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Amazon! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Stephan Haney, Cofounder of Foundry. Foundry is buying amazon third party sellers, but what makes it unique is that Stephan joined Amazon in 2003 and actually built Amazon’s 3rd party marketplace for sellers. Now he’s acquiring sellers and helping them scale. Ultimately to build the…

Dev Tools! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Graham Neray, CEO and Founder of Oso. Oso is building dev tools to solve a particularly hard problem – Authorization. They’ve raised $10M from Sequoia Capital. We dive into the Open Source sector, dev tools and how they work, and leadership – Graham worked…

Space Tugs! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Vanessa Clark, CEO and Founder of Atomos Space. Atomos is building vehicles for a radical new use case in space, last-mile satellite transportation. Orbital transfer vehicles, nicknamed space tugs, attach to satellites and ferry them to new orbits. Think tow trucks or tug boats,…

NFTs! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Mary Gooneratne and Luke Truitt cofounders of Bridgesplit. Bridgesplit is creating liquidity in NFT markets by fractionalizing NFTs, creating index funds so institutional investors can get involved, and building complex financial markets for the asset class. You can follow Bridgesplit on Twitter @bridgesplit And check…

Sports Cards and Alternative Assets! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Leore Avidar, founder of Alt. Alt is building a marketplace for alternative assets, starting with sports cards. We talk about how sports cards started selling for millions, the rise of new assets like Tesla Short Shorts, and how price priceless items.…

Gaming + Crypto + Social! On this episode of Just Raised, Joe Sweeny interviews Dan Chao and Vincenzo Alagna, cofounders of Core Loop Games. Core Loop is building a new MMORPG built on crypto. We dive into in game economies, NFTs, and why modern games are social networks. You can follow Core Loop on Twitter…