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Peeking into the World of Web3 Venture Capital with Aly Madhavji
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In this insightful 23rd episode of Colors of Web3 & Entrepreneurship, we sit down with Aly Madhavji, the managing partner at Blockchain Founders Fund, a leading venture capital firm investing in the Web3 space.
Aly shares his unique perspective on the industry, having been involved in the ecosystem for over 7 years.We delve into Aly's professional journey, from his early entrepreneurial ventures to his deep dive into the world of crypto and blockchain. Aly discusses the key trends and narratives he's observing in the current market cycle, including the rise of AI, layer-1 and layer-2 blockchains, and the potential of decentralized physical infrastructure.
Additionally, Aly provides a behind-the-scenes look at the day-to-day operations of a Web3 VC firm, highlighting the challenges they face in sourcing and evaluating deals, as well as the strategies they employ to support their portfolio companies.
⌛ Timestamps
00:00 - Episode preview
00:21 - Introduction about the show and the guest: Aly Madhavji from Blockchain Founders Fund
01:00 - Introduction from Aly and his fund's focus
03:40 - Aly's Corporate turnaround experience
05:00 - Transition to crypto and Web3
07:50 - The core of Web3 & NFT's
10:07 - Web3 Adoption in Developing Nations
11:30 - Aly's hobbies outside of Web3
15:30 - Deep dive into Blockchain Founders Fund (BFF)
20:10 - Sub-thesis approach at BFF
31:00 - Revenue share mechanism opportunity in gaming
34:10 - Opportunities in hypercasual games
37:00 - Narratives for the bull market cycle per Aly's take
40:00 - The prevailing narratives in Web3 and a limit for number of winning narratives in a bull market?
46:15 - Day-to-day of a VC
53:50 - How VC's invest in companies and some red flags they look out for
57:10 - Challenges for VC
01:04:15 - How to onboard 1 billion people into Web3
01:06:05 - Advice for founders raising funding
01:09:43 - Episode outro and next episode preview
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My latest article is out (and it's related to 40:00in the video): https://lamweb3.substack.com/p/the-2-3-web3-narratives-that-will
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