Angel Investments
Sometimes I angel invest in people or problems I believe in. Here are some of the highlights. If you are raising, feel free to reach out. I don't invest that often but I probably know a fund that would be interested.
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Prime Intellect
I invested in the first round and saw the company come to fruition from a bedroom turned into an office in SF. Vincent, the CEO, and I used to be co-founders a long time ago and became good friends. Prime Intellect was very early in recognizing the value of compute marketplaces, built amazing infrastructure and has excelled at everything they decide to focus on.
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Ethena
I invested in their first funding round and found Ethena back when it had a different name. I helped a little on their go-to-market for initial launch and have huge respect for what Guy and the team pulled off. They are probably one of the best examples of a team that executes at the highest levels.
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Lightcone
I invested in their first funding round. Arad, the founder, and I met at a picnic and it became pretty clear he understood Futarchy markets better than 99% of people. Generally I believe a founder has to understand a problem deeply to build anything interesting and he had that characteristic. Lightcone launches soon. Go team!
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Symbiotic
I invested in their Series A. Symbiotic initially looked like an EigenLayer competitor but is now focused on RWA liquidity. Felix, the Head of Ecosystem there, is one of the few BD people in DeFi who have deep product knowledge. I mainly invested because he is smart and the team is crypto native enough to figure out something that can work and scale in that industry.