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Happy to get on the phone also. We were originally going to value the company at a $21.333M Cap for Wefunder. However we decided to raise less money at a lower valuation as we are also investors and want everyone to have a big upside. We made investments into Airbnb, Betterment, and Orange Fund at specific valuations. For our incubated companies, we hold equity between 11% to 50%, and in some cases we control all IP or assets at 100%. Our intention with Wefunder is to give everyone the..."},{"question":"Aloha! Love the concept-- if I'm thinking about it the right way, investing in Orthogonal is similar conceptually (but not structurally) to investing as a limited partner in a VC fund, right? As a new investor, would my returns be tied only to new investments made by Orthogona...","answer":"The exposure is to all the companies; new and old. Aloha!"},{"question":"For iSolve, BlockRx, are you invested in the company itself, or are you just holding the token? And if you are invested in the company, does that mean you hold the token as well?","answer":"Aloha Richard! Orthogonal Inc. holds 500k tokens in BlockRX with a smart contract open to buy 5M In USD in further tokens at a pre-negotiated price. We are currently working on 11 solutions that will be tied to an Orthogonal token called oocoin.io. This token will be tied to a crypto fund, strategic investments, and specific solutions Orthogonal deploys. We are in the process of filing as a utility token with the SEC. Feel free to contact me via email directly at david@orthogonalthinker.com 🌕"},{"question":"Thank you for your response. How much Airbnb, betterment, wefunder does Orthogonal hold?","answer":"Aloha Chandru! Happy to get into specifics via email. We invested in employee shares in Airbnb last year through Orthogonal. Reinmkr was the first investor in Betterment’s seed round and pro rata B round. We were also one of Wefunders first investors after YC. My email address is david@orthogonalthinker.com.🌕"},{"question":"I invented a breakthrough source of energy. It will be useful e.g. for laptops and for cellular telephones. I am looking for $500 000 to $5000 000 while offering 9% to 49% of the starting company. Can you find an investor? My email: htg@interia.pl tel. +48-780-129-544","answer":"Aloha! 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