Bitwala - Case Study
From seed funding to Series B
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
Bitcoin purchased!
Earn interest on your Bitcoin
Cash out anytime you wish
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
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