Show HN: Visionrare, an NFT-fuelled startup investment game

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Post by jacobclaerhout » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 3:01 PM UTC

Show HN: Visionrare, an NFT-fuelled startup investment game
visionrare.com

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Post by janhenr » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 3:06 PM UTC

Visionrare is one of the coolest usecases I have seen come out of NFTs recently - props to the creators! The FOMO got to me and I bought two n1 pieces of virtual equity in startups I like.

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Post by somoge17 » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 3:19 PM UTC

Looks really great! I wonder if you can find a way to incorporate NFT drops into this, too. So not only can you make a "fantasy lineup" for startups but other things too like NFT's and more.

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Post by jdcz » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 3:22 PM UTC

Very cool project. Love the idea of "investing" in up and coming startups.

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Post by berberous » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 4:56 PM UTC

The three other comments on this post feel like they are from the creators and friends...

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Post by cfup » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:01 PM UTC

berberous wrote: post #5

The three other comments on this post feel like they are from the creators and friends...

The way they do it is quite obvious.

> virtually invest in any of the YC companies from W18 - S20.

> Be quick, the earlier you buy the better the deal.

Sound like a scam to me

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Post by wallacoloo » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:09 PM UTC

So this is like synthetic stocks, but only for (illiquid) startups, and gamified?

It’s hard for me to tell what value my “investment” in any of these fantasy startups creates. I would much rather invest directly in the startup, where my money can be visibly put to use by the startup to help realize their goal.

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Post by jacobclaerhout » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:22 PM UTC

jdcz wrote: post #4

Very cool project. Love the idea of "investing" in up and coming startups.

Great that like what we're doing!

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Post by jacobclaerhout » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:25 PM UTC

cfup wrote: post #6

berberous wrote: post #5

The three other comments on this post feel like they are from the creators and friends...

The way they do it is quite obvious. > virtually invest in any of the YC companies from W18 - S20. > Be quick, the earlier you buy the better the deal. Sound like a scam to me

We are building a game where people instead of keeping an excel file with the startups they believe in and would have backed should they have the capital/access, can keep a digital portfolio. Just like in Fantasy Football, you'll be able to get real returns (albeit a lot smaller than real equity investing).

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Post by jacobclaerhout » Wed, Aug 18, 2021, 5:27 PM UTC

somoge17 wrote: post #3

Looks really great! I wonder if you can find a way to incorporate NFT drops into this, too. So not only can you make a "fantasy lineup" for startups but other things too like NFT's and more.

Thanks Somoge. I'm not entirely sure what you mean but we love getting suggestions. Feel free to join our discord or ping us on twitter with some more context!