Vinyl Capital

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VINYL A formation stage fund focused on commerce infrastructure - the systems and solutions that will power tomorrow's economy. About Us About Us A formation stage fund focused on commerce infrastructure - the systems and solutions that will power tomorrow's economy. PRE-REVENUE PRE-PRODUCT OFTEN PRE-DBA IT'S NEVER TOO EARLY TO JAM WITH VINYL ABOUT Produced By TJ Mahony Travis Kirk Lowry Jake Cohen Produced By TJ Mahony Travis Kirk Lowry Jake Cohen Go Back In August of 1994, the New York Times ran an article (in print, they did not have an online issue until 1996) titled “ Attention Shoppers: The Internet is Now Open”. The piece celebrated a seminal moment of the internet era — the first secure online purchase. A few kids in Nashua, New Hampshire hacked together an encryption technique that would allow the average joe to safely and securely purchase goods online. So what was purchased that day? Of the millions of things we can now securely purchase online, what was the single item that Phil Brandenberger of Philadelphia purchased at 12:00pm on August 11, 1994? He purchased music — a Sting album. Music started the digital overhaul of commerce. Over the ages, music has been captured through an assortment of mediums — vinyl, 8-track cartridges, cassette tapes, compact discs, and MP3s et al. All, sans one, of those form factors are extinct or heading for extinction. Vinyl, the foundational medium of the first phonograph, is the oldest and most persistent form of capturing sound.

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