From Decks to Partnerships: The Web3 VC Journey to Strategic Investing
summary
Nexo describes a strategic VC arm that makes 60+ investments since September to fill product gaps for its retail and institutional stack, leveraging a 5M user base to provide marketing and liquidity and acting as a DeFi liquidity provider. Built offerings include lending, wallet, savings/yield, prime brokerage, custody, OTC and API execution, and a forthcoming discretionary wealth product; team grows from ~150 to ~550 with a target of 1,000. Claims include supplying 5 million customers, offering transparent fixed-rate margin and global deal flow across US, Asia, LATAM and Africa.
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chapters (12)
- 0:00Web3 VC strategic investing
- 1:30Web3 vs Web2 VC investments
- 3:20Nexo’s investment highlights
- 4:27Strategic support for portfolio
- 5:54Institutional investing in digital assets
- 10:33VC collaboration in blockchain
- 11:36Nexo’s startup thesis
- 11:57Nexo Prime and Next Adventures synergy
- 14:44Wealth management for institutions
- 16:48Global investment strategy
- 17:09Web3 ecosystem trends
- 19:38Closing and ecosystem outlook
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