reply guys

I posted about this years before the IPO but Coinbase has never been our ally in as much as they never let us early crypto folk, who built their platform for them effectively, invest 

Instead they let professional basketball players in

It's pretty much illegal to allow retail to to invest meaningful amounts in private companies. 

I was in charge of this fundraising round (Series D, the one that Kevin participated in). We looked into a bunch of options but there are were too many complications.

Mercury did a Reg CF when the SEC raised some of the limits in 2021 (also coincided with their Series B, so perhaps a smaller round):

Mercury did a Reg CF when the SEC raised some of the limits in 2021 (also coincided with their Series B, so perhaps a smaller round): https://mercury.com/blog/community-round-learnings

2021 update from $1M to $5M

My statement about "invest meaningful amounts" for a company that privately fundraised 2012 through 2018 continues to be true. :)

Software Engineer @ Cadence Design Systems. B4: Stanford EE / Illinois ECE