Today I'm excited to officially announce LAVA - an early-stage fund backing exceptional founders building the financial plumbing and trust tools for the African market. My journey from @borderlessaf to magma and now LAVA has been guided by one conviction: Africa's unique market.

We're excited to back @butterygg as they pioneer better treasury allocation through Conditional Funding Markets (CFMs). Allowing the market indicate who will create more value for each pool of capital is transformative for Africa and many regions around the world. We have.

100%. These are the patterns we’re seeing across Africa:. - stablecoins hit a powerful PMF and growing fast. Regional & global trade running through stablecoins rails.- Those that are seamlessly orchestrating fiat and stablecoins are winning - leveraging the scale of tradfi and.

RT @njokuScript: Sat down with @yosephayele and @MissPurrple_ to chat about my journey and what it means to be building onchain & in public….

2nd episode of Borderless Pod is out!. An epic conversation with @njokuScript who was so real and authentic about his journey as a builder. It’s very refreshing to hear stories like this. Super valuable for new founders, and those in the grind. with @MissPurrple_.

Excited to launch Borderless Pod with @MissPurrple_ on @borderlessaf!. So so many stories to tell of founders and all types of builders from across Africa and beyond. Here is the debut👇.

A great piece by Andy (@cryptowanderer) breaking down what we mean by 'trust infrastructure' at @lavavc_ and the types of problems ripe for innovative & practical solutions.

RT @lavavc_: We are thrilled to officially launch LAVA - an early-stage fund backing exceptional founders who are building foundational inf….

We are a small team (Andy Tudhope @cryptowanderer as CTO and myself), with a background as founder operators. 80% of our partners are startup founders themselves, with the majority having built billion-dollar ventures. We get most excited about working with talented founders.

Boom 🌋. I continue to be humbled by the calibre of talent we keep finding across Africa. It’s inspiring to spend two weeks amongst the magma3 builders, learning about the ways they are solving complex problems, and their commitment to creating longterm value on the continent and.

"If we’re serious about making ENS (and Ethereum more broadly) a truly global public good, then this is the blueprint: go where the energy is. Find the people already building, already dreaming, already shipping. Meet them where they are. Help remove friction. Help them win.".

RT @borderlessaf: What vision do you have for Africa, that can be built or executed within the next 5 years to a decade?. It can be in any….

RT @borderlessaf: Building is not an easy task, regardless of the problem being solved. Thank you to @climbingK for sharing such helpful in….

It was powerful to hear from @climbingK the real grounded stories of building in mobility and do what many saw as impossible in emerging markets. Zero commission fees for ride sharing drivers + tokenized vehicles with affordable financing + onchain credit scoring & insurance +.

Noise is short lived. Innovations that define entire regions and generations take years + decades to build. It’s a privilege to be amongst incredible founders at magma right now, building the foundations for the new layer of 1.5 Billion people’s economy. The 76 founders in.

RT @borderlessaf: As previous cohort builders have said, “magma changes how you approach building”, we hope that is true for this cohort to….

This is interoperability between African startups in action 🔥. magma.@borderlessaf.

Congrats @Celo team! . Over the years I’ve been impressed by how much Celo has invested in Africa before major players paid any attention. Cool to see them leverage Ethereum’s network effects! . @RegenRene @marek_ 🫡.

RT @yezhang1998: Now, 2/3 of the Scroll leadership team has visited Kenya and Nigeria to understand what builders and founders are creating….