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Episode 230

Leveling the Investment Field: Laurits Just Announces Flippa Invest

This week on The Exit: Laurits Just, manager of Flippa Invest, shares his journey from working at BlackRock to co-founding Bits for Digits, a marketplace for partial business acquisitions that was later acquired by Flippa.

Inspired by a blog post about Basecamp’s partial sale to Jeff Bezos, Laurits and his co-founder created a platform to facilitate similar transactions for founders without direct access to high-profile investors. 

Now managing Flippa Invest, Laurits discusses their new data-driven alternative financing platform that connects accredited investors with digital business owners seeking growth capital. 

The platform allows US-registered businesses to raise between $50,000 and $1 million, with potential for oversubscription, while leveraging integrated data from sources like Stripe and QuickBooks to showcase business performance. 

Emphasizing that “data doesn’t discriminate,” Laurits highlights how this approach can level the playing field for founders seeking investment.

For more details and insights from his entrepreneurial journey, listen to the latest episode of The Exit.

Personal Bio: 

Laurits Just is currently the Manager for Flippa Invest, a new data-driven alternative financing product from Flippa. Previously Laurits was with BlackRock’s fintech arm and before that he was with Rocket Internet’s venture development division.

Laurits is also the exited Co-Founder & CEO of BitsForDigits which was acquired by Flippa.com.


Website for : https://flippa.com/invest

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurits-just/

Check Out Flippa’s Data Insights Tool: https://flippa.com/data-insights

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