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As a crypto dedicated Fund-of-Funds Manager at Scenius Capital, host, Ben Jacobs has the unique opportunity to speak daily with the brightest investors in the blockchain space. In Scenius Studio, Ben speaks with crypto Hedge Fund Managers and Venture Capitalists in wide-ranging, punchy, and illuminating conversations.
In each episode of Scenius Studio, Ben dives deep with these talented professionals to understand what drove them to crypto, and how they approach the complex craft of investing in the wild west of digital assets and blockchain technology. We are excited to share these discussions publicly through this podcast.
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In this episode, Ben sits down with Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Co-Founder of Escape Velocity 3 or EV3. EV3 is a $25mm early-stage venture fund investing in decentralized physical infrastructure networks and digital commodity networks. The fund recently announced its launch with backing from some of the world’s leading VCs Marc Andreessen (a16z), Micky Malka (Ribbit), and Tushar Jain (Multicoin).
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In this episode we discuss:
Incentive systems in religion, economics, and crypto networks
Where the next 10x in global GDP will come from
Why the future of telecom will be built on blockchains
What is Decentralized Wireless (DeWi) and what is its TAM
Reflections on Helium ($HNT)
Why peer to peer networks are more reliable and secure
Interplay between telecom corporates and decentralized protocols
Geopolitical risks of this new frontier
Mahesh’s spiciest takes 🌶
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