Web2+1 with VC: Insider Tips in Blockchain and AI
A podcast hosted by Violetta Chekan, a venture capitalist and managing partner at Vis Caeli, offering insider tips on blockchain and AI. The show features interviews with top entrepreneurs and investors, sharing expert advice and unique perspectives for founders, investors, developers, and tech enthusiasts.
Episodes
Еp.24 | Humans and AI Agents: Whom Are We Interacting With? — Evin McMullen, Billions Network
How do we trust anything online when AI can fake everything?Evin McMullen, co-founder of Billions Network, is building the verification layer for both humans and AI agents. In this episode, we go deep on what the next generation of identity, trust, and onchain reputation looks like — and how it’ll shape the future of crypto, AI, and the internet itself.We go deep into:✅ Human vs AI identity✅ Zero-
Ep.23 | He left Louis Vuitton to build the blockchain you’re already using – Sunny Lu, VeChain
Sunny Lu, Founder & CEO of VeChain, explains why early conviction, real use cases, and invisible UX are the keys to scaling blockchain to the next billion users.🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/BjpweOMOhOA► More about VeChain Foundationhttps://vechain.org/https://x.com/vechainofficial► Follow Sunny Luhttps://x.com/sunshinelu24https://www.linkedin.com/in/sunny-lu-55456915/► Follow Violetta
Ep.22 | The future of blockchain scalability and why every app needs its own chain with Hilmar Orth, Gelato
"Every App Gets Its Own Blockchain" — Hilmar Orth, Founder of GelatoDiscover the future of blockchain scalability with Hilmar Orth, Founder of Gelato, and learn how Gelato is changing Web3 infrastructure, abstracting complexities for developers, and preparing for a future where every app has its own chain.✅ The end of the era of one blockchain✅ Solving scalability and onboarding millions
Ep.21 | This blockchain use case cuts enterprise costs by 99% says Paul Brody from EY Blockchain
In this episode, Paul Brody, Global Blockchain Leader at EY and Chairman of the Enterprise Ethereum Alliance, shares how public blockchain cuts enterprise costs by 99%. He talks about blockchain use cases that work in daily business and how Ethereum is winning in enterprise adoption.✅ Why blockchain benefits for business are impossible to ignore in 2025✅ Benefits of public blockchains vs private c
Ep.20 | "Centralized Exchanges Are Killing Crypto Investors!" - Daniel de Lophem from BorgPad
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🎥 In this episode Daniel de Lophem, co-founder of BorgPad, shares insights on why centralized exchanges like Binance are killing crypto investors and how BorgPad is reshaping the rules for Web3 projects and crypto investors, offering unprecedented access
Ep.19 | Top Crypto VC: "AI Agents Are Eating the World!" Tess Hau on Spotting Unicorn Startups
Discover the secrets to spotting unicorns from Tess Hau, an investor in crypto and founder of Tess Ventures, a leading VC fund investing in the AI Web3 convergence.
✅ The future of AI agents in crypto
✅ Explore AI blockchain projects Tess has invested in
✅ How to be a value creator in venture capital for entrepreneurs
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/jx7oOItjhio
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Ep.18 | How to Launch a TOKEN in 2024: Insights from EtherMail ($EMT) Launch
Gerald Heydenreich, serial entrepreneur, investor, and founder of EtherMail, shares insights on how EtherMail launched their $EMT token in the current crypto market and how EtherMail bridges the gap between Web2 and Web3 via email.
✅ Learn whether we are truly in a bear market
✅ Discover how EtherMail solves key problems in traditional email systems and whether people are ready for Web3 email
✅ Un
Ep.17 | How to Invest in Crypto and Build Wealth - Cyrus Fazel @ SwissBorg
Discover the secrets to building wealth with crypto with Cyrus Fazel, CEO and Co-founder of SwissBorg, a crypto wealth management platform.
🎧 In this episode, Cyrus shares his wealth expert advice on how to make money with crypto by investing in Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other cryptocurrencies. Learn smart crypto investment strategies, how to create wealth and achieve financial freedom through blockc
Ep.16 | Tokenizing Everything with AI: Mintbase Becomes Bitte - Nate Geier
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Nate Geier, CEO & Co-founder of Mintbase and Bitte Protocol, reveals how Bitte's AI-powered ecosystem, with user-friendly tools like the Bitte Wallet, developer suite, and sponsored relayer, simplifies blockchain interactions for everyone.
✅ How strategic AI integration transformed Mintbase into
Ep.15 | Wall Street's Bitcoin Expert: The State of Crypto 2024 and Key Trends
Join us for an insightful interview with Lou Kerner as we explore the current state of the crypto 2024 and delve into key trends and practical tips for Web3 community building. Lou Kerner is a founder, investor, crypto thought leader who was named as “Wall Street's Bitcoin Expert”. He is co-founder of CryptoOracle Collective, a leading decentralised web3 advisory, and CryptoMondays, the larges
Ep.14 | The Sandbox: Empowering Brands and Creators in the Metaverse with Sebastian Borget
Sebastian Borget is the Co-Founder and COO of The Sandbox, one of the largest decentralised virtual worlds where players can create, play, own, govern and monetise their experiences using NFTs & SAND token. The Sandbox isn't just a gaming platform. With 800+ partnerships with brands and creators, it's revolutionizing entertainment and creating new digital experiences.
🎧 Listen to learn
Ep.13 | AI and Blockchain: Fabric Ventures' $250M Bet on the Decentralized Web with Richard Muirhead
Richard Muirhead is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Fabric Ventures, a top blockchain VC fund with $250M in AUM and 15 unicorns in its portfolio. Watch to dive into Richard’s visionary insights on the evolution of the internet, learn why blockchain is key to AI, and understand why it is pivotal for the future of technology.
🎥 Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/WYz4QcKH65o
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Ep.12 | Finding Customers in Web3: Proven Strategies Behind WalletConnect with Cara Liberati
Cara Liberati is a Head of Business Development at WalletConnect, a startup that builds web3 communication protocol enabling interoperability between wallets and dapps across chains. WalletConnect has integrated with 500 wallets and 6,000 apps, and it has raised $25m from Shopify, Union Square Ventures, Coinbase Ventures, ConsenSys, Circle Ventures, and many others.
🎥 In this episode Cara shares i
Ep. 11 | Building the Open Metaverse with 500+ Web3 Investments with Robby Yung
Robby Yung is the CEO at Animoca Brands, a leader in blockchain games and one of the most active investors in Web3, with portfolio of products and investments including The Sandbox, Quidd, Axie Infinity, OpenSea, Dapper Labs, Yield Guild Games, Alien Worlds and many others. Robby is leading investments in Web3 projects to advance the digital property rights that will help to build the open metaver
Ep.10 | Why Diversity in Metaverse Leads to Business Success with Simone Berry
Being a creator and influencer, in 2022 Simone co-founded POC Lab, an award-winning Web3 creative studio that breaks down boundaries between brands and consumers through digital experiences. POC Lab has collaborated with such leaders as The Sandbox, Animoca Brands, Polygon Studios, L’Oreal, NYX Cosmetics, and more.
Its mission is not only to enhance the consumer-brands relationships in the new era
Ep.9 | Crypto for Good: The Anti-Poverty Stablecoin with Jeff Milewski
Jeff Milewski, CEO and Co-Founder of Glo Foundation, an organisation on a mission to end extreme poverty. His team built Glo Dollar, a revolutionary stablecoin that generates basic income for people living in extreme poverty. Jeff previously worked at Creighton University where he taught courses in economics, finance, and blockchain.
🎧 Listen to discover the power of blockchain technology on mak
Ep.8 | The Future of NFTs and NFT Lending with Nuno Cortesao
In this episode, Nuno Cortesão, CEO and Co-Founder of Zharta, shares his journey from a consultant in blockchain to leading a startup in the DeFi space. Zharta is a crypto lending platform that allows people lend out their NFTs as collateral to access capital.
🎧 The conversation explores the potential of NFTs, market dynamics and how NFT lending can unlock access to instant liquidity.
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Ep.7 | How to Build a Winning Web3 Product with Ryan Jones
Ryan Jones is a Director of Product Management at Consensys leading such products as MetaMask and ConsenSys Staking. Previously he was the Director of Product for the Ecosystem team at Consensys, responsible for Ethereum clients, Linea L2, and R&D. Before joining Consensys, Ryan led multiple product teams from 0 to 1 ($100mm+ ARR in year one and 200+ people teams) at Pivotal and VMware. Ryan s
Ep.6 | Web3 Gaming: Transforming Play into Profit with Fred Antunes
Fred Antunes is CEO of RealFevr that combines Web3 sports gaming with digital collectibles featuring such superstars like Bruno Fernandes, who is RealFevr's global ambassador and shareholder, Cristiano Ronaldo, Iker Casillas, Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Ronaldinho, Ruben Dias, and many others. Ever since the days of "Cypherpunks," Fred has been a strong supporter of cryptocurrencies. He is a
Ep.5 | Crypto Payments and Startup Exit with Sanja Kon
Sanja Kon is a Co-founder & CEO at xMoney (former Utrust), the leading European crypto payment technology. It was $21 million raised at ICO by her startup in 2017 and, under her leadership, xMoney (Utrust) was acquired by MultiverseX in 2022.
Sanja was featured in many rankings such as Top 100 People in Crypto and Blockchain, Top 100 Women of the Future. She is an inspiring role model for many
Ep.4 | Decentralized: Gnosis and the Blockchain Evolution with Stefan George
Stefan George is CTO & Co-Founder of Gnosis that builds decentralized infrastructure and tools for the Ethereum ecosystem. Notable products built are Gnosis Safe and CoW Swap. Gnosis Chain was constituted out of the merger with xDAI chain in 2021, and currently it is the most decentralized chain after Ethereum and Bitcoin.
Stefan became interested in Bitcoin in 2013, and after he entered at Co
Ep.3 | Empowering Web3 with Omni-Chain Meta Protocol with Alex Shkor
Alex Shkor is a tech entrepreneur, inventor, and distributed systems architect with the ultimate goal to create an advanced digital infrastructure for research & innovation for the next centuries to drive exponential growth in knowledge and technologies creation.
Currently Alex is a CEO and Co-founder of Collective Intelligence Labs. CIL is a group of developers, architects, researchers, and d
Ep.2 | Walk from Web2 to Web3 with Oleg Fomenko @ Sweat Economy
Being a serial entrepreneur, Oleg Fomenko has raised over $45 million in total capital. He is also a mountain climber, who reached the peaks of Denali (6 194 m), Aconcagua, Elbrus, and 4 times climbed Kilimanjaro (5 895m). He knows how to SWEAT!
Oleg co-founded Sweat Economy, which now combines Web2 and Web3 business elements. Sweatcoin was the most downloadable health and fitness app in 2022, and
Ep.1 | How to Launch a Web3 Startup in 6 Months with Pedro Oliveira @ Talent Protocol
Pedro Oliveira is a third-time entrepreneur, currently building Talent Protocol, a Web3 professional community. Previously Pedro co-founded Landing Jobs, an online marketplace specialising on recruiting tech talents, one of the most well-known Portuguese startups. He is also recognised as one of 100 Most Influential Talent Acquisition Thought Leaders by TAtech
🎧 Listen to learn how to get into blo
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