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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #16

The Sputnik trauma is alive, Canadian Unified makes Saas AI-ready, Davos line-up inspires, and how Wall Street came to love Bitcoin.

Feb 9, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

Political experts, fund managers, and crypto experts come together in Davos 2025

From regulation to real-world adoption, we explored the big questions that will define the crypto industry’s future.

Jan 21, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

Why being a famous actor doesn’t always help when you want to be a businessman

Wolfgang sat down with Vivek Anand Oberoi in Davos to discover that before he became a famous actor, he was already an entrepreneur.

Jan 21, 2025

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25 mins

Insights

How to go public in India with a $19 billion valuation - the story of Paytm

Wolfgang sat down with Vijay Shekhar Sharma in Davos to discuss his journey as one of India’s most successful founders.

Jan 21, 2025

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14 mins

Insights

Davos panel discussion “Blockchain Infrastructure and Stablecoins for Institutional DeFi

Nitin Gaur welcomes executives from Kadena, Solana, Circle, and Filecoin Foundation to talk about institutional readiness for crypto.

Jan 21, 2025

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22 mins

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Davos panel discussion “Blockchain Infrastructure and Stablecoins for Institutional DeFi”

Bibin Babu welcomes executives from Gate.io, bitsCrunch, AYA, and TDX to talk about building the future of finance.

Jan 21, 2025

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22 mins

Portfolio

Jason Calacanis and Sankari Nair talk about how you can hack your productivity

How individual and organisations can create a personalized knowledge base that is so much better than anything else on the market.

Sep 18, 2024

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42 mins

Portfolio

Jason Calacanis and Rae Lambert talk about community management

How online brands can use in-person meetups to scale their audience and earn more money.

Aug 15, 2024

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25 mins

Portfolio

Discover the Future of Film and TV with KINO

Our co-investor ARK Invest recently met with the founders of our portfolio company, KINO, to discuss the future of film and television.

Sep 2, 2024

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51 mins

Portfolio

Why we invested in Recall

You read thirty articles every day but remember little? With Recall, you can build a second brain that truly lives up to its name.

Aug 9, 2024

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10 mins

Portfolio

Why we invested in OpenQ

In tech, all platforms strive for developer attention. OpenQ holds the key to this sometimes complicated relationship.

Jun 17, 2024

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5 mins

Portfolio

Why we invested in River

When your sales pitch turns into a famous angel investor, you know you've stumbled upon something groundbreaking.

Jun 26, 2024

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10 mins

Insights

Crypto Beginners Podcast by Eric Heinemann from Crypto Nerds with Marcello about "Banks, Uniswap and his DeFi journey"

In 2017, he became enthusiastic about the idea of a decentralized exchange and became a liquidity provider at Uniswap.

Apr 3, 2025

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75 mins

Insights

Frankfurt Conference "Forum für digitale Vermögenswerte (FDV)"

Web3 Network and FINFOR hosted the Frankfurt Digital Assets Conference.

Feb 11, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

Political experts, fund managers, and crypto experts come together in Davos 2025

From regulation to real-world adoption, we explored the big questions that will define the crypto industry’s future.

Jan 21, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

Why being a famous actor doesn’t always help when you want to be a businessman

Wolfgang sat down with Vivek Anand Oberoi in Davos to discover that before he became a famous actor, he was already an entrepreneur.

Jan 21, 2025

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25 mins

Insights

How to go public in India with a $19 billion valuation - the story of Paytm

Wolfgang sat down with Vijay Shekhar Sharma in Davos to discuss his journey as one of India’s most successful founders.

Jan 21, 2025

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14 mins

Insights

Davos panel discussion “Blockchain Infrastructure and Stablecoins for Institutional DeFi

Nitin Gaur welcomes executives from Kadena, Solana, Circle, and Filecoin Foundation to talk about institutional readiness for crypto.

Jan 21, 2025

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22 mins

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #12

From the first solar panel in 1883 to today's AI investments, timing is everything. Explore Trever's solution for digital assets and discover the wisdom of Naval Ravikant.

Jul 29, 2024

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10 mins

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #11

Europe's tribes flocking to Germany, we score three goals, developer relations, community management, hockey sticks and a Telegram interview with a wallet.

Jun 26, 2024

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10 mins

Newsletters

Friends & Family BFC Notebook #10

Be kind to your AI robot, don't bet against Sam, bringing people together and what strategies it takes in times of headwind.

May 14, 2024

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5 mins

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #9

When did you buy your first Amazon share? Playing a boardgame in Denver, sitting on the top of a palm in Dubai and crypto investing tutorials.

Mar 28, 2024

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10 mins

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #8

Farewell to a friend, why giving up is not an option for Anthony Scaramucci, the fund industry is going blockchain, and how everyone can Read Write Own.

Feb 7, 2024

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10 min

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #7

How Sam Altman kills a hundred startups every time he speaks, why KINO is getting Hollywood excited, and a great addition to the BFC team.

Dec 18, 2023

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10 min