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The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products Part 4: Digital Identities
No More Catfishing. Digital Identities — It’s not a matter of if, but whom. This is Part 4 of the Series. Read Part 1, Part 2 (Messaging), & Part 3 (Utility). If you’re like me, you’ve had a friend who’s about to go on a first date with someone they met on Bumble. They’ll usually say something like, “I’ve already…
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The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products, Part 3: Utility
What are Web3, NFTs, and crypto actually good for? Quite a lot, actually. Read Part I and Part II of the future of crypto consumer product series People who know of my interest in NFTs in the arts and crypto in general often ask me, “Okay, but are these things *actually* useful in the real…
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The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products, Part 2: Messaging
Crypto’s ‘You’ve got mail’ moment is coming To steal a line from Mark Twain, the demise of crypto has been greatly exaggerated. Yes, token values are falling, and crypto companies built on the assumption of an ever-rising tide are starting to trim their sails. And yes a “crypto winter” is upon us. But I am confident that…
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The Future of Crypto Native Consumer Products
Every major technology shift has eventually brought forth a new wave of consumer tech companies. The emergence of the Internet led to messaging apps like AOL and Yahoo, marketplaces like Amazon and eBay, and entertainment services like Netflix and Pandora. The move to mobile led to the rise of Twitter, Uber, Facebook, and Snap*, among…
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Power to the People: My Investing Focus 2022
You Deserve Two and a half years ago I joined Lightspeed and laid out how my investing focus mapped to communities and sectors I care about. I’ve been so proud to watch it come to life through investments in: Players driving financial inclusion through fintech + retail investing such as Trading TV, Stori, and Flink (including Lightspeed’s first investments in LATAM); Companies shepherding in…
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Meet Everyrealm: Building the Gateway to the Metaverse
[Orignally posted Feb 10, 2022] We’re thrilled to be partnering with Everyrealm as they announce their $60M Series A. Everyrealm is an investor and developer of NFT properties in the virtual world. They launched in April 2021 and built Fantasy Islands and the infamous $650k yacht in Sandbox. The team believes (as do we) that people need places to…
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FCF’s Series A — the web3 league where fans/community call the plays
[Originally posted Jan 12, 2022] Congratulations to FCF (Fan Controlled Football) on your $40M Series A raise led by Animoca Brands and Delphi Digital. We led the seed in mid 2020 and have been continuously floored by the ingenuity, inventiveness, hustle, and performance of the FCF team. We already know Americans love to watch football. The TV…
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Women in Crypto
Jan 5th was #WomeninCrypto Day. There aren’t enough of us, but the ones involved are working on some amazing projects. Here’s a roundup of top women-led and women-focused communities to help you get started through community (link) https://www.notion.so/Communities-for-Women-in-Web3-You-May-Not-Know-About-abb1e24548aa42a2a12acf3306cd15ec
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The Web3/Crypto/Metaverse Ecosystem Guide — From the Minds of Lightspeed
Here’s how to get up to speed in web3/crypto/metaverse You’ve been hearing a lot about crypto and are wondering where to get started. Or maybe if you’re like us, you’ve spent your days, evenings, weekends and holidays getting up to speed. The crypto community is one where the only constant is the pace at which…
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Creator coins & the future of income
It’s a well-worn cliche in the venture world that we don’t really invest in startups, we invest in people. We place bets on founders whom we believe have the drive and determination to realize their visions and create a successful company. But with the rapid growth of the creator economy, the idea of investing in…
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Mercedes Bent 