The End of the Beginning for Crypto | Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures

Hidden Forces

Demetri Kofinas

Government, Business

4.8 • 1.6K Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

In Episode 246 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer. Michael and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, a crypto-native venture capital firm with a team of technologists, researchers, and investors that actively build alongside the companies and protocols in which they invest. They were on the podcast two years ago to discuss their thesis on the opportunities in decentralized finance and they are back on today to talk about blockchain gaming and their latest, big bet on the future of the crypto industry.

We are huge fans of these guys. They’re thoughtful. They’re passionate. And they’re native. They’ve grown up in this space and their investment philosophy and framework reflect this. Besides discussing the opportunities in gaming, Michael and Vance also share elements of their approach to investing in crypto, how they source deals and outcompete legacy venture funds with deep pockets in an industry that is long on capital but short on know-how: the type of know-how that results from a philosophy of active participation running nodes, staking assets, providing security reviews, building tools, and participating in network governance.

Our objective in bringing you this conversation is to give you a roadmap for investing in what can often feel like an intimidating and rapidly changing space that we believe will nonetheless produce some of the biggest value generating opportunities in software and some of the most rewarding opportunities for cultivating monetizable online experiences and collaboration on the Internet.

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Episode Recorded on 04/20/2022

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0:00.0	What's up everybody? My name is Demetra Caffeines and you're listening to Hidden Forces,
0:05.8	a podcast that inspires investors, entrepreneurs and everyday citizens to challenge consensus
0:12.9	narratives and to learn how to think critically about the systems of power shaping our world.
0:18.5	My guests in this episode of Hidden Forces are Michael Anderson and Van Spencer.
0:22.9	My convinced are the founders of Framework Ventures, a crypto native venture capital firm
0:28.5	with a team of technologists, researchers and investors that actively build alongside the
0:34.3	companies and protocols in which they invest. They were on the podcast about two years ago
0:39.6	to discuss their thesis on the opportunities in decentralized finance and they're back on today
0:44.9	to talk about blockchain gaming. They're the latest big bet on the future of the crypto industry.
0:51.0	I'm a big fan of these guys. They're thoughtful, they're passionate and they're native. They've
0:56.1	grown up in this space and their investment philosophy and framework reflect that.
1:01.1	Besides discussing the opportunities in gaming, Michael events also share elements of their
1:06.3	approach to investing, how they source deals and out-compete legacy venture funds with deep
1:12.0	pockets and big brand names in an industry that is long on capital but short on know-how.
1:18.0	The type of know-how that comes with complementary connections across projects and protocols and a
1:23.6	deep industry knowledge derived from active participation running nodes, staking assets,
1:28.9	providing security reviews, building tools and participating in network governance.
1:34.6	My objective in bringing you this conversation is to give you a roadmap for thinking about
1:39.6	how to invest and what can often feel like an intimidating and rapidly changing space that
1:44.8	remains positioned to produce some of the biggest value generating opportunities in software
1:49.7	and some of the most rewarding opportunities for collaboration and online experiences.
1:55.0	Before we start, I want to encourage all of you if you value these types of discussions
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