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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

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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

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

Insights

How to prove your blockchain identity with your palm

Terence Kwon, founder of Humanity Protocol, discusses the primordial importance of on-chain identity.

Jan 21, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

Ethereum: A journey of setbacks, doubts – and unshakable conviction

Ethereum’s journey has been anything but smooth—riddled with setbacks, skepticism, and constant doubts. But our colleague Marcel is a believer.

Jan 7, 2025

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10 mins

Insights

From Uniswap to DeFi Revolution: An Insider’s Vision for Decentralized Finance

Our colleague Marcel Uhlmann just published his new book "DeFi Revolution". We had a few questions.

Dec 4, 2024

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10 mins

Insights

Venture Capital Magazin talks with Wolfgang and the CEOs of Trever and Funds on Chain

The German magazine spoke to venture capital firms and founders to understand the current investor appetite in the fintech space.

Jul 26, 2024

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15 mins

Insights

Beyond Borders Podcast by Besart Shala from iBANFirst with Wolfgang about "Web3 and Blockchain Technology"

In this episode, we talked about the challenges and risks of investing in new technologies.

May 17, 2024

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31 mins

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Friends & Family BFC Notebook #18

When digital stops being binary, the boring becomes fun again, art reminds us why we live, and Paul Graham already knew it all.

Jun 15, 2025

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10 mins

Newsletters

Friends & Family BFC Notebook #17

One for all, waking up and your dream is gone, what great founders do best, and meet us at Token2049 in Dubai.

Apr 23, 2025

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10 mins

Newsletters

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

Newsletters

Friends & Family BFC Notebook #15

Why the world needs more crazy people building against all odds and why 18th century philosophers are relevant for AI.

Dec 17, 2024

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10 mins

Newsletters

Friends & Family BFC Notebook #14

Why putting your money where your mouth is doesn’t always work, how to make fewer mistakes when picking founders, and why inflection points change everything.

Oct 27, 2024

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10 mins

Newsletters

Friends & Family BFC Notebook #13

What fiber optic cables can teach us about crypto and AI agents, why our investment in Recall is a huge time saver, Token2049 Singapore, and why we invest in things nobody cares about.

Sep 15, 2024

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10 mins