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Bankless Ventures 🫡
@banklessvc
✨ Bankless Ventures ✨
@banklessvc
- an 30m early-stage VC fund, empowering pioneers to explore the frontier 🌅
Lead by me, Ryan, and
@benlakoff
!
With guidance from
@drakefjustin
and
@sassal0x
too
An announcement, some thoughts, and our strategy:
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Thanks for coming to the
@BanklessVC
run this morning 🏃♂️🏃♀️💪
See you at
@Permissionless
for the next one 🫡❤️
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Just realized I still have my
#flufhaus
miami VIP lanyard in my bag….
Round 2 Flufhaus LA let’s go 🚀
See you soon
@FLUF_World
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1 / Tips for Founders Raising $$
Me: I’ve grown, sold and failed companies. I’ve been part of teams & raised >$150M in funding.
I’ve invested in >50 projects, mentor at fantastic web3 accelerators and have seen a deck or two.
Here are some tips from both sides of the table 🧵
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"The other problem with gold reserves is that they’re physically vulnerable. When the Nazis conquered countries in Europe, the first place they went to was a central bank’s gold reserves." -
@NickSzabo4
#btc
#bitcoinsummit
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There's a lot of
#NFTs
out there. Time to stand out and create something even more truly unique in the space.
Check out how:
@publish0x
@DefiNft
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1/ Vested (team / investor) Tokens Locked within Tradable NFTs are going to be 🔥🔥
Just one use case that
@DefiNft
enables. Called "Vesting Capsules" are NFTs, filled with time-locked ERC-20 (or 721/1155) tokens.
Read:
Why we're excited? 👇👇
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Great run this morning for
@BanklessVC
run & workout at Token2049
This was our 12th run at a crypto conference and perhaps the best views yet. 🌴🌴🏝️🏃♀️🏃
Thanks everyone for coming!
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Bought 2 weeks ago, but finally joined the lounge yesterday. iykyk
#EthLizards
@KieranWarwick
@ethlizards
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1/ Gm Frens. Life Update: After 2.5 years of being the Business Lead for
@DefiNft
, I’ve moved back into more of an advisor role and will be focusing my time and energy into the next endeavor. ✊⚛️
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In LA looking for Web3 Meetups?
EVERY WEEK:
Mon
@CryptoMondaysLA
Tue
@NFTuesdayLA
@nfteasocial
Thur
@irl_alpha
Fri
@CryptoFridaysLA
OFTEN:
@QuantumNFT
@brtmoments
@afterparty
@SuperchiefNFT
@lisabeyu
@joshsimenhoff
Meet up, learn, invest, build. You have options. ✊
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DeFi Week Happy Hour by
@TheDaoMaker
@Barn_Bridge
@CurveFinance
@paraswap
@StakeDAOHQ
@ComposableFin
🔥🔥🚀
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@cole0x
This.
Casio F-91W. Available on Amazon for $11.
Use my affiliate link if you buy one so I can make $0.03 🎊
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Friends of
@opensea
at
@QuantumNFT
We’re back babyyyy 🫡
Gang. W/
@BradshawBlakey
@roseandbomb
@stuartrfarmer
@PULLMANIA
@BullStern
@BestieNft
@lisabeyu
@keegan_selby
@katrina_arman
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Can't wait to see a crypto consumer app that solves a real problem / that users love.
Only then can we worry for the next phases... Growth, expanding down to infra (probably launching their own chain).... Then, Super App.
Step 1: Get the users and growth.
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I did it. 5 figure
@coingecko
Candy club. 🫡
Kudos
@bobbyong
@tmlee
and the CoinGecko team for crushing this app and all around being amazing humans 🦎🦎
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Loving these
@RealVision
IRL meetups.
LA chapter let’s go. 🔥🔥
🍻
@RaoulGMI
@damianhorner
@PaulGrra
@proof_of_werk
@kodcycle
@zosogrape
@evanskaplan
@electronhauler
@TwoConTango
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"Use of Funds" in a deck I'm looking at.... 40% allocated for legal expenses.... in a seed round.
Absolutely tragic. 😭
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Thanks for joining the
@BanklessVC
Run & Workout this morning at
@ETHLisbon
!
🏃🏃🫡❤️
@TrustlessState
@miaferrariii
@scrollinondubs
@0xSenad
@didierkrux
@BanklessHQ
@diogo_balmeida
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So… anytime anyone bridges to
@degentokenbase
Chain, it just market buys $DEGEN to use as gas on the L3?
Genius. 🎩
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Great meetup today!
@thewatchers0001
@Admit0001
@proof_xyz
@moonbirds
at
@QuantumNFT
@Alex_E_Benton
@ben_mcmaster
@NFTlawlady
@subtractive
@gmoneyNFT
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Apparently I've been dickpilled.
This lil
@CryptoDickbutts
found a new home today.
1 D = 1 B
It's math.
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Each month, we scrape all the web3 venture deals and put them into a spreadsheet / newsletter.
A monthly (free) newsletter w/:
- Recap of web3 funding rounds
- Airtable with ALL data
- Hackathons & Demo Days - upcoming & finalists
Enjoy!
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The flood product we love and deserve in this sea of liquidity that is Dubai.
@fuel_network
really nailed the “unique experience” this week
@dmihal
@ArjunKalsy
well done gang 👏👏
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We were
@ethglobal
🇨🇴 finalists - 1k hackers & $500k prizes
diZKreet - ZK Privacy Layer for NFTs, using
@aztecnetwork
W/ legends:
@MeirBank
@roysandoval_
@orpheuslummis
@metaversearchi_
Hack -
Presention (last one) -
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What are memes? From
@punk6529
recent interview on
@realvision
"They're "intersubjective myths, they’re brands, slogans, national flags. They are the visual / cognitive shortcut where humans coalesce around certain ideas."
Love this.
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So...
@dylandewdney
and I talked on
@Nasdaq
today....
That was fantastic.
#NFTNYC2021
@DefiNft
@NFT3com
@Kylin_Network
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Fun fact. USDT was originally launched at a Santa Monica (California) meetup in 2014.
@nestorious828
mentioned this tidbit in her stablecoin talk last night.
Keep going to IRL events…. 🔥🫡
Great to see everyone at
@CryptoMondaysLA
last night.
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We're heading for a multi-chain future.
At
@CryptoMondaysLA
we're excited to have
@hakwanlau
from
@harmonyprotocol
come talk to us about smart contract platforms (not just ETH)
Monday 4-Oct at 18:00 at
@clutch_venice
Food and Drinks included 🚀❤️
@soundmoneym
@loukerner
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Ladies and Gentlemen. We did it.
69 Bens in BenDAO.
@thebendao
hard cap reached.
@musicben_eth
was the 69th Ben to join.
BAGMI.
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See you in Austin this week for
@Permissionless
II 🫡
Pop by at 13:50 on Monday for "The State of Private Markets" with
@VanessaGrellet_
@avichal
@soona
and me
Stoked to see everyone
@BanklessHQ
@banklessvc
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June Venture Deals 🫡
- Recap of largest web3 funding rounds
- Airtable with ALL funding data
- Hackathons & Demo Days - upcoming & finalists
Link in my bio :)
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Have you ever seen anyone’s health get worse from drinking more water?
Not likely. Drink more water. There you go.
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Miami.... See you soon:
-
@DCentralCon
30-Nov 1-Dec
-
@NFT_BZL
30-Nov
-
@nftbasel
1-Dec - 4-Dec
-
@nftsmart
blastoff w/
@coin_artist
&
@j1mmyeth
1-Dec
Who has the side events list?
👀
@snack_man
@zendvibes_
@DanetteWallace
@israelswilson
@n_amberland
@WilliamTong
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Enjoying
@EthMagicians
NFT Dev Meetup
@EthereumDenver
🔥🔥
Presenting Music NFT metadata proposal in the pic 👀
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Founders, don't forget to:
- Use Docsend: Nobody wants to download your files
- Send some options + your calendly: Nobody wants to send 20 msgs back and forth to schedule
- Send those cold DMs: Shoot your shot
✊
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ZERO GRAVITY
@DefiNft
happening in 30 min!
#NFTart
MetaVerse Party
@cryptovoxels
&
@decentraland
50+
#NFTs
It's a party. Airdrops, Giveaways,
@poapxyz
How to join:
Or... (audio only) -
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A fantastic listen.
So bullish on this ecosystem (and so comfortable in my echo chamber...)
"I may end up selling all of my BTC to buy ETH."
🤯
That's what
@RaoulGMI
said when we asked about his crypto portfolio.
Wanna know his 2021 ETH price prediction?
Catch our full 90 min episode with Raoul. Available now on
@BanklessHQ
.
LISTEN:
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Web3 Events this week in LA....
Mon
@CryptoMondaysLA
Venice w
@jillrichmond77
Tue
@NFTuesdayLA
@nfteasocial
Tue LA Venture Venice
@JeffAdamDiamond
Wed
@irl_alpha
Downtown
Wed
@neuhouse
@AnnikaRoseSings
Hollywood
Thur
@irl_alpha
Venice
Thur
@brtmoments
@neuhouse
Venice
✊
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Long time internet friends finally meeting IRL! 🇵🇹
@harshrajat
@Riijo
@epnsproject
@DefiNft
#SolanaBreakpoint
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Really enjoyed tonight’s
@NFTuesdayLA
at
@QuantumNFT
in Santa Monica.
Loved the space so much that now I’m a Quantum Key holder (490)…. Credit
@BullStern
for the referral 😂
Stoked to spend more time in this lovely place - well done
@justinaversano
and QA team! 🙌
#qsla
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Checked
@EthereumDenver
Schedule...
Can't wait to see battle of the nameDAOs.
BenDAO v. JoshDAO v. DaveDAO
@0xJoshuaSL
@DeFiDave22
@TrustlessState
@daverodman007
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Congrats
@dropsnft
team! 🔥❤️🙌
Culmination of a LOT of hard work. Super proud of you guys and stoked to watch this grow!
The Drops DAO mainnet has officially launched! Users can now collateralize their NFT collections through our lending pools 💧
Collateralized loans with Drops unleash the full potential of your NFTs in DeFi 🔥
Learn more in our article and thread below 👇
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100 Bens in BenDAO.
Yes, the internet is this weird and I love it.
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Founders: 2.5 minutes to impress VCs.
VCs spend an avg of 2.5 min looking at your deck (
@DocSend
report)
Thus:
- Brevity is a skill
- Narrative Matters
- Be clear on your ask
Send a link. No opsec-respecting VC wants to download your files
Good luck out there. ✊🫡
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I'm one of
@coin_artist
's first 50k followers! Verifying my twitter to claim an NFT reserved for followers only! This free NFT airdrop was done via
@LinkdropHQ
and
@0xPolygon
!
#1347
sig:c361e96e18
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Crypto Meetup in Venice 18:00 tonight @
@clutch_venice
Tonight
@lesborsai
&
@vegsurfer
from
@wave_financial
chatting NFT Funds & then
@davesaidthat_
chatting about
@gelatonetwork
& Automated smart contract executions.
@poapxyz
@worthalter
👀
@CryptoMondaysLA
@soundmoneym
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Really enjoyed this one. "Beliefs are hypotheses to be tested, not treasures to be protected."
Now prefer this to "Strong Opinions, loosely held"
Great stuff
@mjmauboussin
@tferriss
“Wall Street, even to this day, is replete with lots of rules of thumb and shorthands for how to do things.... so for me it was this idea of the beginner’s mind and saying, ‘How does this stuff really work?'”
— Michael Mauboussin (
@mjmauboussin
)
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Published my first
@viamirror
article:
Non Fungible Tokens AND Fungible Tokens within your web3 organization? How combining the two might open up new possibilities for improved governance designs.
Check it out 👇👇
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See you at ETHCC this week 🇫🇷
@banklessvc
team here w/
@TrustlessState
and
@rivfields
Meetups:
Tues AM - ☕️-
Tuesday 🍺 16:00
@BanklessHQ
Meetup for Citizens -
Wed AM 🏋️♂️ 🏃♂️
Say hello 👋
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Oh hey there internet frens. 🇵🇹
@scrollinondubs
@Sim_Pop
@TheJosephLiu
@VanessaGrellet_
@mattdlockyer
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Thrilled.
Big Week for
@DefiNft
. So grateful for these investors and all the value they're adding.
MASSIVE Kudos to the team
@robsecord
@MangoDogwood
@vlad_silviu
@Elyx0
@Boris037
& our growing community.
Everything changes on Wednesday. 🚀🚀
1 / So excited to announce our pre-seed round is closed, led by
@TheLAOOfficial
w/
@coingecko
@paraficapital
@4RCapital
@MoonwhaleBV
@D64vc
@longhashhatch
We're building a new standard allowing
#NFTs
to do more,
Launching 17-Feb
Read: 👉
@publish0x
👇
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It was cold. It was rainy. But lots of smiles and another great
@BanklessVC
run / workout this time at
@SolanaConf
Catch us at the next one:
🏃♂️ 🏃♀️
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Thanks for coming to
@BanklessVC
am run
@EFDevconnect
!
Sunrise over the Bosphorus? ✅
Some of the crew🏃♂️❤️🫡:
@wirexapp
@0x_zhaotaobo
@o_rourke
@marsXRobertson
@Puncar_ReFi
@0xcyp
@hussontomm
@lippmanethan
@plato2earn
@0xhannibool
@0xroylu
@maccanomics
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February web3 funding rounds ⛷️⛷️
Each month, we scrape all the web3 venture deals and put them into a spreadsheet / newsletter.
A monthly (free) newsletter w/:
- Recap of web3 funding rounds
- Airtable with ALL data
- Hackathons & Demo Days
Enjoy
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@Steveospirals
Did you know that Lizards are in fact....
@ethlizards
1 EthLizard = 1 EthLizard = the best lizards.
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NFTHack by
@ETHGlobal
next weekend 19-21 March.
@DefiNft
is one of the sponsors - Have some crazy ideas? Come build.
500+ Hackers.
@garyvee
@robsecord
@RAC
@Sim_Pop
@ljxie
@BrantlyMillegan
@ourZORA
@rariblecom
@NFTX_
& many more as judges.
It's going to be 🔥🚀🔥⚡️
We hinted at this last week but can't keep it to ourselves a minute longer... Excited to announce our next event: NFTHack coming March 19-21st!
✅ 2-day weekend hackathon
✅ open to all creators and builders
✅ workshops to take you from idea -> deploy
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1/ August Web3 Venture Deals Report
- Good: Crypto / Web Funding in Aug was +50% v. Jul’23.
- Bad: It’s down 50% v. Aug’23
Report w/
- State of 2Q23 VC
- Recap of largest web3 funding rounds
- Airtable with ALL the data
- Hackathons & Demo Days
- Crypto VC Fund Fundraises
🧵👇
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Touched (mountain) grass this weekend. Highly recommended. 🙌🏔
Have a fantastic week everyone ❤️🪄
(Yes, rocked the
@TheMetaFactory
@banklessDAO
Beanie 🤣 )
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Thanks for the great MetaHills NFT party (and panels!) last night
@mateo_ventures
!
@barbaraliau
@rkmasiello
@Flynnjamm
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If you're investing in web3... check out:
A monthly newsletter recapping:
- Recent funding rounds in web3
- Demo Day & Hackathons - Upcoming and finalists
- Comments on trends
All the data:
Let me know what you think :)
1/ Announcing the 1st edition of Deal Flow Digest
A monthly newsletter recapping:
- Recent funding rounds in web3
- Upcoming Demo Day & Hackathons
- Recent Demo Days & Hackathon Results
- Some comments on trends
Check it here:
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Dutch people are nice. Amsterdam city is beautiful…. But damn this weather sucks. 😂 🌬️
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Have you ever claimed a
@poapxyz
in the back of a
@TheMetaFactory
ice cream truck cruising through Manhattan?
It happened. 😂
#NFTNYC2021
@YalorMewn
@daverodman007
@Damag3dG00ds
@dylandewdney
@MangoDogwood
@POAPgod
$ROBOT
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I knew motorcycles were dangerous, but these stats are staggering.
“A motorcyclist who traveled 15 miles every day for a year had an astonishing 1 in 860 chance of dying. A person who took a 500-mile flight every day for a year would have a fatality risk of 1 in 85,000.”
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It's a crypto "winter" yet still BILLIONS of dollars of Venture $$ flowing into web3
Each month, we scrape all the web3 fundings & put them into a newsletter w/:
- Recap of web3 funding rounds
- Airtable w/ ALL data
- Hackathons & Demo Days
Enjoy!
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Stoked. The new
@gitcoin
@KERNEL0x
block is going to be awesome. 🔥
You guys did it again!
@vsinghdothings
@sm_judge
@owocki
@cryptowanderer
& team!
There's likely a lot of new people interested in building in the Crypto Space. ➡️
@KERNEL0x
& sign up for the next block. ❤️
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Even with years of experience, you'll still feel like a beginner.
That's ok.
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Thanks for having us tonight
@Smart_Contract
and chatting NFTs!
@joshuasimenhoff
@ZayiRey
@krystallschott
@nickcasares
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7/ What’s next?
Stay tuned, But the news that hit last week at ETHDenver has something to do with it: re:
@banklessvc
SCOOP: The founders of crypto media brand
@BanklessHQ
are raising an early stage venture capital fund, moving beyond their podcasting roots.
@realdannynelson
and
@0x_tracy
report from
#ETHDenver
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Have you been to a
#metaverse
party?
Here's
@RichardDixonART
Virtual Art Gallery in
@cryptovoxels
. We also have a dance party at
@sibrah18
stage in
@decentraland
1 - Join
2 - Take a selfie, tag
@DefiNft
3 - Tweet with our next event link:
ENJOY
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