Happy Friday, founders and friends.
Welcome our newest Venture Partner, Alex Cohen 🎉👏
New episode, the full bloom 🎙
Matt Allen (Tractor Ventures, CEO) :: don't raise venture capital | the full bloom 1.5
Fellow Aussie and seasoned founder, Matt Allen, stops by the full bloom to drop wisdom from his 20+ year journey in startups and capital markets.
From self-taught web developer in the late 90's, to CEO of Tractor Ventures, Matt has a scorecard of wins from founding and investing in software businesses around the world. Bart and Matt breakdown the glossary of capital sources and explore investment optionality for founders.
From angels, to private equity, Bart and Matt detail the innovative funding sources startups have access to in 2021.
Coming soon to the full bloom…👀
Jason Calacanis (@Jason) :: talking early stage investing, and what the next generation of SaaS products + founders will look like
Adii Pienaar (@adii) :: bootstrapping + life after multiple exits
Shawn Merani (@smerani) :: raising a fund + state of early stage VC
Howard Lindzon (@howardlindzon) :: talking SaaS stonks & SPACs
Favorites From the Ecosystem
Everything you need to know about micro-private equity in a < 30 minute read (or listen! 🎧) from Mario Gabriele.


Your weekly reminder that acquisition and retention are not created equal.
RationalVC Podcast- From Founder to setting up a VC, PE fund & startup studio: Bart Macdonald
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End Note
Thanks for joining us for another edition of the weekly bloom. At Bloom Venture Partners we buy, build + invest in SaaS.
We’re excited to continue backing remarkable teams on their quest of changing the way we work, live + create.
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