Earlybird Capital
366 Madison Avenue 8th Floor, New York, NY, 10017, United States
Overview
EarlyBirdCapital, Inc. (“EBC”) is a registered broker-dealer1 and member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Nasdaq Stock Market, Inc., Municipal Securities Rule Making Board, and Securities Insurance Protection Corporation2. EBC is a boutique investment bank that has developed an expertise in working with smaller capitalization companies, special situation investments and Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs:tm:), a new concept they pioneered and developed that involves publicly-traded, industry-specific acquisition funds.
- Total investments
- 1
- Lead investments
- 0
- Investments · 12mo
- 0
- Active investors
- 0
Sector focus
- Finance
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
Investment portfolio
- Moped
Participated · Equity · Jul 2012
Moped is a private messaging platform that lets users send IM-like messages using hashtags and @-mentions and currently requires Twitter login. The service integrates with Dropbox so users can share large files within messages and includes a Chrome extension for starting conversations from the browser. Contacts and conversations are synced across mobile apps; the company released an Android app that complements a recently updated iOS app. Moped allows users to message by @-ing recipients and plans to add sign-up without Twitter so new users can choose usernames. The product positions itself as a simpler alternative to apps like GroupMe and, the article suggests, could nearly serve as an alternative to email. Financially, the Berlin-based startup recently closed a $1 million financing round with several prominent investors.
Team
No current team members are available.