Jason Choi - General Partner at Spartan Capital Ep #43

05/03/21 • 54 min

Jason Choi is a General Partner at Spartan Capital, one of Asia’s first crypto funds. As Spartan Capital’s first employee, Jason helped scale the fund from $9M to $200M within 3 years, and supported the launch of Spartan’s $50M DeFi-only venture fund to back world-class teams shaping the future of finance.

00:23 – Getting into crypto and about Spartan Capital

04:33 – How does Spartan Capital invests?

11:47 – Next wave: building for current users vs future adopters?

19:47 – DeFi and the yield farming phenomenon

30:36 – From CeFi to DeFi for the mainstream adopters

43:33 – The NFT craze and where it could lead us

51:37 – Thoughts on the next wave? DAOs? Social Networking?

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00:23 – Getting into crypto and about Spartan Capital

04:33 – How does Spartan Capital invests?

11:47 – Next wave: building for current users vs future adopters?

19:47 – DeFi and the yield farming phenomenon

30:36 – From CeFi to DeFi for the mainstream adopters

43:33 – The NFT craze and where it could lead us

51:37 – Thoughts on the next wave? DAOs? Social Networking?

DISCLAIMER

The information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice.

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The information contained in or provided from or through this podcast is not intended to be and does not constitute financial advice, investment advice, trading advice, or any other advice.