💰Venture Capital Firm Focused Exclusively on Public Blockchains with Matthew Walsh | Ep. #6
🔥Constantin Kogan joins Matthew Walsh - Co-Founder at Castle Island. Prior to founding Castle Island Ventures, Matt was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments where he led a number of the firm’s blockchain / cryptoasset initiatives. While at Fidelity, he led the creation, operationalization, and the investment strategy of a private fund focused exclusively on the cryptoasset sector.
Venture capital firm focused exclusively on public blockchains. Castle Island invests in infrastructure and application companies that will enable these transformative protocols to power services for the next billion users.
📌To learn more visit:
https://www.castleisland.vc
📘Blogs mentioned in the episode:
Fred Wilson Blog - https://avc.com
Chris Dickson - https://cdixon.org
📒An (Institutional) Investor’s Take on Cryptoassets by John Pfeffer
https://s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/jo...
📚Roger Lowenstein "When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long-Term Capital Management"
https://amzn.to/2MBFhBk
📚Andrew Ross Sorkin "Too Big to Fail: The Inside Story of How Wall Street and Washington Fought to Save the Financial System"
https://amzn.to/2MHwcHj
📚Matt Ridley "How Innovation Works: And Why It Flourishes in Freedom"
https://amzn.to/3cCYDRe
0:00 Introduction
0:42 Matthew Walsh introduction
5:02 Infrastructure categories
9:02 Major challenges
12:15 Custodial relationships
13:43 Collaborating on custody
15:46 Killer apps
17:09 US digital dollar
23:06 Non-financial use cases
26:22 Timestamping and notarization
28:32 Pitching advice
31:01 Pre-product projects
32:45 Documentation
35:41 Investment model
36:30 Metrics and growth
37:22 Case studies
41:01 Exit strategy
43:13 Entrepreneurship challenges
47:17 Empathy for entrepreneurs
48:43 Book recommendations
50:03 People to follow
52:53 Conclusion
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