Stellation Capital retweeted
Today we announced that Clusia has acquired Optim ACH Solutions.
When Nolan and I started Clusia, we believed there was an opportunity to fundamentally change how independent assurance is delivered.
As AI becomes embedded in more of the systems companies rely on, the need for ill only grow. At the same time, the traditional model is constrained by the number of hours auditors have. AI gives us a way to change that equation, taking repetitive work off auditors' plates, enabling more extensive testing, and making the process significantly easier for clients.
But technology is only half the equation.
Assurance is ultimately built on trust, and that trust comes from experienced practitioners who understand the risks, exercise sound judgment, and stand behind their work. Building a great assurance firm requires both great technology and people.
That's a big part of why I'm so excited about this acquisition. Debra has spent years building Optim into a practice widely trusted by fintechs, banks, and third-party senders/service providers. We're incredibly fortunate to have her and her team joining Clusia, alongside Brian, who recently joined us from Wespay to lead assurance operations.
We're building Clusia as an AI-native assurance firm, not a software vendor selling to existing audit firms. By bringing great practitioners and engineers together under one roof, we can continually improve how the work gets done, while maintaining the expertise and accountability clients depend on.
With Optim, we now serve more than 60 clients. It's an important step toward our ambition of becoming the assurance firm companies rely on across their most important regulatory and financial obligations.
Excited about what's ahead! Full announcement in the comments.
When Nolan and I started Clusia, we believed there was an opportunity to fundamentally change how independent assurance is delivered.
As AI becomes embedded in more of the systems companies rely on, the need for ill only grow. At the same time, the traditional model is constrained by the number of hours auditors have. AI gives us a way to change that equation, taking repetitive work off auditors' plates, enabling more extensive testing, and making the process significantly easier for clients.
But technology is only half the equation.
Assurance is ultimately built on trust, and that trust comes from experienced practitioners who understand the risks, exercise sound judgment, and stand behind their work. Building a great assurance firm requires both great technology and people.
That's a big part of why I'm so excited about this acquisition. Debra has spent years building Optim into a practice widely trusted by fintechs, banks, and third-party senders/service providers. We're incredibly fortunate to have her and her team joining Clusia, alongside Brian, who recently joined us from Wespay to lead assurance operations.
We're building Clusia as an AI-native assurance firm, not a software vendor selling to existing audit firms. By bringing great practitioners and engineers together under one roof, we can continually improve how the work gets done, while maintaining the expertise and accountability clients depend on.
With Optim, we now serve more than 60 clients. It's an important step toward our ambition of becoming the assurance firm companies rely on across their most important regulatory and financial obligations.
Excited about what's ahead! Full announcement in the comments.
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Our portfolio company @joinswsh Raises $4M Seed Round From Scooter Braun, Guy Oseary, Julie Greenwald and More billboard.com/pro/ai-fan-eng… via @billboard
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Stellation Capital retweeted
We're excited to announce a $4M Seed round led by @GameChangersVC, with support from incredible investors including @scooterbraun, @GuyOseary, @stellation, @SignalFire, @MaCVentureCap, and others.
A few years ago, while hosting community events and testing early products, my co-founders @WeilynChong, @NathanAhn, and I noticed a consistent pattern.
After every event, people asked the same questions:
Where are the photos? Who captured that moment? How do I reconnect with the people I met?
fortune.com/2026/06/16/pho…
A few years ago, while hosting community events and testing early products, my co-founders @WeilynChong, @NathanAhn, and I noticed a consistent pattern.
After every event, people asked the same questions:
Where are the photos? Who captured that moment? How do I reconnect with the people I met?
fortune.com/2026/06/16/pho…
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Stellation Capital retweeted
A common pattern in consumer AI over the last couple years:
An app that generates AI portraits of you will go viral—but then users churn after a few days. I started advising one of these apps last year called @vybeappp
and the goal was to turn it into a durable app.
We started what context would people need generative portraits on a recurring basis?
The founder @mandelapatrick_ dug into the data and found that some users were sticking around: they were trying on different clothes using the app.
So we redesigned the app to be exclusively focused on this use-case. But most importantly, we integrated it into their existing patterns of behavior: a mobile safari extension that would intercept the user every time they were shopping. Just tap a button to try on the item on any page.
They just shipped it and the results blew past all expectations: Retention nearly 4x. Once the user enabled the extension, they were essentially retained for life.
And even better, it unlocked a better revenue stream: instead of a subscription that users would inevitably cancel, VYBE simply collects a commission in the background off every purchase into perpetuity.
An app that generates AI portraits of you will go viral—but then users churn after a few days. I started advising one of these apps last year called @vybeappp
and the goal was to turn it into a durable app.
We started what context would people need generative portraits on a recurring basis?
The founder @mandelapatrick_ dug into the data and found that some users were sticking around: they were trying on different clothes using the app.
So we redesigned the app to be exclusively focused on this use-case. But most importantly, we integrated it into their existing patterns of behavior: a mobile safari extension that would intercept the user every time they were shopping. Just tap a button to try on the item on any page.
They just shipped it and the results blew past all expectations: Retention nearly 4x. Once the user enabled the extension, they were essentially retained for life.
And even better, it unlocked a better revenue stream: instead of a subscription that users would inevitably cancel, VYBE simply collects a commission in the background off every purchase into perpetuity.
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Stellation Capital retweeted
we're so excited to share more about what we've been working on @mainframe
we're fascinated by agents because they're capable of doing real work and producing outcomes that can accelerate teams
we don't think the experience around them has been cracked yet. enter @cobotco:
we're fascinated by agents because they're capable of doing real work and producing outcomes that can accelerate teams
we don't think the experience around them has been cracked yet. enter @cobotco:
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Stellation Capital retweeted
Last week, we spoke with @opinionsdotfun about the first-ever opinion markets on @solana ✨
The opinion market captures live convictions — beyond likes & retweets. 300+ markets created in a week proves people want to bet on sentiment, not just react to it! 👀👇
The opinion market captures live convictions — beyond likes & retweets. 300+ markets created in a week proves people want to bet on sentiment, not just react to it! 👀👇
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Stellation Capital retweeted
"With diversity, equity, and inclusion under attack, those already in the room should stay there," writes @blockpartyapp_ CEO @triketora in a new commentary piece. trib.al/ViwKqiA
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Stellation Capital retweeted
This #BlackHistoryMonth, we’re highlighting 10 Black emerging VC fund managers who are shaping the future of the industry. From coast to coast, they’re building funds that fuel innovation & drive strong financial returns! Join us in celebrating their impact. ⬇️
ventureforward.org/black-history-…
ventureforward.org/black-history-…
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Stellation Capital retweeted
Don't learn to code, learn to prompt engineer.
Excited to announce our $4.8M raise led by @neversupervised at ScOp, @pboyce at Stellation Capital, along with @joshuabrowder, @gokulr, @benln, @romainhuet, @OfficialLoganK, @ByrneHobart, @akilian,@GabeStengel and operators from osoft, and Google.
@Jonpon101 and I built PromptLayer for domain experts like doctors, lawyers, and therapists— not for ML engineers. Today, hundreds of the top AI teams use our prompt CMS for prompt management, evals, and observability.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/pro…
Come join us @promptlayer - we are hiring in NYC 🗽
Excited to announce our $4.8M raise led by @neversupervised at ScOp, @pboyce at Stellation Capital, along with @joshuabrowder, @gokulr, @benln, @romainhuet, @OfficialLoganK, @ByrneHobart, @akilian,@GabeStengel and operators from osoft, and Google.
@Jonpon101 and I built PromptLayer for domain experts like doctors, lawyers, and therapists— not for ML engineers. Today, hundreds of the top AI teams use our prompt CMS for prompt management, evals, and observability.
techcrunch.com/2025/02/07/pro…
Come join us @promptlayer - we are hiring in NYC 🗽
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Emma Bates and the @askDiem team are on 🔥 Great feature from Fortune on their growth, recent Seed+, and their open community round. Check it out!
fortune.com/2025/02/06/die…
fortune.com/2025/02/06/die…
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Stellation Capital retweeted
2 years ago my life changed forever when i left school to go all in on @joinswsh
forever grateful to our first believers ❤️
@MaCVentureCap @adrianfenty @pboyce @zfellows @cory @stellation
forever grateful to our first believers ❤️
@MaCVentureCap @adrianfenty @pboyce @zfellows @cory @stellation
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Stellation Capital retweeted
internet capital markets: cool idea on paper, but watching the thesis play out over the last 12 hours has completely shifted my worldview
we are all going to have so much fun on the open internet. we live in the best timeline. i love u all
we are all going to have so much fun on the open internet. we live in the best timeline. i love u all
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Stellation Capital retweeted
onchain day 1 homies—now that’s fire 🐣💛
Our mission is to make sure every social builder on Solana wins!
Building SocialFi apps on @solana ? Plug into Tapestry’s unified social layer to bring immediate benefit to your users 👇
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Stellation Capital retweeted
EXCLUSIVE: Solana-based social graph protocol Tapestry raises $5.75 million in Series A funding theblock.co/post/335251/so…
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Stellation Capital retweeted
Thrilled to announce our $5.75M Series A led by @usv and @fabric_vc to to continue our mission in building the internet’s social graph. 🧵
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Stellation Capital retweeted
to go from taking pics at random college bars every weekend to taking pics for the official @joinswsh album for rolling loud was unreal. someone pinch me.
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Stellation Capital retweeted
Underneath the technology, crypto has always been about people – their trust, their communities, their relationships.
Yet we’ve built an ecosystem that treats users like anonymous addresses, forcing them to rebuild their social identity with every new app and experience.
Yet we’ve built an ecosystem that treats users like anonymous addresses, forcing them to rebuild their social identity with every new app and experience.
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