What we think about the market
Thesis · Sep 8, 2026Agent summer is over. The stack is consolidating.
Two years ago every deck had an agent. This year most of those tokens are dead — and that's the healthiest thing that could happen to the space. The e…
Note · Sep 1, 2026Why a venture fund hosts poker nights
We added a poker section to this site, so here's the story. For two years the best deal conversations we had didn't happen at conferences — they happe…
Playbook · Aug 12, 2026Fourteen TGEs later: timing beats everything
We've now taken fourteen projects from idea to token through our launchpad. The single biggest lesson isn't about tokenomics or exchanges — it's timin…
Thesis · Aug 26, 2026Why we're all-in on on-chain AI agents
Every cycle has one narrative that turns out to be more than a narrative. We think this one is autonomous, on-chain AI agents — software that do…
Playbook · Jul 15, 2026Inside the launchpad: idea to TGE in 90 days
Ninety days, idea to token. People assume that number is marketing. It isn't — it's a constraint we impose on ourselves, because momentum is the…
Case · Jun 3, 2026RepoSwap: how we built a $3.4M raise
RepoSwap ($REPX) is the clearest example of what full-cycle actually means. It started as an idea in a first call and reached a listing nine weeks lat…
Thesis · Nov 18, 2025The DeFAI thesis: agents that move capital
DeFAI is where two of our core beliefs meet: that autonomous agents are the cycle's defining tech, and that DeFi is still the most honest market for s…
Playbook · Jul 2, 2025Tokenomics that survive the first 90 days
Most tokens don't die from a bad idea. They die from a launch structure that guaranteed sellers would overwhelm buyers in the first three months. The …
Note · Mar 14, 2025Why we stay private
We have no public Telegram channel, no paid callers, no influencer rotation. People in crypto find that strange. We think it's the most rational thing…
Playbook · Oct 9, 2024Grants over hype: funding ideas before product
We started writing small, no-strings checks at the idea stage because the best founders we met were stuck one step before the step a normal VC funds. …
Thesis · May 21, 2024Our first on-chain AI-agent bets
Before ‘AI agents’ was a category with a ticker, it was a handful of weird experiments that most people dismissed as toys. We spent 2024 f…
Note · Sep 5, 2023Founding ZK Prime: a private circle for builders
ZK Prime started in 2023 the way most good things in crypto do: a small group of operators frustrated with how capital was being allocated, deciding t…
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