ADVICE
Thrive in Cataclysm
Tick, Tock... another Epoch...
We’ve seen this show before. "There is no vital human challenge today that did not emerge in the crucible of the later Middle Ages and Early Modern Times." Ledger-Based Fintech meets hyper-realistic images; decentralized IT using memes to take down empires; distributed financial trade markets defining the common-as-sacred with fruit bowls. Each time the tech, much less the art, seems odd to those holding power, before they adopt, then attempt to appropriate.
From a historical perspective the Internet, much less the Internet of Value, is a blip - it hasn’t really started. We’ve seen the teasers in historical analogies, but we’re about to witness something truly unique on a scale that will define the epoch.
Crypto Renaissance
Half a millennium ago a renaissance in decentralized fintech and distributed info/communication tech unraveled aggregated power structures, empowered a new class with distributed value, and engendered community formation with decentralized identity via art endemic to the new tech. This time, prepare for a much bigger, cataclysmic impact. #CryptoRenaissance
PEOPLE
Founders with Repeat Successful Exits Turned Crypto-First Investors
Melanie Rosenthal
Aspiring Ent
EY Entrepreneur of the Year / Yale / Human Genome Project. Work featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg, & US News / Named a CMS Innovator.
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Co-founder & CEO @ Sprigley [Acquired by Eliza, 2009]. Deal team @ Eliza [majority stake investment by Parthenon Capital, 2011]. Co-founder & CEO @ RowdMap, Inc. [Acquired by Cotiviti (COTV), 2017].
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3rd-Shift Factory Worker / College Basketball Player / Volunteer in Kazakhstan / Venture Capital at Socially Responsible Fund / High School Girls Basketball Color Commentary.
Burak Sezen
New-School Turk
EY Entrepreneur of the Year / Bogazici University. Work featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg, & US News / Named a CMS Innovator. Board Member @ Maine Center for Entrepreneurs
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Co-founder & CTO @ Sprigley [Acquired by Eliza, 2009]. Deal team @ Eliza [majority stake investment by Parthenon Capital, 2011]. Co-founder & CTO @ RowdMap, Inc. [Acquired by Cotiviti (COTV), 2017].
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PwC / Fidelity / Fluent in Turkish, German and all sorts of CS Languages.
Josh Rosenthal, PhD
Rehabilitated Historian
EY Entrepreneur of the Year / Fulbright / PhD / Sorbonne’s Institute for Advanced Studies (EPHE) / Guest Lecturer @ Harvard, MIT, Hopkins, SXSW, etc. Work featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Bloomberg, & US News / Named a CMS Innovator.
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Co-founder & CSO @ Sprigley [Acquired by Eliza, 2009]. Deal team @ Eliza [majority stake investment by Parthenon Capital, 2011]. Co-founder & CSO @ RowdMap, Inc. [Acquired by Cotiviti (COTV), 2017].
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Served as Expert Advisor to OSTP, ONC, HHS, NCVHS, NCQA, Robert Wood Johnson, etc.
LABS
What's New & Crack'n
Trying a little something new... from Test Net to Main Net...
Providing validation, liquidity, proof of work, proof of stake, and playing with NFTs.
The Graph
Decentralized Indexing
Helium
The People's Network
Solana
Integrated Ecosystem
THORChain
Decentralized Liquidity
PORTFOLIO
Select Funds, Investments & Ops
MultiCoin
Thesis-Driven Investment
Standard Crypto
Crypto-Focused VC
CoinFund
Cryptoassets & Blockchain
ParaFi
Blockchain & DeFi
Blockchange
Early-Stage Blockchain
Hack VC
Global DeFi-Focused VC
Metaversal Ventures
Metaverse-Native Creation
Bitcoin
Electronic Cash
Ethereum
Distributed System
Helium
DePIN OPOS
Solana
Integrated Composability
Bitwise
Rules-Based Broker Onramps
Career Karma
Working Revolution
DoubleLoop
Product Development
GreenField
Bots, not Chems!
Harmonic / Moonbase
Unlock Your Value
Juneshine
Hard Kombucha
Kraken
Intuitive Crypto Exchange
Reconnect
Anti-Recidivism
Wilder World
A New Dimension in Reality
