Bitwala
Before SlowLettuce. Scaling a blockchain bank from seed funding to Series B


Before SlowLettuce
Hey there, my name’s Jeremy. Before founding SlowLettuce, I was Head of Design for Bitwala. I’d like to share a snapshot of this extraordinary journey, that I was fortunate enough to partake in.
2016
Seed funding
I joined three founders and a couple of freelancers
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Community
We started our own Fintech coworking space and embedded ourselves in the Bitcoin community
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Rebuilt
Disgarded the MVP and rebuilt a blockchain bank from the ground up
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Series A
13M funding round. Biggest Ever Equity Funding for a German Blockchain Startup
2020
Series B
80+ staff, 70,000+ users
Bitwala in 2020









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The contributions Jeremy made to Bitwala from Seed-Funding to Series-B played a pivotal role in our success. We can’t wait to see what SlowLettuce achieves, and wish him all the best.

Ben Jones | Bitwala CEO
Design Sprint




Achievements
265 Unique views | Web, iOS, Android | 70,000+ Users
User Experience
+ Designed all major user flows
+ Styled the UI
+ Ran user testing sessions
Design System
+ Dozens of styles guides
+ Component libraries
+ Close connection to developers
Strategy
+ Working strategy group
+ Contributed to strategic dicscussions

View the case study
For a deeper dive into the methodolgies applied during my time at Bitwala, check out the case study of the Bitwala Portfolio
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