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The latest from Republic Hey {NAME}, Let’s talk about returns. Nothing makes us happier than sharing good news about your investments. So far this year we've had 8 companies raise up rounds and 1 company with an exit event. What’s an up round? So glad you asked. It’s when a company raises more capital and the valuation of the company, as determined by the price per share or valuation cap of the new round, is higher than when they raised capital before. On Republic, that means our retail investors sometimes participate at valuations that are better than when institutional investors put money in. We even had this happen twice where our investors got in earlier, and therefore at preferential terms before Andreessen Horowitz. [smirk]Beacons AI is an example of an up round that was led by Andreessen Horowitz Of course, the opposite can also be true when retail investors come in at a higher valuation than the next round of investors, this is called, as you would expect, a “down round”. Another day, another up round Digital Dream Labs recently [raised $1M at a valuation of $17.3M](. Republic investors got in at a $5M valuation cap, representing a 3.45 multiple on their initial investment, which is good news for 4,630 Republic investors. --------------------------------------------------------------- [money_with_wings] Invest in early-stage apps [eyes] Invest in early-stage apps with as little as $100. Here are all the live [apps]( on Republic. [Restflix]( A science-backed streaming service revolutionizing the $64B sleep aid market. Featured on CNN, Rachael Ray, Entrepreneur, and Good Morning America, they’re growing 20% month over month. They have a highly scalable subscription model with 30-40% profit margins. [Learn how to invest in Restflix here]( [Iris]( The venture backed social investing app that lets users see what their friends are investing in. They have a brokerage integration with Robinhood, TD Ameritrade, Fidelity, and Webull and have facilitated over $175M investments as of June 2021. [Learn how to invest in Iris here]( [Obi]( The app that lets users compare prices across all major ridehails and taxis around the world to help them save money. With over 130k+ users and 235k+ ride bookings to date they have advisors from Google Flights, Expedia, The Rideshare Guy, and more. [Learn how to invest in Obi here.Â]( [PlayChannel]( A new type of mobile gaming. They’ve already generated $2.2M+ in 2020 revenue from their first game and are generating $7M annually. Their experienced team has made over $2B in collective games sales and you may recognize one of their hosts Scott Rogowsky. [Learn how to invest in Playchannel here]( [Lila:]( The relationship app powered by astrology. They have a strategic partnership with the AstroTwins (10M+ monthly visitors) and founders like Heisman Trophy winner and NFL All-Pro Ricky Williams and astrologer and author Steven Forrest. [Learn how to invest in Lila here]( [Nada]( A digital platform for trading, growing, and managing your real estate equity. Since their launch they’ve seen 280% YoY growth. They’re venture-backed with over $2M raised, over $500k in revenue, and experienced founders. [Learn how to invest in Nada]( [Linen]( is an investing app that helps users earn shares in community-owned projects. They’ve raised $1.2M from Coinbase Ventures, Polychain Capital, HashKey, Youbi, and Wyre. Linen has  over 15,000 app downloads and facilitated 1,300+ deposits to DeFi pools. [Learn how to invest in Linen here]( [SimpleShowing]( is an online real estate brokerage making it easier and more affordable to view and buy a home. They have patent pending technology and doing $100,000/mo in revenue during peak home buying months, and have been featured on Neil Patel’s “Angels & Entrepreneurs". [Learn how to invest in SimpleShowing here]( [Kanthaka]( is the venture backed, on demand app for personal trainers. They've seen 770% growth in sessions sold from March 2020 to March 2021 along with a ~30% conversion rate from App sign-up to purchase. [Learn how to invest in Kanthaka here]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Accredited Deal of the Week Republic's accredited only platform, the Deal Room provides accredited investors with unique and innovative private investment opportunities. If you are an accredited investor and want to apply for access, check it out [here](. Featured 506(c) Offering Novalent Revolutionary antimicrobial with $7M revenue in 2020. The product is used by Starbucks, Pepsico, Hanes, Sabra, Fonterra, Publix, and more. Current investors include Rickard Gardell, Simon Pillar, Christer Gardell, and Sam Zell. [Learn more]( Live webinar with Novalent: Join Bill Massa, Novalent's Executive Chairman, and Kevin Parrish, the CEO of Novalent, to learn more about Novalent and the global antimicrobial industry. Wednesday, July 21 at 1pm ET, RSVP [here]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Real-time updates from live deals [Golfkicks]( Launched NCAA name-image-likeness program for college golf ambassadors. [Spinster Sisters]( Entry in H.E.B. was Bar Soaps on the shelves of 50 stores. Now we’re expanding with our Shampoo Bars in 167 H.E.B. stores! [Kanthaka]( Launched San Diego as new city with an amazing group of On Demand Personal Trainers and Yoga Instructors [Lupii]( We launched our single bars on FastAF (instant delivery platform) and we were a few bars shy last month of being the top selling bar. [Performlive]( Filed patent application for Context Aware Chat Categorization for Live Commerce. [Restflix]( Partnered with Rakuten! Rakuten is providing Restflix with significant access to over 150,000 active publishers. [Iris]( Launched on Product Hunt and made the Top 5. Iris' tweet also went viral with 900K Twitter views leading to new 2K+ users! [TÖST]( Once again exceeded expectations by posting over $200K in revenue for June. YoY revenue is up 600% for each of the last 3 months. --------------------------------------------------------------- Listen: Mary Spio, Founder and CEO of CEEK VR Episode 10 This week we're talking to deep space engineer and entrepreneur Mary Spio. We'll hear her story behind CEEK VR, a developer of innovative content tools for distributing virtual reality and augmented reality experiences and why she believes strong community has been behind her success as an entrepreneur. [Listen here»]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Power Pitch Listen to a different founder each week pitch their deal and decide which ones speak to you. This week we have Wian van Blommestein from [Ayoba](. Watch the [video below]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Recently launched: HA! Snacks HA! is truly the Healthier Alternative (HA!) for traditional snacks backed by Patrick Schwarzenegger and CPG Vets Scott Jensen and Scott Marcus [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Closing Soon Manta Biofuel A cost-competitive, renewable replacement for fossil fuel, made from algae with $3M raised from U.S. Department of Energy, State of Maryland, and founder [Learn more]( REACH Accredited investors only* Saas product with document collaboration, e-sign, conferencing, ID verification, in one platform [Learn more]( --------------------------------------------------------------- Any reference to "trending deals" follows guidelines set [here](. Submissions by issuers: Issuer updates are submitted by issuers following guidelines [here.]( Issuers who submit Power Pitches are featured in the Newsletter on a first submission, first featured, basis. 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