#0084 - Jesse Middleton From The Community Fund and Flybridge Talks About Building a Brand and Community

<p>In this episode of the Startup of the Year Podcast, we hear a conversation between Jesse Middleton, who is the General Partner at Flybridge and Co-Founder at The Community Fund and Matt Hunckler of Powderkeg, which is a long time partner of Established and Startup of the Year.</p> <p>Flybridge is a seed-stage venture capital firm focused on supporting ambitious founders leveraging the power of community. They have over $700M under management across five funds and five pre-seed funds…so Jesse definitely knows a thing or two about investing and supporting their portfolio companies.</p> <p>The Community Fund is a $5 million early-stage fund that invests in community-driven companies through an investment partner team. They believe that companies with community at the center of all that they do will become unicorns and produce outsized returns.</p> <p>We live streamed our Summit, so if you were not able to attend in-person, make sure to watch it on our Youtube channel at: soty.link/ESTYouTube</p> <p>Lastly, we invite you all to join our community today to access the support, expert advice, and resources you need to elevate your startup by going to: est.us/join </p> <p>Thank you for listening, and as always, please check out the Established website and subscribe to the newsletter at <a href= "http://www.est.us">www.est.us</a></p> <p>Checkout Startup of the Year at <a href= "http://www.startupofyear.com">www.startupofyear.com</a></p> <p>Subscribe to the Startup of the Year Daily Deal Flow: <a href= "http://www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow">www.startupofyear.com/daily-dealflow</a></p> <p>Subscribe to the Startup of the Year podcast: <a href= "http://www.podcast.startupofyear.com">www.podcast.startupofyear.com</a></p> <p>Subscribe to the Established YouTube Channel: soty.link/ESTYouTube</p> <p>***</p> <p>Startup of the Year helps diverse, emerging startups, founding teams, and entrepreneurs push their company to the next level. We are a competition, a global community, and a resource. Startup of the Year is also a