Lightning Ventures: Investing in Bitcoin Startups

Updated: 18 Jul 2025 • 56 episodes
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Tune in, stack sats, and level up your investing game. We've got you covered! We’re Bitcoiners actively investing in Bitcoin startups and you can too! Our podcast dives into exclusive investment opportunities, angel investing, and exciting Bitcoin companies shaping the future. Our Lightning⚡️Ventures Syndicate allows you to invest alongside VCs—not just the suits. This is the place to start if you’ve ever wanted to back the next big Bitcoin startup. Whether you're a seasoned investor or just Bitcoin-curious, we break down everything you need to know in a way that’s easy to understand.

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In this Deep Dive, Jesse from Amboss discusses their expanding suite of Lightning Network tools—from Rails enabling non-custodial Bitcoin yield to Magma’s peer-to-peer channel marketplace and liquidity subscriptions for automated payment reliability. He explains how Amboss empowers businesses and individuals to earn yi

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In this Lightning Ventures Quick Pitch, Felipe, founder of Sati, shares how his company is breaking barriers to #bitcoin and #stablecoin adoption in emerging markets. By leveraging WhatsApp’s 3 billion-strong user base, Sati enables instant, non-custodial crypto payments on even the most basic smartphones. Felipe discu

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In this Lightning Ventures Founder Interview, Felipe, CEO of Sati, dives deep into how his company is enabling #bitcoin and #stablecoin access for billions via WhatsApp. Broadcasting from Tulum, Felipe discusses Sati’s mission to onboard users in emerging markets where traditional banking is broken and smartphone stora

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Listen in as we catch up with John, the founder and CEO of Zaprite—a powerful, non-custodial Bitcoin payment platform that began as a personal tool and evolved into a full-fledged business solution. John shares the origin story of Zaprite, its evolution from an invoicing platform to a multi-feature merchant toolkit, an

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In this in-depth conversation with Zach Herbert, Co-Founder and CEO of Foundation Devices, we explore the company's ambitious leap beyond Bitcoin hardware wallets with the launch of Passport Prime—a first-of-its-kind open-source personal security platform. Zach breaks down their new secure OS (KOS), the bold Bluetooth

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In this deep-dive interview with Ben Arc, we explore the evolution of LNBits, the modular Bitcoin and Lightning toolkit that's empowering developers, merchants, and businesses worldwide. Ben breaks down the open-source ethos, the inspiration behind LNBits' WordPress-style extension marketplace, and the roadmap toward b

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