Is There Still a Space for a New Innovator to Be Found?

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Function Capital didn't invest in either Aptos and Sway, but almost every other single venture firm is invested in one or both of these. So I'm curious what do you think about the layer one vertical right now? Is there still a space for a new incumbent to become dominant or has a chessboard pretty much been set? "We're former excited about kind of the modularization of blockchains," Kinjo says.

*PS* we apologize for the background noise around the 17min mark. We have already tried to minimize it to the best we can, but it is still audible. Even amidst all the blowups in the bear market, great builders continue to build and great investors continue to support them.

Blockchain Capital is one of the earliest and leading venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. Today, Blockchain Capital manages $2 billion in AUM, and has invested in some of the largest blockchain companies like OpenSea, 1inch and Aave.

Today on Blockcrunch, we have Kinjal Shah and Yuan Han Li, Partner and Associate at Blockchain Capital to share with us:

4 verticals they think will take off in 2023
Framework for investing in different verticals
Making Web 3 development more accessible for builders

Host: Jason Choi @mrjasonchoi . Not financial advice.

Timestamps:

(00:00:00) – Introduction

(00:01:39) – Introduction to Blockchain Capital

(00:07:48) – Exploring consumer vertical

(00:12:47) – Improving wallet UX with Account Abstraction

(00:21:30) – Unlocking more use-cases in NFTs

(00:25:09) – Apps verticalizing into its own app-chain and app-rollup

(00:31:03) – Making Web 3 development more accessible

(00:35:23) – Layer 1 landscape & new developments

(00:41:26) – Value capture of dApps vs protocols

(00:44:52) – Projects to watch out for in 2023

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Guest

Blockchain Capital’s Website: https://blockchain.capital/

Kinjal Shah’s Twitter:https://twitter.com/_kinjalbshah

Yuan Han Li’s Twitter:https://twitter.com/yuan_han_li

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