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Lucy Guo

Start a Charity Event or Crowdfund Campaign on Passes!

Start a Charity Event or Crowdfund Campaign on Passes!

We’re excited to share our latest product feature, where creators can contribute to charities or crowdfund directly with Passes! This new product feature is a personal one. In 2020, the COVID crisis and BLM protests ignited something in me on the philanthropic side—I wanted to create something where

Standing with Los Angeles: Relief Efforts and How You Can Help

Standing with Los Angeles: Relief Efforts and How You Can Help

The recent fires in Los Angeles have left a path of devastation in their wake. The Passes team is heartbroken by the impact they've had on our community, the majority of whom work out of West Hollywood. Our hearts go out to everyone who has lost loved ones,

Welcoming Seth Melnick, our new Chief Business Officer

Welcoming Seth Melnick, our new Chief Business Officer

I am thrilled to announce today that Seth Melnick has joined Passes as our new Chief of Business Officer. A Proven Leader Seth’s impressive track record in business development and strategic planning will be instrumental in taking our organization to the next level. With over 15 years of experience

Introducing Passes Premium+

Introducing Passes Premium+

Hi everyone! We're super excited to announce Passes Premium. When we built this product, we were trying to answer this question: What is the best way to drive discoverability of new creators to fans? Our product is unique in that in order to see the best content, fans

Passes announces $40m Series A

Passes announces $40m Series A

I’m excited to share that Passes has raised a $40m Series A led by Bond Capital, with Mood Rowghani joining Passes’s board. We’ve also had some incredible people join or double down on this round including Ramtin Naimi (Abstract Ventures), Michael Ovitz (founder of CAA, Crossbeam Ventures)

Introducing Creators+

Introducing Creators+

More features in 2024!

Fundraising 101

Fundraising 101

As I said in my first blog post, a CEO has two main jobs: Hiring and Fundraising. After leaving Scale, I spent several years as a GP at Backend Capital, where we funded over 140 pre-seed and seed stage companies. I’ve been pitched by thousands of startups. After being