Jeff Lynn

2 episodes · 2 moments · last on 24 Mar 2026

24 Mar 2026Meta(re)verse, EU INC, Vibedesign, Microsoft Vs. OpenAI, The Situation Room

1:44:1916 min

Jeff Lynn on Day Zero & Early-Stage Investing

Jeff Lynn — chairman of Day Zero, Republic Europe and the Startup Coalition — recounts co-founding Seedrs, the world's first regulated equity crowdfunding platform, in 2009 and selling it to Republic in 2022. He explains Day Zero's thesis with the Opus community: 8–10 concentrated pre-seed/seed bets, backing founders on founder-market fit and tenacity rather than hours worked, and harnessing community support post-investment. He also contrasts founding today's low-barrier, AI-saturated environment with 2009's wide-open field and directs founders and investors to DayZeroInvestments.com.

20 Mar 2026Meta(re)verse, EU INC, Vibedesign, Microsoft Vs. OpenAI, The Situation Room

1:49:4011 min

Jeff Lynn: Day Zero, Seedrs & Startup Coalition

Jeff Lynn — 'chairman of everything' — recounts co-founding Seedrs, the world's first regulated equity crowdfunding platform, growing it for a decade and selling to Republic in 2022, plus co-founding the Startup Coalition policy group with Mike Butcher. He explains Day Zero, the new venture platform built on the Opus founder community: a syndicate making eight to ten concentrated pre-seed and seed bets, underwritten by founder-product fit and post-investment support from the community. He also reflects on fighting fires as an entrepreneur and why he isn't a subscriber to the 996 philosophy.