Mantle
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Modern solutions for managing private assets, from cap tables to capital calls.
Mark MacLeod has interviewed over 80 CEOs on The Startup CEO Podcast. He ran every transcript through NotebookLM to find the 10 core pillars of success.
The results? ⤵️
The results? ⤵️
December 19, 2025 at 1:52 PM
Mark MacLeod has interviewed over 80 CEOs on The Startup CEO Podcast. He ran every transcript through NotebookLM to find the 10 core pillars of success.
The results? ⤵️
The results? ⤵️
Most founders obsess over product perfection or raising another round.
But the CEOs who win? They realize distribution is the game.
Revenue is the magnet that attracts everything else—capital, ambitious talent, and customers who want to back a winner.
But the CEOs who win? They realize distribution is the game.
Revenue is the magnet that attracts everything else—capital, ambitious talent, and customers who want to back a winner.
December 15, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Most founders obsess over product perfection or raising another round.
But the CEOs who win? They realize distribution is the game.
Revenue is the magnet that attracts everything else—capital, ambitious talent, and customers who want to back a winner.
But the CEOs who win? They realize distribution is the game.
Revenue is the magnet that attracts everything else—capital, ambitious talent, and customers who want to back a winner.
George Babu, co-founder of Aire Labs, on what changed in his approach to hiring:
"This is going to be a long journey. I want to work with people I enjoy working with, and I will prioritize that."
"This is going to be a long journey. I want to work with people I enjoy working with, and I will prioritize that."
December 10, 2025 at 3:01 PM
George Babu, co-founder of Aire Labs, on what changed in his approach to hiring:
"This is going to be a long journey. I want to work with people I enjoy working with, and I will prioritize that."
"This is going to be a long journey. I want to work with people I enjoy working with, and I will prioritize that."
"There's no bullshitting in early-stage startups. Your clock is running out."
On this week's episode of Mantle Mondays, George Babu (co-founder of Aire Labs) explains why he keeps coming back to startups.
🔗 Full episode linked below
On this week's episode of Mantle Mondays, George Babu (co-founder of Aire Labs) explains why he keeps coming back to startups.
🔗 Full episode linked below
December 8, 2025 at 1:41 PM
"There's no bullshitting in early-stage startups. Your clock is running out."
On this week's episode of Mantle Mondays, George Babu (co-founder of Aire Labs) explains why he keeps coming back to startups.
🔗 Full episode linked below
On this week's episode of Mantle Mondays, George Babu (co-founder of Aire Labs) explains why he keeps coming back to startups.
🔗 Full episode linked below
We're thrilled to be named a TechTO Rocketship for 2025 🚀
It's an honor to be recognized alongside incredible companies—teams that are redefining what's possible.
To our team, investors, and customers: this momentum is because of you. Thank you for believing in the mission.
It's an honor to be recognized alongside incredible companies—teams that are redefining what's possible.
To our team, investors, and customers: this momentum is because of you. Thank you for believing in the mission.
December 3, 2025 at 3:05 PM
We're thrilled to be named a TechTO Rocketship for 2025 🚀
It's an honor to be recognized alongside incredible companies—teams that are redefining what's possible.
To our team, investors, and customers: this momentum is because of you. Thank you for believing in the mission.
It's an honor to be recognized alongside incredible companies—teams that are redefining what's possible.
To our team, investors, and customers: this momentum is because of you. Thank you for believing in the mission.
Pay for Mantle with your Loop card → get $120 back 💳
Two powerful tools working together to simplify your finance stack and boost your budget.
Details below. T&Cs apply.
Two powerful tools working together to simplify your finance stack and boost your budget.
Details below. T&Cs apply.
December 1, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Pay for Mantle with your Loop card → get $120 back 💳
Two powerful tools working together to simplify your finance stack and boost your budget.
Details below. T&Cs apply.
Two powerful tools working together to simplify your finance stack and boost your budget.
Details below. T&Cs apply.
We're excited to welcome two new full-timers to the team! 🎉
DH crushed it during his co-op with us from earlier this year, so we knew we had to bring him back full-time.
Barobi is joining us from IBM, bringing serious expertise and energy to the team.
DH and Barobi—welcome (back) to Mantle!
DH crushed it during his co-op with us from earlier this year, so we knew we had to bring him back full-time.
Barobi is joining us from IBM, bringing serious expertise and energy to the team.
DH and Barobi—welcome (back) to Mantle!
November 28, 2025 at 2:09 PM
We're excited to welcome two new full-timers to the team! 🎉
DH crushed it during his co-op with us from earlier this year, so we knew we had to bring him back full-time.
Barobi is joining us from IBM, bringing serious expertise and energy to the team.
DH and Barobi—welcome (back) to Mantle!
DH crushed it during his co-op with us from earlier this year, so we knew we had to bring him back full-time.
Barobi is joining us from IBM, bringing serious expertise and energy to the team.
DH and Barobi—welcome (back) to Mantle!
Steven Trieu, CFO at Chamath Palihapitiya's 8090 Solutions, has tried everything—lawyers, hybrid models, and other cap table platforms.
His verdict? "Mantle was the best fit for us."
Why? Because early-stage companies don't need to overcomplicate or overpay for equity management.
His verdict? "Mantle was the best fit for us."
Why? Because early-stage companies don't need to overcomplicate or overpay for equity management.
November 27, 2025 at 2:11 PM
Steven Trieu, CFO at Chamath Palihapitiya's 8090 Solutions, has tried everything—lawyers, hybrid models, and other cap table platforms.
His verdict? "Mantle was the best fit for us."
Why? Because early-stage companies don't need to overcomplicate or overpay for equity management.
His verdict? "Mantle was the best fit for us."
Why? Because early-stage companies don't need to overcomplicate or overpay for equity management.
Mantle now integrates with Rippling 🎉
Employee data syncs automatically in real-time. Update someone in Rippling → instantly ready for equity grants in Mantle.
✅ Zero manual entry
✅ SSO with Rippling
✅ No spreadsheet gymnastics
Equity admin that scales with your team.
Available now.
Employee data syncs automatically in real-time. Update someone in Rippling → instantly ready for equity grants in Mantle.
✅ Zero manual entry
✅ SSO with Rippling
✅ No spreadsheet gymnastics
Equity admin that scales with your team.
Available now.
November 25, 2025 at 2:01 PM
Mantle now integrates with Rippling 🎉
Employee data syncs automatically in real-time. Update someone in Rippling → instantly ready for equity grants in Mantle.
✅ Zero manual entry
✅ SSO with Rippling
✅ No spreadsheet gymnastics
Equity admin that scales with your team.
Available now.
Employee data syncs automatically in real-time. Update someone in Rippling → instantly ready for equity grants in Mantle.
✅ Zero manual entry
✅ SSO with Rippling
✅ No spreadsheet gymnastics
Equity admin that scales with your team.
Available now.
“Raise just enough money so you feel like you’re under pressure.”
That was Steven Trieu's (CFO of 8090 Solutions/Social Capital) advice when we asked how founders should think about fundraising.
Steve’s framework is simple: Raise enough oxygen to reach your next meaningful milestone, but no more.
That was Steven Trieu's (CFO of 8090 Solutions/Social Capital) advice when we asked how founders should think about fundraising.
Steve’s framework is simple: Raise enough oxygen to reach your next meaningful milestone, but no more.
November 24, 2025 at 2:07 PM
“Raise just enough money so you feel like you’re under pressure.”
That was Steven Trieu's (CFO of 8090 Solutions/Social Capital) advice when we asked how founders should think about fundraising.
Steve’s framework is simple: Raise enough oxygen to reach your next meaningful milestone, but no more.
That was Steven Trieu's (CFO of 8090 Solutions/Social Capital) advice when we asked how founders should think about fundraising.
Steve’s framework is simple: Raise enough oxygen to reach your next meaningful milestone, but no more.
Outsite's co-founder, Stijn Beauprez, on why founders should stop using Excel to manage their cap tables.
November 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Outsite's co-founder, Stijn Beauprez, on why founders should stop using Excel to manage their cap tables.
2015: Instacart was worth $2B, Forbes Magazine called it “America’s most promising company" — until one brutal board meeting stopped it cold.
Nilam Ganenthiran says that reality check was the best thing that ever happened.
👉 “You can’t punt building a real business forever.”
Nilam Ganenthiran says that reality check was the best thing that ever happened.
👉 “You can’t punt building a real business forever.”
November 7, 2025 at 2:19 PM
2015: Instacart was worth $2B, Forbes Magazine called it “America’s most promising company" — until one brutal board meeting stopped it cold.
Nilam Ganenthiran says that reality check was the best thing that ever happened.
👉 “You can’t punt building a real business forever.”
Nilam Ganenthiran says that reality check was the best thing that ever happened.
👉 “You can’t punt building a real business forever.”
“Will I be happy making this person a ton of money?”
That’s the question Nilam Ganenthiran (ex-President of Instacart, now building Beacon Software) asks before taking any investor’s money.
If you choose investors you respect, it makes all the hard moments a lot easier.
That’s the question Nilam Ganenthiran (ex-President of Instacart, now building Beacon Software) asks before taking any investor’s money.
If you choose investors you respect, it makes all the hard moments a lot easier.
November 5, 2025 at 2:14 PM
“Will I be happy making this person a ton of money?”
That’s the question Nilam Ganenthiran (ex-President of Instacart, now building Beacon Software) asks before taking any investor’s money.
If you choose investors you respect, it makes all the hard moments a lot easier.
That’s the question Nilam Ganenthiran (ex-President of Instacart, now building Beacon Software) asks before taking any investor’s money.
If you choose investors you respect, it makes all the hard moments a lot easier.
Our Halloween office tour is here 🎃
This time:
- Amit's mixology debut (Dark & Stormys, anyone?)
- Derek's triumphant return and suspicious AI alliances
- We finally answer the age-old question: "Is a taco a sandwich?"
This time:
- Amit's mixology debut (Dark & Stormys, anyone?)
- Derek's triumphant return and suspicious AI alliances
- We finally answer the age-old question: "Is a taco a sandwich?"
October 31, 2025 at 2:38 PM
Our Halloween office tour is here 🎃
This time:
- Amit's mixology debut (Dark & Stormys, anyone?)
- Derek's triumphant return and suspicious AI alliances
- We finally answer the age-old question: "Is a taco a sandwich?"
This time:
- Amit's mixology debut (Dark & Stormys, anyone?)
- Derek's triumphant return and suspicious AI alliances
- We finally answer the age-old question: "Is a taco a sandwich?"
The Jays have the Dodgers.
We’ve got 11 other legaltech innovators.
Different field, same mission: win it all ⚾️
We’re bringing our best pitch to HeyCounsel's Demo Day, and we need your votes!
Register and vote for Mantle next Wednesday → heycounsel.com/demoday
We’ve got 11 other legaltech innovators.
Different field, same mission: win it all ⚾️
We’re bringing our best pitch to HeyCounsel's Demo Day, and we need your votes!
Register and vote for Mantle next Wednesday → heycounsel.com/demoday
October 30, 2025 at 7:00 PM
The Jays have the Dodgers.
We’ve got 11 other legaltech innovators.
Different field, same mission: win it all ⚾️
We’re bringing our best pitch to HeyCounsel's Demo Day, and we need your votes!
Register and vote for Mantle next Wednesday → heycounsel.com/demoday
We’ve got 11 other legaltech innovators.
Different field, same mission: win it all ⚾️
We’re bringing our best pitch to HeyCounsel's Demo Day, and we need your votes!
Register and vote for Mantle next Wednesday → heycounsel.com/demoday
October 23, 2025 at 6:12 PM
It’s never been easier to start a company.
Which also means… it’s never been harder to build one that actually stands out.
Amar Varma (Mantle) sat down with Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) to talk about what’s changed in building and scaling startups and why “finding white space” is tougher than ever.
Which also means… it’s never been harder to build one that actually stands out.
Amar Varma (Mantle) sat down with Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) to talk about what’s changed in building and scaling startups and why “finding white space” is tougher than ever.
October 23, 2025 at 12:49 PM
It’s never been easier to start a company.
Which also means… it’s never been harder to build one that actually stands out.
Amar Varma (Mantle) sat down with Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) to talk about what’s changed in building and scaling startups and why “finding white space” is tougher than ever.
Which also means… it’s never been harder to build one that actually stands out.
Amar Varma (Mantle) sat down with Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) to talk about what’s changed in building and scaling startups and why “finding white space” is tougher than ever.
Founders fall in love with their product, their plan, their idea of how it should go.
Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) has a reminder for anyone building right now:
- Be nimble
- Listen more
- Change faster
Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) has a reminder for anyone building right now:
- Be nimble
- Listen more
- Change faster
October 20, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Founders fall in love with their product, their plan, their idea of how it should go.
Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) has a reminder for anyone building right now:
- Be nimble
- Listen more
- Change faster
Peter Carrescia (goConfirm) has a reminder for anyone building right now:
- Be nimble
- Listen more
- Change faster
Emily Smiley (Executive Director @ Movement51) has advice every founder should hear before spending another dollar on development:
Talk to people early and often. Especially the ones who will say no.
Talk to people early and often. Especially the ones who will say no.
October 17, 2025 at 12:47 PM
Emily Smiley (Executive Director @ Movement51) has advice every founder should hear before spending another dollar on development:
Talk to people early and often. Especially the ones who will say no.
Talk to people early and often. Especially the ones who will say no.
Step 1: Build a startup.
Step 2: Watch it break.
Step 3: Laugh about it anyway.
Marie Chevrier Schwartz (CEO of TechTO) reminds first-time founders that sometimes the best skill to have is grit with a little sense of humor.
Step 2: Watch it break.
Step 3: Laugh about it anyway.
Marie Chevrier Schwartz (CEO of TechTO) reminds first-time founders that sometimes the best skill to have is grit with a little sense of humor.
October 16, 2025 at 12:52 PM
Step 1: Build a startup.
Step 2: Watch it break.
Step 3: Laugh about it anyway.
Marie Chevrier Schwartz (CEO of TechTO) reminds first-time founders that sometimes the best skill to have is grit with a little sense of humor.
Step 2: Watch it break.
Step 3: Laugh about it anyway.
Marie Chevrier Schwartz (CEO of TechTO) reminds first-time founders that sometimes the best skill to have is grit with a little sense of humor.
Our last office tour went mildly viral, so naturally, we made another one 🌭
October 15, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Our last office tour went mildly viral, so naturally, we made another one 🌭
It’s Friday, which can only mean one thing... #TacoTuesday 🌮
If you want in on the next round, we’re now accepting “reservations” (aka bribes).
If you want in on the next round, we’re now accepting “reservations” (aka bribes).
October 10, 2025 at 5:26 PM
It’s Friday, which can only mean one thing... #TacoTuesday 🌮
If you want in on the next round, we’re now accepting “reservations” (aka bribes).
If you want in on the next round, we’re now accepting “reservations” (aka bribes).
“Mantle has given me knowledge, which in turn has given me power as a founder.”
- Erin Bury, Co-founder and CEO of Willful
- Erin Bury, Co-founder and CEO of Willful
October 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
“Mantle has given me knowledge, which in turn has given me power as a founder.”
- Erin Bury, Co-founder and CEO of Willful
- Erin Bury, Co-founder and CEO of Willful
We’re opening our doors for Startup Open House this Thursday!
To prepare, we filmed an office tour.
It features:
- Bubly (lots of it)
- Mechanical keyboards (everywhere)
- Chris from Operations (not replaced by AI yet)
Come by Oct 9 to experience it all in 3D.
To prepare, we filmed an office tour.
It features:
- Bubly (lots of it)
- Mechanical keyboards (everywhere)
- Chris from Operations (not replaced by AI yet)
Come by Oct 9 to experience it all in 3D.
October 6, 2025 at 7:13 PM
We’re opening our doors for Startup Open House this Thursday!
To prepare, we filmed an office tour.
It features:
- Bubly (lots of it)
- Mechanical keyboards (everywhere)
- Chris from Operations (not replaced by AI yet)
Come by Oct 9 to experience it all in 3D.
To prepare, we filmed an office tour.
It features:
- Bubly (lots of it)
- Mechanical keyboards (everywhere)
- Chris from Operations (not replaced by AI yet)
Come by Oct 9 to experience it all in 3D.
Three days. Nonstop interviews. A LOT of coffee. ☕
Huge props to Ivan and Ergin for powering through our co-op interviews like true champs. They met some incredible talent and are picking the future stars of Mantle who will join us in January! 🚀
Huge props to Ivan and Ergin for powering through our co-op interviews like true champs. They met some incredible talent and are picking the future stars of Mantle who will join us in January! 🚀
October 3, 2025 at 6:42 PM
Three days. Nonstop interviews. A LOT of coffee. ☕
Huge props to Ivan and Ergin for powering through our co-op interviews like true champs. They met some incredible talent and are picking the future stars of Mantle who will join us in January! 🚀
Huge props to Ivan and Ergin for powering through our co-op interviews like true champs. They met some incredible talent and are picking the future stars of Mantle who will join us in January! 🚀