The Exchange
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Approaches & Activity in Crypto Company Investing [The Exchange #004]
39 minutes Posted May 13, 2019 at 5:22 pm.
Ash's painful story about a USB stick full of crypto
Why Ash decided to focus on blockchain as a VC
How investing at Accomplice differs from other blockchain & crypto investors
Comparing ConsenSys ventures' focus on the ethereum ecosystem to being a protocol-agnostic investors
Areas of interest at Accomplice
Investing in companies for equity vs investing in digital assets
Valuation models for crypto networks
Managing governance rights / responsibilities as a token-holding investors
Where there's the most startup activity in the space
Alternative approaches to fundraising in the crypto space
M&A activity approaching, and issues tokens raise
Open finance / decentralized finance, and how it will impact the traditional finance industry
Exit paths for crypto companies
What Ash knows about crypto now that he wishes he knew 3 years ago
Upcoming developments Ash is excited for
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Ash Egan is a Principal at Accomplice focusing on early-stage blockchain and crypto investments. Previously, he was a founding Principal on the venture team at ConsenSys, the largest blockchain company in the world, where he led investments in BlockFi, Vault, RocketPool, and Quantstamp. Ash began his career in venture at Converge VC, where he focused primarily on blockchain/crypto and machine learning applications, and led the firm's investment in Chainalysis' seed round. Show notes & links below; subscribe for future episodes!
You can also watch this discussion on YouTube:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dVeoGp1D76A 
This episode hosted by: Manasi Vora
Manasi is a Boston finance professional and blockchain enthusiast. A former portfolio manager for Dalal Capital Advisors, she's more recently worked in research with the MIT Digital Currency Initiative. She served as Director of this year's MIT Bitcoin Expo, and is the founder of Boston's Women in Blockchain group.
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