as a leading financial partner to SMEs. The team has originated $400k+ to 600+ borrowers in Kenya and the Philippines with a 92% repayment rate. Their customer obsession has paid off, leading to high conversion (65%), repeat (85%), and referral rates (55%).

• Mural - Mural is an instant global payments platform, with no transfer fees. The team now offers KYB/KYC, off-ramping, connected bank accounts, digital signatures, contact groups. With Utopia sunsetting their product last week, we are transitioning some of our offchain/onchain transactions ramping to Mural with GCR and GCRx (more info below). Let us know if you'd like to be in touch and explore them.

• Sweat Economy - Sweat Wallet and $SWEAT have become available to US users in September!

• LayerZero - The Google Cloud oracle has just rolled out on LayerZero. What this means is that by default every message within LayerZero will leverage the secure infrastructure run by one of the most security-minded organizations in the entire world. Put another way, Google Cloud will verify the validity of every message within LayerZero by default.

• Morpho Labs - $1 billion supplied on Morpho Optimizer!

Partner with GCR's New Initiatives

• Partner and invest in GCRx - GCRx is in active fundraising mode! The team has just graduated from the Orange DAO accelerator and is actively speaking with the top funds in the space.

  GCRx is a separate company spun-off from GCR DAO. GCRx helps communities, funds, & projects set up and manage their investments in minutes. We are already getting so many inbound customers and partners, if you are interested to learn more and collaborate, please don't hesitate to let us know.

  

  Orange DAO 🍊 | buidlers wanted

  @OrangeDAOxyz

  

  7) @gcrx_io are helping communities, funds, & projects set up and manage their investments in minutes.
  
  ▹ Full SPV lifecycle
  ▹ Exposure to
  @Globalcoinrsrch
  ▹ 40+ on the waitlist
  
  Apply for Early Access:

  

  gcrx.io

  GCRx

  GCRx helps you set up and manage your investment arm in minutes.

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  5:18 PM • Oct 3, 2023

Discord is Calling

Join our Discord and meet the other 70+ GCR portfolio founders - you will have access to a founder-only group where you can ask for advice with other founders, share your progress and more. Once you join the community, introduce yourself to Erlisa#5196 and we’ll add you directly to the group!

GCR Angel Network

Since the launch of the GCR Angel Network, we saw:

Click here for more details on the program.

Over 45+ Mentors Available for You

You can find our full list of existing mentors and sign up for some guidance here. Below are some of the mentors who signed up recently to help our portfolio companies!

• Christina Beltramini, Head of Growth + Partnerships at Aave

• Nicholas Davison, Director South East Asia at 500 startups

• Murray Newlands, Venture Partner at Network.VC

Use GCR’s Job Board to Amplify Your Job Openings

Please don’t hesitate to share with us your job openings! We can help you amplify them on our Job Board.

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Join our Discord and we’ll give you special access roles; also don’t forget to follow us on Twitter & LinkedIn if you haven’t!

As always, please do not hesitate to share any feedback - whether by email or directly to your GCR contact. Look forward to speaking soon!

Kind regards,

The GCR Core Team