Devcon 2024 | Meet the VC Brekky
** This event is selective and typically oversubscribed, so we prioritise founders who are raising. If you’re raising, please make sure that you fill out all the form fields!**
Investor events seem to be a dime a dozen these days, but we’re here to deepen relationships between these two groups, to strengthen our ecosystem together. The purpose of this event is that everyone walks away with high quality conversations, and actual investments are facilitating.
We will not accept applicants from service providers and corporates, and those in partnerships/sales/business development roles.
If you are a VC, please fill out: lu.ma/vcbrekkyvc
Schedule
9-11am Reverse Office Hours, builders are matched with VC's to facilitate more in depth conversations. No pitches as you've sent in your decks already
11-12pm Open Networking
Event Acceptance Calendar
Applications Open: Oct 1 - Nov 1
1-on-1 Meetings with VC's Notified: Nov 5
General Applications Accepted: Rolling Basis
Participating VC's:
Caladan
Caladan makes digital asset markets more efficient and fair. We support exchanges, tokens, and institutional investors with on-exchange liquidity, DeFi expertise, treasury solutions, and investments. Since 2017 we've been a pioneer in crypto market-making, powering over $50B in annual transactions across 1000+ assets.
https://caladan.xyz
Animoca Ventures
Animoca Ventures is the venture investment arm of Animoca Brands, a global leader in early stage investments in Web3 / blockchain companies and projects specializing in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification. We live on the cutting edge of Web3, and find, fund and support builders that will be the giants of tomorrow’s Internet. https://animoca.ventures/
ByteTrade Lab
ByteTrade Lab is a Web 3.0 Infrastructure Builder and Venture Studio, backed by Susquehanna International Group (SIG) Asia VC Fund and some other leading institutional investors including INCE Capital, BAI Capital, Sky9 Capital, BlueRun and PCG with a 50 Million USD A round financing in June 2022.
ByteTrade Lab is also incubating and early stage investing in Web 3.0 projects that are building the decentralized version of Internet applications on Terminus OS. We aim to enable the builders of Web 3.0 by providing a variety of resources to them including but not limited to: technology expertise, product definition, business planning, GTM strategies and funding. https://www.bytetradelab.io/
Cointelegraph Accelerator
Cointelegraph Accelerator is working with early-stage Web3 projects to boost their growth by leveraging its access to a native Web3 audience, marketing expertise, and a broad network of partners in the industry. Accelerator participants also get mentorship support over key aspects of Web3 startup growth, e.g., token launch, liquidity management, token incentives design, etc. The equity/token-based program aligns the interests of the accelerator and the participants, allowing them to build meaningful partnerships for sustainable growth. https://cointelegraph.com/accelerate/
Digital Finance Group (DFG) & Jsquare
Established in 2015, Digital Finance Group (DFG) stands as a global powerhouse in blockchain and cryptocurrency investments, managing assets exceeding $1 billion. Our expansive portfolio spans various sectors of the blockchain landscape, encompassing public blockchains, infrastructure, CeFi, DeFi, NFTs, and gaming. https://www.dfg.group/
Electric Capital
Electric Capital is an early-stage venture firm investing in the next generation of iconic crypto founders. We leverage deep technical expertise and an understanding of community governance, token economics, cryptography, and distributed systems to partner with top crypto founders. https://www.electriccapital.com/
Hashkey Capital
Global in influence and crypto-native, HashKey Capital is a digital asset and blockchain leader helping institutions, founders and talents advance the blockchain industries. HashKey Capital, one of the largest crypto funds and the earliest institutional investor in Ethereum, has managed over US$1 billion in client assets since its inception, with over 500 investments in infrastructure, tools, and applications. https://hashkey.capital/
IOSG Ventures
IOSG Ventures is a pioneering crypto fund founded in 2017 that invests in the future of Web3. As a thesis-driven firm, we assist founders in developing community-driven protocols that are primed to transform the crypto landscape. We are passionate about investing in crypto-native paradigms that have the potential to transform the future of the industry, whether you’re building infra, middleware, security, gaming, or social platforms. https://iosg.vc/
Newman Capital
Newman Capital is a full-stack proprietary venture capital firm headquartered in Hong Kong with a footprint across APAC and North America, focusing on early-stage startups in consumer applications, development enablers, and blockchain infrastructure. https://newmancapital.com/
NGC Ventures
NGC Ventures is one of the largest institutional investors of blockchain and distributed ledger technologies, and has been a key contributor to a number of leading blockchain projects. https://ngc.fund/home
Orange DAO
Orange DAO is the largest founder community of 1300+ YC and Orange DAO-backed founders building and investing in the future of crypto. We seek to build, accelerate, and mentor the leading repeat founders in the web3 ecosystem. One of our flagship programs is our Orange Fellowship that fast-tracks your path to build the next web3 unicorn with a 10-week structured program. https://www.orangedao.xyz/
Outlier Ventures
Outlier Ventures invests in creators building “The Open Metaverse,” a thesis and playbook outlining the future of freedom and equitable economics within digital environments. We are not only passionate about building the future, but we also have the depth of niche crypto expertise necessary in legal, structuring, branding, and token engineering to execute and help guide a project from zero to one. https://outlierventures.io/about-us/
Saison Capital
Saison Capital is the venture arm of Credit Saison, one of Japan’s largest consumer credit companies. We invest in Seed to Series A companies across South East Asia and India. Although the mandate of the fund is sector agnostic, we like to work with founders that are building platforms or ecosystems that have the potential to distribute financial services to the underbanked. https://www.saisoncapital.com/
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