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The hype was the realization that its original objective of supporting bitcoin was chump change compared to its disruptive potential to the global financial system. Now, with that transformative power well established, together with the struggles to provide enough computer power to manage the distributed ledgers and digital assets, the hype is over.

Last week we held our regular monthly Investor Meeting. Snapshots of the 3 presenting ventures are included below. Deeper dives with company principals are also scheduled as noted – details of location and dial-in to be provided separately, or on request.

With the success of our alliance with Angel One and GTAN to simultaneously syndicate our deal flow, the demand is even greater for the best apps and workflows to help us from deal sourcing to collaborating to portfolio tracking.

On the first day of Spring this week we held our monthly Investor Meeting with 3 very different ventures. Excitement was generated with demonstrations of tangible products, including Chris Prendergast of Jamstack playing a rif through his attachable guitar amplifier – shown in the attached video.

Snapshots of the 3 ventures who presented this morning are included below. Deeper dives with company principals are also scheduled as noted – details of location and dial-in to be provided separately, or on request.

SWO Angels Investee and London-based, TopSpin Technologies (TopSpin), has been selected out of thousands of other competitors for the NFL’s First and Future prize.

Snapshots of the 3 ventures who presented this morning are included below. Deeper dives with company principals are also scheduled as noted – details of location and dial-in to be provided separately, or on request.

Recently, one of our members’ portfolio investments, Freepoint Technologies, was in the news announcing their acquisition of local software developer CoreSolutions. I tapped Freepoint’s CEO and SWO Angels member Paul Hogendoorn and asked him about what threads in the transaction tie back to SWO Angels. Interestingly, CoreSolutions’ Director of Sales, Al Mackinnon, is also a SWO Angels member.

Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the city, SWO Angels’ members were stirring, even their spouses. Angel portfolios were hung by chimneys with care, in hopes that successful exits soon would be theirs. Their founders, nestled all snug in their labs while visions of product-market fit danced in their heads.

As we approach the holidays and end of the year, I have been reflecting on this anniversary year in preparation for an upcoming AGM that precedes a members-only Holiday Party. Here are the notable achievements from the past 12 months: