Mercury

“Bank” used to mean marble floors, paper checks, and waiting in line. 🏦 But like phones and music before it, banking* is evolving fast — and we’re building the next version. At Mercury Spheres, our CEO Immad Akhund laid out our vision and the steps we’re taking to make it real. Catch a short excerpt below. You’ll find the full keynote in the comments. ⤵️ *Mercury is a financial technology company, not a bank. Banking services provided through Choice Financial Group, Column N.A., and Evolve Bank & Trust; Members FDIC.

We partnered with Next Play and Ben Lang to answer a question we hear from founders all the time: How do I build a great founding team? This piece is tactical, thoughtful, and built to help. Dive in ⤵️

On Building a Founding Team We partnered with Mercury to produce a guide with tactical advice for founders and candidates A deep dive on: • Your general mentality towards hiring • How to identify great people for your founding team • How to actually find people • Pitching • Determining if you hired the right person access here: https://lnkd.in/dbhGKTMG

POV: saying goodbye to slow ACHs, clunky UI, and manual work 😌 📍 Bulletpitch's Tech Carnival, NY TECH WEEK by a16z

Founders: if you’re partnering with a creator, you’re not just buying reach. You’re tapping into trust — and sometimes to do so, you’ll have to loosen your grip on creative control. Abbie Sheppard from Agentio breaks down how smart brands structure these relationships for real results 👇

Last night, Level Ten became a live podcast studio. 🎙️ We co-hosted The Room Podcast with Shreya M. from Partiful and Perkins Coie — and brought together founders, operators, and friends for an unforgettable night of real conversations (and very good cupcakes). Today, we’re keeping things moving at NY TECH WEEK by a16z: 🎪 Bulletpitch Tech Carnival 🍸 Early-stage B2B Founder Happy Hour with Companyon Ventures See you there.

We’re in NYC for TECH WEEK by a16z — and the energy is real. This morning: we kicked things off with Upstarts Media, Engine, and Company Ventures, talking first-round fundraising with a sharp group of early-stage founders. Tonight: 🎙️ A live taping of The Room Podcast with Partiful and Perkins Coie 🚀 AI startup pitch day with Lynx Collective More to come all week.

You: manually logging receipts Also you (with Mercury): bulk upload receipts → auto-scan → review + submit for reimbursement in one go

It’s more than a credit card — it’s ad spend that helps you pick up speed. ⛷️ Our latest brand campaign is live on billboards in SF and NYC. Spotted one yet? *The IO Card is issued by Patriot Bank, Member FDIC, pursuant to a license from Mastercard®.

The Room Podcast's first NYC event of the year is happening next monday to kick off TECH WEEK by a16z and it's one Madison and I have been looking forward to in a while: Catch us IRL with Shreya M., CEO & Founder of Partiful to hear her founding story. Madison and I have collectively hosted ~200 Partiful events - now its fun to now host another with the creator herself. We will kick off the night with the live podcast recording, then follow it with a happy hour that will set the tone for the rest of #NYTW. RSVPs are limited so sign up to join us on Monday June 2nd at 5pm in Hudson Yards here: https://lnkd.in/g8wAgx4K A thank you to our partners Mercury and Perkins Coie for making this event happen. Kelly Kruger Elizabeth Wilson And huge shoutout to Bridget Fahey Brianna English for making the incredible Level Ten Starrett-Lehigh venue happen.