91 - Building a More Inclusive Web 3.0 with Venture Capital — Kinjal Shah from Blockchain Capital
09/20/21 • 42 min
In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Kinjal Shah. She’s a Senior Associate at Blockchain Capital, a crypto venture fund, and an investor at the Komorebi Fund, the very first investment DAO focused specifically on funding female and non-binary crypto founders.
Kinjal talks about her experience moving from traditional financial services into crypto. She explains how Blockchain Capital works and the kinds of projects they typically invest in.
We discuss how Blockchain Capital decides which projects to invest in, and Kinjal shares some underdog projects which people might not be aware of. We discuss infrastructure and the biggest needs in this space right now, along with some different approaches to bridging the gap between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.
Kinjal shares how she feels about DAOs — are people jumping into them too fast? Will they ever replace traditional VCs? We also talk about how Komorebi started and where the idea came from, along with how decision-making takes place and how people can get involved.
Finally, we discuss some ideas on how we can make the crypto space more welcoming for women in general.
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You can follow our guest, Kinjal Shah, on Twitter and learn more about Blockchain Capital and the Komorebi Fund.
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In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Kinjal Shah. She’s a Senior Associate at Blockchain Capital, a crypto venture fund, and an investor at the Komorebi Fund, the very first investment DAO focused specifically on funding female and non-binary crypto founders.
Kinjal talks about her experience moving from traditional financial services into crypto. She explains how Blockchain Capital works and the kinds of projects they typically invest in.
We discuss how Blockchain Capital decides which projects to invest in, and Kinjal shares some underdog projects which people might not be aware of. We discuss infrastructure and the biggest needs in this space right now, along with some different approaches to bridging the gap between Web 2.0 and Web 3.0.
Kinjal shares how she feels about DAOs — are people jumping into them too fast? Will they ever replace traditional VCs? We also talk about how Komorebi started and where the idea came from, along with how decision-making takes place and how people can get involved.
Finally, we discuss some ideas on how we can make the crypto space more welcoming for women in general.
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You can follow Matthew on Twitter and LinkedIn, Diana on Twitter and LinkedIn, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.
You can follow our guest, Kinjal Shah, on Twitter and learn more about Blockchain Capital and the Komorebi Fund.
—
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90 - Building an Online Gallery for NFT Art with Maria Paula from JPG
In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Maria Paula. Maria is the Co-Founder of JPG, an on-chain NFT gallery created and curated by users.
Maria talks about how the idea for an online NFT art gallery came about, and how JPG got started. She also explains who the main groups of users for JPG are, and how they can use it.
We talk about curating NFTs as a group, and the possibilities around doing that on JPG. Maria shares her ideas on how far NFT galleries and collections could go — could the Louvre ever display a JPG collection?
We also discuss how ordinary people might be able to curate NFT art in the future and help their favorite NFT artists gain exposure.
Maria shares her experiences around what successful NFT projects have in common and tells us about some of her favorite current projects. She reveals why early NFT projects are so significant for the art world, and gives her predictions on where NFTs could be in ten years.
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You can follow our guest, Maria Paula, on Twitter and learn more about JPG here.
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92 - The Challenges and Opportunities of Scaling Blockchains with Hamzah Khan from Polygon
In this episode of The Unstoppable Podcast, we’re talking to Hamzah Khan. He’s the Head of DeFi at Polygon (formerly Matic Network) which is, in very simple terms, a protocol and framework for scaling on the blockchain.
Hamzah talks about his journey to becoming Chief DeFi Officer at Polygon, along with the genesis story of MATIC and how it evolved into Polygon.
We talk about what SDK is and what it means for the blockchain, some of the scalability challenges facing Ethereum, and whether Eth2 will solve these. Do we still need layer-two solutions and SDKs?
Hamzah talks about security — are layer twos as secure as layer ones? We also discuss how the MATIC token works, along with some of the projects that have been built on Polygon and which ones Hamzah is most excited about.
Finally, we chat about what’s coming next. How easy will it be to switch between Polygon and Ethereum in the future, and what does the future in general hold for this space?
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You can follow Matthew on Twitter and LinkedIn, Diana on Twitter and LinkedIn, and learn more about Unstoppable Domains and our work here.
You can follow our guest, Hamzah Khan, on Twitter and learn more about Polygon here.
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