Kelsey Willock

10 statements across 2 episodes · 3 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Apr 9, 2025 by Kelsey Willock · across every show →

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Apr 9, 2025
Disclosure
Aura Finance Is Raising $3 Million With Nearly $2 Million Committed
“I'm raising three million. I have just under two million in commitments. That capital includes funds that are coming back in to exceed their pro rata and new capital, including a fund associated with the largest employer in the world, which as you can imagine,…”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 20:31 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025
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Aura Finance: Employer contracts cover departed employees for the full year
“In our contracts, we've also written in, if you sign up for the program in January and you leave the company in February, the company still pays for you the entire year, giving them the opportunity and us to win them over in the long term post leaving their em…”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 13:34 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 positive
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Josh Muccio offers $150k investment into Aura Finance from The Pitch fund
“No, I was just gonna say, I know you're talking to different leads, but this actually is in model for us, so we would love to invest through the listeners of the show, a 150,000, and then if there's more room, potentially do a syndicate, so I don't know where …”
Josh Muccio Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 27:20 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Willock: Aura Finance reached 1.8% churn with employer partners
“I'm very proud to say that our churn this past year was 1.8% with our employer partners.”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 9:03 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 neutral
Disclosure
Elizabeth Yin: Hustle Fund passes on Aura Finance over high valuation
“I think to Jenny's point, you know, we're pre-seed investors at Hustle Fund, so for us, like, the valuation's gonna be too high, but yeah, I, I'm very impressed, Kelsey.”
Elizabeth Yin Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 26:58 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 neutral
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Willock: Aura Finance saw 5.8% consumer churn in 2023
“In twenty-twenty-three, our churn from a consumer perspective was 5.8%.”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 8:57 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025 negative
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Muccio: Baukunst passed on Aura Finance due to sector and valuation
“After the show, Kate talked to her partners at Baukunst, and indeed, this one was too far out of their scope, on two axes. FinTech, they do not do, and at a fifteen million dollar price, they'd need to write a much larger check than the one million Kelsey had …”
Josh Muccio Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 34:53 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025
Disclosure
Aura Finance Is Raising on a $15 Million Post-Money SAFE
“Fifteen million post money.”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 21:16 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Apr 9, 2025
Assertion Supported
Aura Finance currently relies on user-reported financial data
“Right now it is user generated content. So we rely on that individual to provide us effective data.”
Kelsey Willock Apr 9, 2025 ▶ 16:50 Aura Finance: Chasing the Ghost of Mint
Jun 25, 2025 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Willock: Aura Finance generates $830,000 in annual revenue
“The revenue we currently have Is 830,000 dollars.”
Kelsey Willock Jun 25, 2025 ▶ 17:53 Season 13 Finale: Who Needs VC Anyway?
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