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Do the Best Crypto Deals Happen at After Parties?

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4.7698 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 8 minutes

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Summary

TBV co-founders Tobias Bauer and Brent Fulfer explain how high-production after-parties serve as a data-driven investment pipeline for their $30 million venture fund. Tobias Bauer and Brent Fulfer, co-founders of TBV, join CoinDesk Live at Consensus Hong Kong to reveal how high-production after-parties serve as the ultimate deal hub. They explain why the most authentic networking happens through shared entertainment experiences rather than rushed conference meetings. Through this unique model, they’ve transformed massive side events into a data-driven pipeline to fuel their $30 million venture fund, sourcing 28 investments in just the last year.

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0:00.0

If you're just tuning in now, we are live from Consensus Hong Kong.

0:11.1

My next guests are at the desk with me.

0:13.1

They are the co-founders and general partners for TBV and the best event.

0:17.8

Tobias Bauer and Brent Fulmer.

0:19.7

Hello.

0:22.6

Good morning. Thank you so much for having us. Good morning, good morning.

0:23.6

Of course. Good morning.

0:24.6

Okay, talk to me about this Leah Foundation.

0:27.6

Our audience watching at home is wondering, what is the best event?

0:30.6

We thought it was consensus.

0:32.6

Consensus definitely is the best event, but we are hosting the best after party for consensus.

0:38.3

So basically like we partner with Consensus and CoinDesk for tonight, and we bring together big production for a lot of people.

0:45.3

But the main thing for us is not necessarily the event itself, but what we're trying to bring to side events is what we call a deal hub.

0:52.3

We're trying to figure out how can we meet as many people with one consolidated event. And then we run a venture fund, and we have obviously some different partners that we're going to do this with. And the idea is, okay, how can we benefit from that data? How can we find out all the good projects that come to consensus, which there are a lot? and how can we reach out to them on a scale

1:11.2

that matters for a venture fund?

1:13.5

Talk to me about some of the conversations

1:14.9

you've been having around consensus.

1:18.4

There is one, two, too many at this point.

1:20.9

I think we've had, I don't know how many meetings

1:22.5

this entire week, but that's why we love coming here

1:25.6

is because we have people from the U.S., Europe,

1:28.3

the Middle East, every country of Asia that comes here. And in this industry, you cannot succeed

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