There's never been a fundraising guide specifically for crypto founders. While aspects of what investors are looking for carry over from the old world, many are completely new. Here are 7 deadly sins to avoid — and concrete examples on how to get it right.
Adam Goldberg
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Joined April 2009
- We @standardcrypto are excited to team up with @EvanWeb3 and the @Mysten_Labs team again to reimagine the future of storage!Big news in decentralized storage! Walrus Foundation has secured $140,000,000 in fundraising, led by @standardcrypto, to scale programmable storage built on @SuiNetwork. Storage isn’t just storage anymore - it’s dynamic, verifiable, and programmable. AI datasets, blockchain
- Excited to share that @standardcrypto is now officially partnered with @AxieInfinity as part of their $152M Series B round. We look forward to supporting @Jihoz_Axie @Psycheout86 as they continue to pioneer the future of crypto gaming!
- When you go all-in on crypto, you get used to people saying you’re a visionary — or an idiot — for leaving a stable job. 3 years after forming Standard Crypto, our beliefs hold firm
- Exciting personal update on my next move... "Pushing the Boundaries"
- Very grateful that @HarryStebbings had me on @twentyminutevc to talk about crypto and its barriers to mass market adoption, what we've both learned from being young in VC, and more! thetwentyminutevc.com/adamgoldberg/
- We're proud to support @udiWertheimer and @ercwl on this magical journey. Augmenting Bitcoin will definitionally be controversial and I love how @TaprootWizards has leaned into being provocative! 🧙HOLD ON TO YOUR WIZARD HATS! Today we are announcing a $7.5M seed round, led by @standardcrypto, to Make Bitcoin Magical Again We broke the chain, we danced on stage, we took showers We heard about bitcoin 10 years ago. And WE’RE HERE TO FIX IT More in the thread below 🧙♂️
- You know you ate too much for Thanksgiving when FaceID stops recognizing you
- We @StandardCrypto will be looking closely at teams building new kinds of dapps using Blast's unique native treatment of yield. Excited for our very own @izebel_eth to be judging the Big Bang competition, and to meet more amazing engineers with unique visions of the future!The Blast Testnet is OFFICIALLY LIVE With it, the Blast BIG BANG competition officially begins. Dapps can compete to get in front of 100k users & $1.3B in TVL, connect with top investors, and earn the Blast Airdrop.
- I sat down with @sandeepnailwal of @0xPolygon to chat about "company building." Polygon has accomplished a lot but it wasn't easy (nor is the job done). This isn't a conversation focused on the future. Instead, it's an attempt to unpack what it takes to go from zero to the
- Kelvin never ceases to impress me with his diligence and thoughtfulness as an investor despite having a demanding full-time job 🏈 @KelvinBeachumJr forbes.com/sites/jppelzma…
- There are exceptions to every rule: a solo founder of an e-commerce company outside of the Bay Area is now second richest in the world
- As early backers of both @SynFuturesDefi and @blast_l2 we are super excited to see v3 go live! Every new ecosystem needs an awesome perp DEX and combining Blast’s native yield with SynFutures’ oAMM will be truly unique.







