Crypto OG Kain Warwick on how early-stage investing is broken
Quick Take Crypto entrepreneur Kain Warwick weighs in on RWA trends and the inefficiencies in early-stage crypto investing.
Episode 31 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Bodhi Ventures Partner Kain Warwick.
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Kain Warwick is the co-founder of the DeFi protocol Synthetix and a partner at the crypto VC firm Bodhi Ventures.
In this episode, Warwick discusses the brokenness of the traditional venture capital model and how it has led to the emergence of new fundraising mechanisms in the crypto space.
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00:00 Introduction
00:41 Warwick's Crypto Journey
02:37 Synthetix History
04:47 RWA Trends
11:42 Tokenized Commodities
15:15 Crypto VC Trends
25:19 Airdrop Mechanism Design
27:56 Points
31:12 Early-Stage Inefficiencies
40:49 Deal Flow
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