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Geeks of the week

Startup Name: Metafabrix Labs

Geography: US

One-liner: Building secure infrastructure for the immersive economy.

Founder(s) Background: Global macro investor @ Point72 & Tudor Investment, Trader @ Credit Suisse & Barclays Capital, VP of Research & Development (emerging tech) @ Wells Fargo.

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA

Startup Name: Tatva Finance

Geography: US

One-liner: DeFi infrastructure and tooling for easy access to on-chain markets.

Founder(s) Background: Head of Platform and Ecosystem @ Lyft, Co-founder / COO @ Sydecar (Raised $8.3m)

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): NA

Startup Name: Ness

Geography: US

One-liner: Amex for Health.

Founder(s) Background: Design lead @ Uber, Founder @ Greatist (Floodgate-backed healthcare startup; Acquired by Healthline Media - 2nd largest global consumer health publisher), Chief of Staff (COO) @ Oscar Health, Product Designer at REDSHIFT (acquired).

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): Raised $15.5m seed (May 2022).

Startup Name: Boom & Bucket

Geography: US

One-liner: Changing the way contractors buy and sell used heavy equipment.

Founder(s) Background: COO @ Bolt (e-commerce checkout; Series E) (VP of Product & COO @ Yard Club (acquired by Caterpillar), VP of BD @ Skylo Technologies (Softbank-backed Series B IOT startup), 1st hire @ Adeppar, Chief of Staff @ Leap Motion (acquired by Ultraleap).

Raised $$ / Backed By (Public Source): Raised $5.5m seed (Mar 2022).