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Jesse Walden
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@jessewldn
founder @variantfund
New York, NY
variant.fund
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    Jesse Walden
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    Jun 3
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    VARIANT 4: AUTONOMY
    Today we're announcing Variant 4, a new $222M venture fund that leads at the earliest possible stage and participates in liquid/growth investments as projects mature. Since before @variantfund's...
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 30, 2021
    Solana is growing faster than Ethereum, and will convert more users to Web3 in the next 12 months than Ethereum has to date. Convince me otherwise.
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 9, 2021
    Music NFTs are where digital art was in 2020: About to redefine the value and (100x) the business model of the medium forever. 🧵
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    Feb 15, 2021
    Crypto will be the "port of entry" for all internet media. My thoughts on NFTs, finally in one place (on @viamirror) 👇 variant.mirror.xyz/T8kdtZRIgy_srX…
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    Jesse Walden
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    Jul 14, 2020
    In pursuit of a more equitable and innovative internet, I'm launching something new 🚀 @variantfund is early-stage venture capital for crypto networks and founders building The Ownership Economy. Whats that? I explain here: variant.fund/the-ownership-… Thread 👇
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    Jesse Walden
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    Oct 19, 2021
    gm. Today @variantfund is excited to announce a new $110 million early-stage fund. And @ljin18 joining as partner. Together, we will invest in founders building the ownership economy. variant.fund/writing/fund-i…
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    Jesse Walden
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    May 14, 2020
    Wow. @Reddit mobile app now has an integrated Ethereum wallet and they've launched community currencies! r/FortniteBR & r/Cryptocurrency will distribute tokens to contributors, the value of which derives from paid memberships, tipping & badges! Amazing onboarding story too!
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 10, 2021
    Internet products that don't make their users owners will simply not be able to compete. Its game over.
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    Nov 9, 2021
    The magic of an airdrop, in which you are rewarded financially for making use of the products and services you already love, cannot be overstated. ✨
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    Jesse Walden
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    Jun 30, 2021
    The internet built Wikipedia, with no economic incentive. Don't underestimate what the internet can build as DAOs
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    Jesse Walden
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    Jul 28, 2022
    Announcing Variant Fund III🚀 We’ve raised $450M in total across 2 new funds: At $150M, our third seed fund is sized for the dedicated focus of backing founders at the earliest stages + our $300M opportunity fund supports projects as they grow.
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    Variant Fund III: Backing the user-owned web
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    Jesse Walden
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    Jun 9, 2021
    Crypto is the metaverse. It just doesn't have a UI (yet)
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 8, 2019
    Today @a16z Crypto Startup School opened applications for its seven-week educational program aimed at helping more technologists get started with building in crypto: a16z.com/cryptostartups… Why do this? Thread 👇
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    Crypto Startup Accelerator (CSX)
    The accelerator for early-stage companies building with crypto and blockchain technologies, hosted by a16z crypto
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 12, 2021
    DAOs are the future of work. But there's some bosses to beat: 1. Compensation 2. Coordination 3. Compliance In that order (I think!) 🧵
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    Jesse Walden
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    Nov 2, 2021
    Birds eye view, blockchains are giving rise to a global supercomputer via a fabric of decentralized networks: CPU: @ethereum, @solana Disk: @ArweaveTeam DB: @ceramicnetwork @graphprotocol LAN: @helium