#77: DAO’s, Token Valuations, & Crypto Ponzy Schemes with Newman Capital’s Adrian Lai
Adrian Lai is the founder of Newman Capital, a principal investment firm focused on private equity and venture capital investment with significant presence in Web3. Newman is an investor in influential companies such as Reddit, Epic Games, SpaceX, Dapper Labs & Kraken.
#76: Developer Productivity & Technical Challenges in Machine Learning with Bain Capital Ventures’ Rak Garg
Rak is a Principal at Bain Capital Ventures, which manages over $6b and was an early investor in companies like LinkedIn, Docusign, Docker, and Redis Labs. Rak leads early-stage investments in cybersecurity and developer infrastructure companies.
#75: Overvalued Crypto Startup Multiples & Web 3.0 Developer Talent with EVG’s Allen Ng
Venture veteran turned crypto enthusiast, Allen has participated in the making of over a dozen renowned TMT unicorns, start-ups and blockchain projects across the globe since 2012 and is an investor in 50+ startups globally, including a dozen unicorns till date.
#70: The Future of the Crypto Economy in Southeast Asia with Coinbase’s Hassan Ahmed
Hassan Ahmed is an experienced operator and investor in web3 and fintech. He is currently the Regional Director of Southeast Asia at Coinbase, the largest crypto platform in theworld. Prior to this, Hassan served a dual role at GoTo Group as Chief Executive Officer of Coins.ph, the leading crypto brokerage in the Philippines, and Head of Strategy for Gopay in Indonesia. Prior to moving […]
#69: SoftBank Group Operator School with Laura Gaviria Halaby, Operating Lead SoftBank Latin America Funds
Laura Gaviria Halaby is a scale-up and business development expert with entrepreneurial background and ample experience in leadership roles in venture capital and tech.
#65: High-Impact Entrepreneurship through Underserved Markets with Endeavor’s Adrian Garcia-Aranyos
Adrian Garcia-Aranyos is the President of Endeavor, a global community of high-impact entrepreneurs present in ~40 markets with a rules-based venture arm, Endeavor Catalyst, which is a leading VC investor in most emerging markets. he joined Endeavor in 2014 as Founding Managing Director of Endeavor Spain. Prior to that he held several executive roles at J.P.
#64: AI Enabled Technologies & Economic Equity with Fika Ventures’ Eva Ho
Eva is a General Partner at Fika Ventures, an early stage fund investing in companies that leverage the power of data as a core component of their business model. Prior to Fika, Eva was a founding GP at Susa Ventures.
#63: How to Start a Fund with Investment Fund Secrets’ Bridger Pennington
Bridger Pennington is the founder of 2 investment funds that have done over 217 deals in the last 4 years. He has started helping others launch their own funds through Investment Fund Secrets, an online program with over 4,000 students designed to help them start investment funds without working on Wall Street or having an Ivy League degree.
#62: The Future of Blockchain Convergence with Kenetic Capital’s Jehan Chu
Jehan Chu is co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic, a blockchain Venture Capital and cryptocurrency trading firm based in Hong Kong. A former front-end developer, he started investing in cryptocurrency in 2013 and has invested and supported over 100 projects.
#61: Game Studio Venture Investing with Execution Labs’ Jason Della Rocca
Jason Della Rocca is a game industry entrepreneur, funding advisor, and cluster expert. He specializes in business/partnership development, pitching/funding, and ecosystem/cluster development. As the co-founder of Executions Labs, he was a hands-on early-stage investor to over 20 independent game studios from North America and Europe.
