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1/ Framework Ventures has raised $400 million for our third crypto fund, dubbed “FVIII”, bringing our total AUM over $1.4 billion.
Approximately half, or $200 million, is earmarked for the rapidly growing blockchain gaming space.
@business
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Here, fixed it for you ser
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1/ Today, we're excited to announce the launch of the Framework Tent, a token-gated knowledge base for
@hiframework
's Platform.
Over the next few hours, over 100 NFTs will be minted and provided to Founders in the Framework Ventures Portfolio.
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Thanks to our incredible backers and team, we've raised $100 million for our second fund! We're thrilled to announce this latest milestone as we continue building out our vision. 🙌
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1/ Today, web2 has tools to benchmark comp data like Glassdoor. In web3, founders and employees mostly are flying blind.
To help the community navigate, we are open-sourcing data from across our portfolio to create a comprehensive guide to comp in web3.
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Since day 1
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1/ bm
We just co-led a $100 million round in
@berachain
, an EVM-compatible layer 1 blockchain built on the Cosmos SDK and powered by the novel “Proof of Liquidity” consensus mechanism.
@Bloomberg
article + short 🧵 on why we're becoming beras 🐻⛓️👇
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1/ We're pleased to announce that Framework Ventures has made a strategic investment in the Immutable ecosystem, a purpose-built platform for crypto gaming that we think has both the momentum and the technology to service a real consumer adoption wave.
A brief 🧵👇👇👇
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1/ Today in
@business
: Framework Ventures has led a $30 million Series A round in
@Stardust
, a platform we think will become the "Coinbase of web3 gaming".
Below, see full article by
@hgmiller29
+ a breakdown on the deal 🧵👇
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Since 2017, our team recognized the fundamental role Chainlink would play within the broader DeFi space. We're excited to expand our contribution to the ecosystem by operating the core infrastructure that powers a significant portion of the DeFi economy!
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DeFi is booming...Framework is too. Thrilled to announce some outstanding additions to our team — John DiCerbo, CFO, Ray Pulver, CTO and Roy Learner, Principal.
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@pythianism
on the ETH merge
@Permissionless
:
"You're going into a scenario where you're going to have all of the structural sellers, all of the structural supply wiped out at one point, and I think thats going to be powerful in a way that people don't fully realize."
📽️👇
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Two years ago we read the
@chainlink
whitepaper and saw a future where the boundary between smart contracts and oracles becomes fluid. We are still one of the largest holders and are committed long term. Here is where our head is at today
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1/ We just co-led the $2 million seed round for
@VoltProtocol
, an inflation-resistant stablecoin protocol that uses CPI data pulled on-chain via
@Chainlink
.
Basically, we think Volt could give users the ability to maintain their purchasing power in inflationary times.
A 🧵👇
Volt Protocol Raises $2 Million for 'Inflation-Resistant Stablecoin'
►
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1/ We just co-led a $12M round for Slide, a startup building products that improve web3 UX for normal people.
For the next hundred million users to join web3, our industry needs a UX overhaul.
We think
@SlideWeb3
will play a massive role in this change.
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1/ We just led a $24 million Series A for
@Immunefi
, web3's leading bug bounty & security services platform.
It's our largest check ever.
We think Immunefi can overhaul security in web3 by changing incentives for hackers, rewarding them for being heroes.
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1/ We just led a $10 million round for
@MightyBearGames
, a traditional game studio that's launching a blockchain division to develop a series of immersive, AAA, web3 games with an emphasis on fairness and fun.
A short 🧵👇
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1/ Today, we’re excited to introduce the Framework Talent Network, an initiative to unite exceptional talent with extraordinary teams.
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"Framework Ventures, a $100-million venture capital fund and the biggest investor in the DeFi space, believes DeFi will soon have its mainstream moment"
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We’re super excited to share v2 built by
@Qaaj
and incubated within Framework. It’s purpose is to serve as the
@etherscan
equivalent for the
@synthetix_io
ecosystem. We hope you get as much use out of it as we do!
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1/
@VentureBeat
: Framework has led a $6M raise for ArenaX Labs (
@aiarena_
), an AI tech company that educates people with AI games!
Funds will be used to launch AI Arena, new game where players can train, collect, and battle intelligent AI fighters 👇🧵
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@pythianism
talks to Bloomberg about the Bitcoin ETFs and how new inflows may impact other areas of the market, including crypto gaming.
"This might sound strange, but its actually hard to get the coins...it could get wilder than people think."
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2/ A key lesson we learned as the largest private investor in
@Chainlink
:
When a new sector emerges in crypto, vertical winners don't waste time rebuilding core infrastructure from the ground up.
For example, DeFi projects that spend months rolling their own oracles = NGMI.
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We are very excited to officially announce the launch of our new website! 🙌 Check it out here:
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1/ We just led a $7M round in Spearbit, a security firm that wants to completely overhaul code audits in web3.
Spearbit plans to launch
@cantinaxyz
, an open, reputation-based audit marketplace that empowers freelance whitehat talent.
🧵 +
@TechCrunch
👇
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1/ We just co-led a $10M round for
@Jito_Labs
, a MEV infra company building the first 3rd-party validator client for Solana.
We believe Jito Labs' suite of solutions will help scale Solana, curb spam, & make MEV more democratic, transparent, & accessible.
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1/ We just led a $10M seed round for
@SpaceandTimeDB
, a
@chainlink
-powered, decentralized data warehouse for blockchain apps that can generate analytical insights in a decentralized, low cost, & secure way.
We think Space and Time can bring trustless analytics to web3.
🧵
.
@hiFramework
led the $10 million funding round for decentralized data platform
@SpaceandTimeDB
.
By
@BrandyBetz
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"Chainlink is on track to function as [the decentralized web3's] de facto security layer for any and all transactions of meaningful value." -
@im_manderson
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1/ We just co-led a $10 million round for Chainflip Labs, the company building
@Chainflip
- a cross-chain AMM with native asset swaps (no wrapped tokens).
Basically, we think Chainflip could be the protocol that finally makes cross chain swaps easy for end users.
A short 🧵👇
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@pythianism
explains why the alt-L1 narrative has suffered a major blow in the aftermath of SBF
📽️👇👇
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1/ We just co-led the $5.2 million seed round for
@BundlrNetwork
, a lightning fast, multi-chain scaling solution for Arweave, a decentralized data storage network that stores data forever on the "Permaweb".
Basically, we think Bundlr will scale Arweave.
A thread 🧵👇
The news is out!
Thrilled to announce that we raised a $5.2 million seed round from incredible lead investors:
@hiFramework
,
@ArweaveTeam
,
@hypersphere_
, and
@permanentvc
We are excited to continue making it fast and easy to store data on web3!
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1/ We just led a $7 million round for Thirdwave (
@thirdwavelabs
), a blockchain discovery engine.
Basically, we think Thirdwave can drastically improve user data insights in web3, letting teams (starting with gaming) truly understand their customers.
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We're excited to announce that Framework has officially joined
@_SEAL_Org
as a founding partner and donor!
With the emergency hotline, Whitehat Safe Harbor Agreement, & war games, SEAL is a massive step forward in crypto security.
S/O
@samczsun
for leading the initiative!
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Is blockchain gaming going to be the biggest market in crypto?
Join us on spaces this Friday at 3:00pm ET.
@pythianism
&
@im_manderson
will be talking Framework’s new $400M fund, crypto gaming, and our outlook for 2030.
Set reminder here
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1/ We just co-led a $5 million round for
@GoGoPool_
, a decentralized staking protocol for Avalanche.
Basically, we think GoGoPool could increase access to staking and significantly improve the process for launching subnets.
🧵👇
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1/ We just co-led a $5M strategic round for
@SocketDotTech
, an interoperability protocol that enables asset + data transfer across blockchains.
Funds will be used to scale Socket + integrate with Coinbase products like Coinbase Wallet and BASE.
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@pythianism
on crypto gaming at
@Permissionless
:
"The math on gaming is very clear. There's 3B people who play games a year. There's 1.5B people with an internet connection who make less than $5 a day. These people will be the first natural users of play to earn games".
📽️👇
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The Illuvium team has set out to educate and move traditional gamers into the world of decentralized and community-run gaming. We're proud to back them! 💪
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"We're seeing this spike as the chainlink network is getting scaled usage powering DeFi, connecting on-chain DeFi smart contracts to off-chain data feeds like commodities and crypto price data" -
@iam__vance
comments on Chainlink's price surge
@ForbesCrypto
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At Korea Blockchain Week,
@RuneKek
and
@pythianism
discussed the rise of RWAs and laid out the vision for MakerDAO's Endgame.
Full 📽️👇👇👇
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"Chainlink is benefitting from the shift in focus from base layer smart contracts like Ethereum to oracles, which began in 2019." -
@iam__vance
@chainlink
While bitcoin and the broader crypto market fell during Q1 amid a global crisis, a few coins outperformed. Here are a few notable winners and losers.
Report by
@godbole17
based on data from
@coindeskdata
's forthcoming Quarterly Review
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Will the Merge be the birth of an industry?
@pythianism
gives his thoughts in this clip from
@theempirepod
👇
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Is GameFi a fad or the future?"
At
#SmartCon2022
,
@pythianism
&
@Fortune
’s
@itstaylorlocke
discuss web3 gaming, including:
- consumer adoption
- lessons learned from Axie (P2E vs P&E)
- incentives for players and developers
- IDFA's death & impact on rev models
Full📽️ soon..
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Like many in the crypto space, we submitted a comment letter to FinCEN urging the withdrawal of its recent Proposal on legacy rules for cash onto cryptocurrencies.
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Our co-founder
@pythianism
sat down with
@nlw
of
@CoinDesk
's
@BreakdownNLW
to discuss everything from blockchain gaming, the path forward for DeFi, the social disruption of play-to-earn, crypto investing during uncertain times and more.
Don't miss it:
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Is blockchain gaming going to be the biggest market in crypto?🕹️
Join us today on spaces at 3:00pm ET.
@pythianism
&
@im_manderson
will be discussing why we've earmarked half ($200M) of our new fund for this sector.
Set reminder here 👉
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1/ We just co-led a $10.5M round for
@Satellite_im
, a decentralized communications platform that enables p2p private messaging.
Basically, we think Satellite could become the Discord of web3.
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This week,
@pythianism
sat down with
@BusinessInsider
to discuss:
- The origin of
@hiFramework
& the firm's recent hyper-growth phase
- Our recent moves (FVIII) in the crypto gaming space
- The state of the crypto market in the aftermath of UST
👇👇
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Our team at Framework Labs is proud to announce our first incubated project
@endaomentdotorg
! Check out this great piece by
@therorymurray
as he speaks with CEO of Endaoment
@RobbieHeeger
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1/ Today in
@TheBlock
: Framework Ventures has co-led a $3 million round in
@Daylight
, an API and web app that indexes and aggregates a web3 user's abilities (mints, airdrops, token gates etc).
Full article by
@karivmcmahon
& short 🧵👇
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“People are incredibly excited for Chainlink to help usher in an era of mainnet enterprise applications as a part of initiatives like the Baseline Protocol." -
@iam__vance
@chainlink
LINKING IT TOGETHER: Chainlink’s link token is outperforming bitcoin by leaps and bounds, as the oracle network’s various use cases have garnered investor attention, leading to a self-feeding bullish cycle.
CoinDesk's
@godbole17
reports
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Here's
@pythianism
's full interview on the state of crypto gaming from
@CoinDesk
TV
Also peep Atlas🌊 & Sear🔥 in the b-roll
@illuviumio
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As the markets wake up,
@pythianism
breaks down the state of the stablecoin wars to a packed room of allocators at
#Lw3
👇
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We’re live talking crypto gaming and why we’ve earmarked $200 million for this sector.
Join:
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1/ We just joined the $14M seed round for
@Polemos_io
, a major gaming guild and gamefi platform.
Basically, we think Polemos could supercharge web3 games by increasing player access, building competitive teams, participating in governance, and more.
A brief 🧵👇
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1/ We just led a $7 million round for
@KryptonProtocol
, a DEX designed to help users achieve the best execution on their trades.
Basically, we think Krypton can enable a new format of crypto trading that could appeal to institutional & retail users.
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Our co-founder
@im_manderson
will be speaking at
@blockworksDAS
in London next March.
Last year's event was excellent and the numbers for DAS 2024 already look strong 👇
#DAS2024
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Check out Michael Anderson's commentary featured in Bloomberg's recent article on Chainlink: “This is one of the things that’s unique to the blockchain, where the community is very powerful.”
Chainlink has grown to become the world’s fifth-biggest digital coin by market value, with help from the "LINK Marines" touting it online
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With the Merge around the corner,
@im_manderson
jumped on
@CNBC
with
@KenzieSigalos
to discuss its implications for the Ethereum network, competing L1s, and the wider VC landscape.
Full 📽️👇
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Apple & Google killing the IDFA basically rugs the business model for smaller game developers.
Can't advertise to targeted users = game devs will move towards blockchains as the more viable economic option.
@im_manderson
and
@JasonYanowitz
discuss on
@theempirepod
:
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In a recent Frame Space,
@pythianism
asks
@skilllevel7
(ex Ubisoft/King) how he sees blockchain gaming adoption playing out over the next 2 years.
Short 📽️👇
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In the aftermath of
#FTX
, we spoke to
@jacqmelinek
of
@TechCrunch
about the importance of DeFi and why this sector continues to give us hope for the industry.
We also discussed the need for better regulation of CeFi.
Read 👇👇👇
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What is the best model for a web3-native gaming studio?
Join us on Frame Space this Friday at 11:00am ET.
We're having on
@mightybeargames
- gaming OGs that just raised $10M to roll out a web3 arm for their studio.
Set a reminder 👇👇👇
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Is the bear market a gift?
@pythianism
appeared on
@BanklessHQ
to discuss:
- Lessons from the last cycle
- Which alt L1s are most likely to survive
- The future of Ethereum & L2s
- The GameFi rabbit hole (big consumer moment)
- DeFi 2.0 (vertical vs horizontal)
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2/ These NFTs will give founders exclusive access to curated lists of recommended partners, providers, and shared knowledge from across our ecosystem.
Over time, we expect this portal to grow into a full-service platform with data, content, events, partnership opps and more.
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We're excited to be a part of the team!
We are extremely excited to announce that Framework Ventures has come on board to back Synthetix!
@hiFramework
$SNX
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1/ Today in
@CoinDesk
: Framework Ventures has led a $5.5M round in
@DFlowProtocol
, a permissionless and decentralized payment for order flow protocol that creates a new way for wallets to monetize their platforms.
🧵👇
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A quote from
@im_manderson
featured in
@WSJ
today, "Over the last three years, we’ve seen the industry mature to the point where venture rounds are now more standardized based on the capital necessary to reach benchmarks at each stage of growth.”
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In 2 weeks, our co-founder
@im_manderson
will be speaking with
@CoinDesk
about NFTs, ETFs and crypto going mainstream at
#Consensus2021
!
Register here:
#Consensus2021
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One of the coolest elements of the
@optimismPBC
airdrop is that it includes many people who previously felt priced out of using the Ethereum main chain (i.e. bridgers)
On a recent episode of
@BanklessHQ
,
@jinglejamOP
shouts out Framework for this design contribution 🔴✨👇📽️
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“Defi has a real opportunity to be the industry within the blockchain space that grows the most in 2020." Thanks
@ForbesCrypto
for taking the time to speak with us!
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1/ We just co-led the $2M seed round for
@DFlowProtocol
, a protocol for the world’s first decentralized order flow market.
We think DFlow could be a game changer for trading order flow in crypto, enabling serious institutional market makers to finally enter DeFi markets.
🧵👇
We could not be more excited to announce our $2m seed round raise from
@MulticoinCap
,
@hiFramework
,
@CumberlandSays
,
@parataxis_cap
, and
@PetRockCapital
!
Exceptional partners supporting us as we build out the first decentralized order flow markets!
More:
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“We believe there will be a significant market shift of private borrow/lend activity moving to decentralized money market protocols.
@AaveAave
stands to significantly benefit from this underlying shift" -
@im_mandersonon
on Framework Ventures' recent investment in Aave
@TheBlock__
ICYMI: DeFi lending protocol Aave raised $3 million from Framework Ventures and Three Arrows Capital
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Another successful
@Permissionless
in the books!
@Blockworks_
events team crushed it.
Looking forward to next year.
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We had a great time last week at
@CFCstmoritz
!
📷👇
@pythianism
,
@scaramucci
, and
@christinenews
(
@CoinDesk
) discuss the recent bitcoin ETF approvals and other optimistic tailwinds to keep an eye out for over the coming year.
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@pythianism
discusses all the red flags 🚩🚩🚩with FTX Ventures on this week's
@thebellcurvepod
📽️👇👇👇
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Over the weekend,
@pythianism
spoke to
@BusinessInsider
about how the upcoming Ethereum merge could affect network supply issuance and impact early stakers.
Not investment advice, a recommendation, or a guarantee of performance.
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10/ We were born and raised in crypto.
This is not just some new and trendy coverage area for us.
Whatever happens to this industry over the coming years, we'll still be there, working alongside our founders.
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"An L1 is basically a euphemism for saying 'well this could be valued like Ethereum potentially at some point...'"
Short
@ForwardGuidance
📽️ below on why
@pythianism
is skeptical of alt L1s 👇 👇 👇
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It took tradfi 10 year to start taking crypto seriously.
Are OG gaming studios making the same mistake? Or are they actually ahead of the curve?
@pythianism
speaks w/
@JasonYanowitz
about why he thinks crypto-native pioneers are still best positioned to succeed in GameFi.
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Framework co-founder
@im_manderson
takes the mainstage at
#DASLondon
to break down the state of the market and give the manager's perspective on crypto 📷
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1/ Today in
@TechCrunch
:
Framework Ventures has led a $4.3M round in
@AntimetalCloud
, a platform that helps companies optimize and save on their cloud costs.
Short 🧵👇👇👇
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1/ Today in
@CoinDesk
:
We just led a $10M round in Uplink (
@uplink_xyz
), a DePIN network with a mission to democratize access to the internet.
We think their enterprise-focused approach is our best bet for onboarding the next wave of DePIN users.
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2/ Guiding FVIII is the belief that we stand at the precipice of hypergrowth for consumer blockchain applications.
Specifically, we think blockchain gaming is the best top of funnel opportunity for crypto over the next decade, and we are positioning ourselves accordingly.
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8/ For 3 years, Labs has been active in various on-chain functions and is a prolific user of DeFi services.
While Sand Hill VCs are just learning how to stake in 2022, our firm runs one of the largest indexer nodes on The Graph and our Chainlink node services 201 price feeds.
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9/ Web3 founders get the difference.
Which is why we've been able to compete successfully against legacy firms.
Turns out, in crypto, on-chain resume matters more than a stamp of approval, and founders like working with people who took them seriously during the bear.
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1/ Today in
@FortuneMagazine
: Framework Ventures has led a $15.8M round in
@ProvenTools
, a ZK Proof of Solvency Solution for Crypto.
Basically, Proven will let exchanges, stablecoins, and custodians prove both their assets AND liabilities.
Short🧵👇
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7/ Back in 2019, we put forward a theory on "network capital":
The idea that crypto investing requires VC firms to do much more than hold tokens: they must actively participate on-chain to help protocols achieve their goals, grow communities, decentralize, and thrive.
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We jumped on
@CNBC
to discuss:
- Bitcoin ETF hot takes (🐂)
- 3 categories we're paying attention to during the bull
- The reshuffling of crypto VC
👇👇👇
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Tune in today @ 8:30 AM (PST) to watch
@pythianism
speak at
@GlobalDeFiSmt
! He will discuss
#DeFi
’s current state and what to expect this summer alongside
@DeFi_Dad
@santiagoroel
@bleznak
Register here:
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@im_manderson
speaks to
@BusinessInsider
about how Framework avoided contagion from Terra & Celsius + thoughts on the "crypto winter"❄️
S/O
@morgan_chittum
for taking time to cover!
Disclaimer: not investment advice; quotes represent personal views.
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1/ Today in
@VentureBeat
: Framework Ventures has co-led a $6M seed round for Jungle (
@jungle_xyz
), a Brazil-based web3 game publisher.
We think that by repurposing gaming IP for web3, Jungle can launch titles quickly and reach large audiences.
🧵👇
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