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SafeWo Labs

by Prabhat

SafeWo Labs built a passwordless authentication plugin SDK that enables banks, e-commerce platforms, and cryptocurrency exchanges to authenticate users without passwords or one-time codes. Starting from zero in February 2021 with first code written in July 2020, they grew to $130,000 MRR in 12 months through product-led growth and community engagement, primarily via their 12,000-developer Discord and Slack communities. The company raised $1M total across pre-seed and seed rounds and is closing a $9M Series A at a $65M valuation.

First customers: Product-led growth and developer community engagement through Discord and Slack

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First Blood

by Joe Jow

First Blood is a gaming platform built on blockchain that allows amateur gamers to compete against each other for money. The company conducted one of the fastest ICOs in crypto history in September 2016, raising approximately $5 million in under 5 minutes by selling 465,000 ether at $11 per token. The team liquidated 80% of the raised ether (372,250 tokens) immediately to fund operations, converting roughly $4 million into USD for salaries, marketing, and platform development.

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