https://www.tesseravp.com/blog daily 0.75 2020-09-15 https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-invests-in-figure-series-c monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587409159117-TRA00JFFYAPHBJX5FB6Y/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Tessera invests in Figure Series C Tessera participates joins an all-star crew of investors and participates in Figure series C financing to continue company growth and expansion. Figure has been a rocket ship and their lending products on chain continue to provide value for borrowers and investors. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/caliber-chooses-provenance monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587409920231-I8B9DR32ODMINWZ0A1J5/caliber.png Blog - Caliber Chooses Provenance - Caliber Home Loans, Inc. (Caliber), one of the nation's leading mortgage companies, has become the first lender outside of Figure to originate loans directly on Provenance, the industry's leading blockchain platform. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/figure-passes-500m-in-loans monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587409647284-L2J0Z2CCBGCYROD72WAP/loan+image.png Blog - Figure passes $500M in Loans - Figure recently passes $500 million in net loans and is tracking towards an annual run rate of $1 billion. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/figures-names-former-coinbase-coo-asiff-hirji-as-president monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587407491818-G4LWTFCWGCEEAGZUHPZ2/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Figures names former Coinbase COO Asiff Hirji as president - Figure names financial services veteran Asiff Hirji company President. Hirji most recently served as President and COO of Coinbase where he grew the company to over $1 billion in revenue; launched new businesses; built out the management team and achieved an $8 billion valuation. Prior to Coinbase, Hirji was an Operating Partner with Andreesen Horowitz focused on helping their best companies scale faster. He previously served as President and COO of TD Ameritrade, growing that business 6x into the nation’s largest online broker. [link] https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/figure-expands-executive-team-with-key-hires monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587409408430-OJE9RG688I1BBFBQW61P/image-asset.jpeg Blog - Figure expands executive team with key hires Jakub Jurek, Chief Data Officer https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-closes-investment-in-basket monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587408342152-C9WWCCLVHQGS7ZNZJXEJ/basket.PNG Blog - Tessera closes investment in Basket https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/amino-making-a-difference-in-their-community monthly 0.5 2020-04-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587094919090-5CHOWV3TVX963IMLA5WE/Amino+photo.jpeg Blog - Amino making a difference in their community - Amino Founder David Bookspan cofounds #SavePhillyEats, a website offering specialized services, experiences and offerings from local restaurants to help local business [link] https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/mediaocean-selects-amino monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587408590629-AVDGOQISJNLWTC6731KP/image-asset.png Blog - MediaOcean selects Amino MediaOcean Payments selects Amino as their first blockchain partner to deliver supply path insights for digital ad-buys. MediaOcean is the leading media planning platform of choice for ad agencies around the world powering over $140 billion in global media budgets. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-invests-in-provenance monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587410638895-GK3WEVRVRGLVF5HWYPA6/Provenance+Logo.jpg Blog - Tessera invests in Provenance https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/mastercard-chooses-dream monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587411388547-FLZ9UKM2YJN1PMV23JUI/1280px-Mastercard-logo.svg.png Blog - Mastercard chooses Dream - Dream signs a new Mastercard agreement to bring digital payment insurance disbursements to Canada in 2019. In addition, the company closed a new commercial agreement with Chase to scale the partnership and expand growth efforts.. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/figure-named-blockchain-innovator-of-the-year monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587410974099-49U4F1Y8Q9AS2QNMPIUJ/2019_LendIt_Awards_Logo.png Blog - Figure Named Blockchain Innovator of the Year Figure continues to impress and lead its fintech peers. It has just been named winner of the LendIt Fintech 2019 - Blockchain Innovator of the Year Award. Join us in wishing a much deserved congratulations! https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/nbspjud-linville-joins-aminos-board monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587415028783-A71D7DHRYNUAIR2R9YVE/jud-linville-headshot.jpg Blog -  Jud Linville Joins Amino’s board Jud Linville, Board of Directors Amino https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/quick-silver-chooses-dream monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587410465155-RVJDLFGI6QHHSXZM27W0/quicksilver.png Blog - Quick Silver Chooses Dream Dream adds Quick Silver Systems, Inc. to bring faster and more cost-effective digital claim payment offerings to P&C insurance carriers. With the integration of the Dream Payments Insurance Hub within the Mercury System; U.S. Insurance Carriers will have access to a scalable payments platform that enables secure mobile and digital payment services, https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/amino-ranks-near-the-top-in-philly monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587410218873-TZS2P3QNE8L6ARQ0Q8FS/PHL.jpg Blog - Amino ranks near the top in Philly Technical..ly ranks Amino the 2nd most promising tech company in Philadelphia. Huge congrats to Tessera’s first portfolio company! https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/hersheys-chooses-amino monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587411239759-2433VU751C8TUU2668RB/HERSHEYS_logo_primary-EBU_2014.jpg Blog - Hershey’s chooses Amino - Hersey Company discusses Amino: "Digital ad campaigns that incorporate blockchain could potentially help with measurement, and he’s already spoken with companies like blockchain-based programmatic advertising reporting firm Amino Payments", Vinny Rinaldi, Head of Media and Technology, Hershey Company. https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/basket-named-top-50-most-innovative monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587414320461-0BM4OWCXRZIWIY4BUZ7A/FastCompany.jpg Blog - Basket named Top 50 Most Innovative - Basket has made Fast Company's Top 50 Most Innovative Companies of 2019, and has been named a top 10 FoodTech Company. Join us in extended a huge congratulations to the team!! https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/how-did-tessera-get-its-start monthly 0.5 2020-04-21 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587491193699-H6Z1SR5Y7Y6D6ED0YQ6T/Xavier-Segura-ofTessera-Venture-Partners-300x300-300x300.jpg Blog - How Did Tessera Get its Start? - Listen to co-founder and Managing partner Xavier Segura explain how Tessera got its start. Listen to his predictions for the tech industry in 2020, advice for investors and startups alike on this terrific podcast. Thank you to our friends at the Ten Capital Network for hosting the insightful conversation. https://investorconnect.org/investor-connect-xavier-segura-of-tessera-venture-partners/ https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-invests-in-figure-series-b monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587413484178-YDKQ1D7LX32IKWUUYU1W/figure-logo.jpg Blog - Tessera Invests in Figure Series B https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/amino-secures-additional-funding monthly 0.5 2020-04-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587415949021-ECAYRPT7T0LLURG6RIKS/amino+logo.jpg Blog - Amino Secures Additional Funding https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-chooses-carta-for-inaugural-fund-ii-investment monthly 0.5 2020-05-12 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1589243419062-95OFO2EXOO4HFEZXD5DD/carta_tvp.png Blog - Tessera Chooses Carta for Inaugural Fund II Investment https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/a-plea-for-diversity-the-opportunity-for-personal-and-financial-growth monthly 0.5 2020-06-26 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1593197077319-18ITTQELH781CB9CCSXG/MLK.jpg Blog - A plea for diversity, the opportunity for personal and financial growth Photo Credit: https://www.kxan.com/news/photos-the-legacy-of-dr-martin-luther-king-jr/ https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/tessera-invests-in-bolt monthly 0.5 2020-08-13 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1597285586825-6RI0HGKLVCWXP8FL47QE/Bolt+team.png Blog - Tessera Invests in Bolt Tessera Venture Partners completes its second investment from its Fund II with an investment in Bolt. Read more here https://www.tesseravp.com/blog/figure-and-bolt-named-fintech-250 monthly 0.5 2020-09-15 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1600203258327-0JK4E8PLTBUV8295KI03/Fintech-250-2020-vf5-9_2_20.png Blog - Figure & Bolt Named to FinTech 250 https://www.tesseravp.com/home daily 1.0 2024-03-27 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1587159250824-TQYFDZUGD2PV8JJ6PYYR/MadisonSquare_001_Square-1-1024x1024.jpg Home - Tessera invests in technologies that unleash the power of data. With a management team full of investment and entrepreneurial experience, we know what it takes to nurture and exit our positions. We specialize in big data and have over 30 years of experience with over $10 Billion in acquisitions. Tessera is also a champion for diversity and inclusion and we believe that in order to continue finding the next breakthrough companies, opportunity must be given to all. It is for this reason that a significant portion of our portfolio is composed of firms started by either a female or founder of color. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586875845768-LEMK4AQU48UDMVA954LL/Basket_v2.jpg Home - BASKET Basket is a platform enables shoppers the ability to own their purchase data and monetize it for themselves to advertisers and marketers. This gives users a unique ability to own and manage their data at their discretion. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/aa066ada-1dc3-4c11-a95f-dbb675bf8445/PvEPEnKX_400x400.jpg Home - TRUGARD Trugard is an early-stage digital asset cyber security security company. Using defense, threat intelligence-based compliance and risk automation company, they seek to identify illicit crypto activities through digital asset exchanges, wallets, and marketplaces https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586875827657-1VVRS8Z2JV4GI18R5QX5/Amino_v2.jpg Home - AMINO A payments company comprising a team of co-founders from Integral Ad Science. Amino uses blockchain technology to provide transparency into the media supply chain to eliminates discrepancies & inefficiencies using a digital ledger. Amino leverages this technology to create accurate reporting and offer a solution for payment processing. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1588310947819-GNWXH1HR0661JKJJYJHA/Carta_6_300x220.png Home - CARTA Carta is the market leader for equity management and fund administration, providing portfolio analytics, including deal IRRs and cash management. They also help PE & VC’s distribute their quarterly investor reports by integrating with third-party tax and payroll providers. However, with a network of companies and investors all on one platform and the ability to transfer securities, Carta also aims to build liquidity. Their goal is to become the first real “private stock market for companies.” https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/81692077-9fb9-4ba7-a8b5-b3a10195dc1d/gemini+logo.png Home - GEMINI Gemini is a leading regulated cryptocurrency exchange that allows customers to buy, sell, store, and earn cryptocurrencies like bitcoin, ether, and DeFi tokens. Gemini also maintains a leading NFT (Non-fungible token) platform, Nifty Gateway, which enables the buying, trading and minting of NFT’s. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1629942976416-BUDUI9KFELM5BVV4B0I9/logo3.png Home - HEX TRUST Hex Trust, a leading digital asset custodian and infrastructure platform for the banking sector. Their platform, Hex Safe, provides compliance-focused custody, flexible deployment options, and seamless integration with third-party service providers in both the DeFi and CeFi ecosystems such as exchanges, brokers, lending, staking and borrowing platforms. Headquartered in Asia, Hex Trust is fully licenced and has a presence in Hong Kong and Singapore. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/e81ad770-dff2-49ed-8628-64e30226abd1/full-ledger-logo.jpg Home - LEDGER Ledger is a global crypto wallet leader allowing users to easily and securely store their crypto on an encrypted device (HSM: Hardware Security Module). Launched In 2020, the Ledger-Live platform allows users to trade, swap, and lend all on one secure platform, making it one of the securest platforms for investors to begin their crypto journey. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586876855825-70RN3I8K6SOGB73AK93Q/dreampayments_v2.jpg Home - DREAMPAYMENTS A powerful cloud based platform that enables merchants to sell everywhere using mobile devices as well as digital insurance claim processing and payment. Dream’s cloud based payment platform combined with its mobile point of sale device allows merchants to accept credit and debit cards, access rich analytics and reports, and provide digital receipts to customers. Dream has even scaled its offering as a reseller of its core technology to power services by large banks, insurance and credit card companies creating global scale. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586877224764-8ZDMHLGBUEM4TTUKJ3RB/Figure_v2.jpg Home - FIGURE Figure is a financial technology company leveraging blockchain, AI and analytics to deliver home equity lending, reverse mortgages and other financial products. Built by the founder of SoFi, Figure sits on a home grown blockchain protocol, Provenance, which is building a marketplace for the digitization of many financial assets like titles and other financial records while also enhancing the origination, custody, trading and securitization of assets for institutions. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/c089bf6e-5171-4897-bbef-c166cebcb2c8/improbable-io-logo-vector.png Home - IMPROBABLE Improbable is a British technology company, creating the critical infrastructure to power the coming of age of virtual worlds and the metaverse. Improbable partners with developers in video games, entertainment, and with defense and academic institutions to enable powerful, virtual worlds of unprecedented size and usefulness. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1632254670312-T6PKIEDDHSKYYR3HS6S2/blockdaemon-logo.jpg Home - BLOCKDAEMON Blockdaemon is the leading independent blockchain node infrastructure to stake, scale, and deploy nodes with institutional-grade security and monitoring. Supporting 40+ cutting edge blockchain networks in the cloud and on-premise, Blockdaemon is used by exchanges, custodians, crypto platforms, financial institutions and developers to connect commercial stakeholders to blockchains. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1594777255007-WUJW1NEEVBNLQWE7LJ1C/bolt_8_300x220.png Home - BOLT Bolt is a eCommerce company simplifying the checkout process for merchants selling their goods online. By providing tools like 1-click checkout, fraud detection, payments and more, Bolt makes buying goods online as simple as Amazon helping boost customer sales. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586876573296-OQCVVGYKNX8236E3PZTJ/Provenance_v2.jpg Home - PROVENANCE Provenance is a blockchain protocol for the financial services industry. It is a permissioned, proof of stake protocol that acts as a global ledger, registry and exchange across assets and markets. Every day, loans are originated, financed, sold and soon securitized, on Provenance. Members include global financial institutions that act as stakeholders, originators, lenders and someday traders on the blockchain. While starting with loan origination and securitization, the use cases for Provenance are vast and it is currently powering Figure. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586549503951-OHR2BPRDPYRWM2N49BJR/FINANCE-EDITED-v3.png Home FINANCE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586549286526-N77BRTYQ5DPRWIAKFYNJ/HEALTHCARE-EDITED.png Home HEALTHCARE https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586548744526-GVI24LN66F1JY53ZFNCS/MEDIA-EDITED.png Home MEDIA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1586549767822-GUT3BL1U81GZ7VAEW3WJ/image-asset.jpeg Home - “Tessera has been instrumental in our company’s growth. They understand how to operate tech companies, which is invaluable to us. Their team is always available to help. Nights, weekends, or holidays it doesn’t matter,” said Brent Ho-Young, CEO, Dream Payments, which is one of Tessera’s portfolio companies. “We very quickly recognized their value and wanted Tessera on our board to have a voice in navigating our company. To truly achieve our goals, we need great people around us who not only understand the capital needs of our business, but, also, understand the operational hustle of building products, leading teams, and executing deals. Tessera embodies those qualities.” Brent Ho-Young, CEO, Dream Payments https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1585689915423-FX3J58G1AEUR5MD5QRRM/xavier+head+shot.png Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1585774278763-NPXYF3MMPS8K5VG36DHR/William+head+shot.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1585774090470-FGJWHD1XY1BZSUNPLS6B/Chris+head+shot.jpg Home https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5e7e60837d26274f8fd60959/1597193667220-TLH10CDFJK81BYRS92U8/james0.jpg Home - James Liao, Advisor | LinkedIn James has had an extensive expertise in product, business, and entrepreneurship. He spent 4 years working on server process design and product management at Intel Corporation, and in the meantime became passionate about startups. He has had experience in Investment Banking (Wells Fargo), Venture Capital (Bowery Capital & 37 Angels), and Operations (ofo, Mobike, Spin). He has more than 8 years of experience in coaching founders and startups. James spearheaded the Graduate Mentor Program at the Founder Institute in New York City, and was the resident pitch coach at the Coulter Program in the Columbia Medical School. Additionally, he has worked closely with startups in Techstars, Entrepreneur Roundtable Accelerator (ERA), and Columbia Venture Community. 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