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.
NFTiest thing about crypto now is collegiality. Public markets are zero-sum - you bet against someone else; private venture capital is network exclusivity - you're in and someone else is out. Crypto's got your back - allocation, private listings, public drops. Crypto-lings are really family working towards generational transfer via fiat-to-digital exchange. Crypto means asymmetric advantage for the little guy.
Avalanche
Open-Source Crypto
Helium
The People's Network
Hopr
Crypto Privacy
HydraDX
Liquidity Protocol
InsurAce
Insurance Protocol
Kusama
Multichain Network
Kylin
Cross-chain Platform
Litentry
Cross-chain Identity
Mina
Privacy Gateway
Phala
Trustless Privacy
Plasm
Smart Contract Platform
Polkadot
Decentralized Interoperability
Radicle
Peer-to-Peer Stack
Solana
Scalable Crypto Apps
THORChain
Decentralized Liquidity
Portfolio
Select Funds & Investments
Blockchange
Early-Stage Blockchain
CoinFund
Cryptoassets & Blockchain
MultiCoin
Decentralized Investment
ParaFi
Blockchain & DeFi
Standard Crypto
Crypto-Focused VC
Sybil Capital
DeFi-Focused VC
Azteco
Accessible Bitcoin
BitClout
Social NFT Blockchain
Bitwise
Rules-Based Broker Onramps
BlockFi
CeFi Neo Bank
Braintrust
User-Controlled Talent
Breez
Peer-to-Peer Lightning Interface
Fairmint
US Equity to Engagement
FTX
Superpowered Crypto Exchange
Kraken
Intuitive Crypto Exchange
LVL
Crypto Onramp
Massive
New Internet Biz Model
Set Labs
Index Infrastructure Protocol
Valora
Celo-Powered P2P Cash
Wilder World
Decentralized Artist Guild
6DAI
3D Mapping Platform
70 Million Jobs
Anti-Recidivism Workforce
Ampjar
Micro Audiences
Archipelo
Code Search
Aspireship
Career Paths
Assure
SPV Platform
Balloon
Decision Making
Begin
Idea to Production
Captiv8
Influencer Marketing
Career Karma
Working Revolution
Contiq
Sales Content
Crash
Career Launch Platform
Cygnus-AI
AI Diagnostics
Density
Space Utilization
Double-Loop
Product Development
DroneSeed
Scaleable Reforestation
Earth AI
AI Mining
Enklu
AR Marketplace
Freeplay
Subscription Gyms
Galaxy
Livestream Commerce
Good Goods
Packaging,
Logistics & Tech
Greenfield Robotics
Reimagining Agriculture
Grin
Influencer Platform
Joyne
Pre-construction Rebuilt
Juneshine
Hard Kombucha
Luk
Talent Marketplace
Marlow
Coaching Platform
May Mobility
Self Driving
Meowtel
Pet Service
MUD \ WTR
Adaptogenic Tea
Neyborly
Space on Demand
Parabol
Distributed Collaboration
Pared
On-Demand Shifts
Passport
Modern Shipping
Planned
Event Marketplace
Porter Road
Reimagining Food Supply
Reconnect
Anti-Recidivism Platform
Reduct
Text-Edited Video
Resolve
Reimagining Finance
Room
Personal Shared Space
ScentBox
Subscription Self Care
Shoot My Travel
Memory Marketplace
Shuttl
International Mobility
Slab
Beautiful Knowledge
Slite
Working Together
Spiro
AI for Sales
The Stylist LA
Reimagining Retail
Talla
AI Automation
Tonebase
Lessons Marketplace
Torii
Easy Home Buying
Underground Cellar
Subscription Marketplace
Upward Farms
Urban Agriculture
Watchful
AI Annotation
Wellnite
Social Mental Health
Xendoo
AI Bookkeeping
