In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Adam Draper Founder & Managing Director of BoostVC, an early-stage venture capital firm with $200 million in Assets Under Management located in San Mateo, California. BoostVC invests in crypto, aerospace, Virtual Reality, energy, robotics, & artificial intelligence.

We discuss Adam’s vision when he thinks of how the world will evolve over the next 10 years. You’ll get to hear the story of how Adam was one of the first checks for Coinbase and how he met Brian Armstrong. There’s a short Q/A at the end with great questions from the audience.

Enjoy the conversation.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Adam Draper

This episode is different from all the previous ones. It is a Twitter Space recording where we, the Defrag team are hosted by Eli, the community manager at Arbitrum. We came onto Arbitrum’s AMA to share what we are building and our vision for the future. With close to 1500 people listening, we could not have felt more love from the Arbitrum community.

For everyone who has been listening to my podcasts with other founders, I am a founder myself and for this conversation, I’m joined by my amazing Co-founders of Defrag - Alex Hint (Co-Founder & CTO), Nodar Janashia (Co-Founder & Product) & Eldari Janashia (Co-Founder & Community Manager).

We discuss our core mission, how the team formed, our unique model for pricing interest paid on loans, and the future of Defrag as Arbitrum’s go to NFT lending protocol.

Enjoy the conversation.

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Host: Eli | Arbitrum

Speaker(s): Igor Yuzo | Alex Hint | Nodar Janashia | Eldari Janashia

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with Amadeo Pellicce Co-Founder & CEO of Map3, a service which simplifies cross-chain deposits through an SDK any project can use.

We discuss many interesting topics such as measuring early success, Map3’s acceptance into Y-combinator, & the future of crosschain activity.

Enjoy the conversation.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Amadeo Pellicce

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Babi & Rob Co-Founders of Pods, which provides yield strategies for Ethereum holders.

We discuss finding sustainable yield utilizing various options strategies and how Ethereum holders can benefit from them. Babi & Rob are great builders and founders, I’m excited to see how Pods evolves. Enjoy the talk.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Babi,  Rob

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Nir Co-Founder of Yup, an all-in-one content platform for Web3 social where you can earn money and clout for curating.

We touch on important topics such as censorship and the consequences of centralized powers that are in charge of large social media platforms.

Nir talks about content creation by AI in the future and how incentive mechanisms should be different from humans.

There are many interesting concepts in this conversation, enjoy.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Nir

In this episode I had the pleasure of speaking with SgtPepperNFT & LarryDavidNFT, and yes those are aliases. They’re building Skillet, an NFT aggregator that helps you sell your NFTs at the best prices across multiple platforms.

We talk about the mission and vision of Skillet, the current and future state of NFT infrastructure. As well as how to achieve product market fit.

Enjoy the conversation.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): SgtPepperNFT & LarryDavidNFT

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with Kenny & Rachel Co-Founders of StudioDAO a movie studio owned by filmmakers and fans.

Kenny & Rachel describe their vision for the future of content production. We touch on topics such as raising funds, building communities, leveraging NFTs to incentivize members, as well as different approaches to structuring a company & DAO in the United States.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Kenny & Rachel

In this episode, I had the pleasure of speaking with a familiar name to all of us in the industry. Kevin Owocki, the founder of Gitcoin a community of builders, creators, and protocols at the center of open web ecosystems. Gitcoin has facilitated $72.3 Million of funding to open source projects, has 312 thousand monthly active developers, and 3 & half thousand projects that have been created. Kevin is working on his new project called Supermodular, which we will cover.

We briefly review the recent collapse of FTX and the effect on our industry. Then we dive into a discussion around EVM compatibility, L2s and their alt chain counterparts.

We discuss the prospects for a brighter future, leveraging Web3, DAOs and focusing on regenerative projects.

Testing testing Web2..3.

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Host: Igor Yuzo

Speaker(s): Kevin Owocki