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Working for and backing generational businesses | Amy Wu | Head of Ventures, FTX

Sep 13, 2022
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Amy Wu, Head of Ventures, M&A and Gaming at FTX represents one of the best-known and most successful Venture Capitalists in the crypto and web3 spaces.

Having had FTX’s US President Brett Harrison on as our opening guest of the series, Amy is another individual leading this generational business, with a mandate of investing in further generational businesses.

Formerly a Partner at Lightspeed, where she served on the Board at FTX, Amy switched sides at the start of the year, moving to Bahamas to work full-time 10 feet away from Sam Bankman-Fried, the youngest billionaire on the planet, who Amy describes at the greatest decision-maker and businessman of a generation.

In this superb episode, Amy sheds light on her journey, from piano prodigy, to serving on the board of one of Asia’s largest e-commerce businesses at the age of 23, to becoming one of the leading venture capitalists in web3. 

Charismatic, engaging and highly insightful, this episode is not to be missed!

 

[ 0:00 - 4:45 ] FTX, The Bahamas & the state of crypto

[ 4:46 - 7:16 ] Decision-making at FTX Ventures 

[ 7:17 - 13:44 ] Bear Markets, M&A and SBF the visionary

[ 13:45 - 20:15 ] Amy the Piano Prodigy

[ 20:16 - 24:11 ] Insight Partners, mentors and appreciation of brilliance 

[ 24:12 - 28:15 ] Quick-fire round: Finding the right time to aggressively deploy capital

[ 28:16 - 36:45 ] Vibing with founders and being a female role-model in crypto & venture

[ 36:46 - 45:35 ] The role of a modern Venture Capitalist in Web3 & being on DAO boards 

[ 45:36 - 53:33 ] L1 wars, decentralisation and the timeframe of web3 mass adoption 

[ 53:34 - 60:14 ] Working for a generational business, investing in generational businesses

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