The VC Investment Thesis for Modularity
The Rollup14 Mai 2024

The VC Investment Thesis for Modularity

VCs have been getting a lot of hate recently. The era of high FDV, low float launches may be coming to an end soon...or will it?


In today's conversation we sat down with Mads Mathiesen, a long-time crypto researcher and now leading research for an elite crypto VC Maven11. He was writing about data availability and Celestia in 2019-2020, before anyone was really paying attention to modularity.


We talk about Maven 11's big bets on modularity and why VCs are under fire in the current regime. We also talk about the evolution of crypto funding models in from the 2017 ICO craze to the structured funding models of today, the landscape has evolved dramatically. We also explore potential shifts in VC strategies to better align with the unique timelines and risks inherent in crypto projects.


After that, the conversation went into the big bets that Maven 11 has placed on modularity and the key players which they invested in early. Recently, Mads put out a post about the commoditization of complements strategy which a ton of the modular parts play. We discussed this in-depth and we found a lot of commonalities in our theses as well.


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𝗪𝗲 𝘁𝗿𝘆 𝗌𝘂𝗿 𝗯𝗲𝘀𝘁 𝘁𝗌 𝗜𝗿𝗌𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗎𝗵-𝗟𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆, 𝗻𝗌𝗻-𝗯𝗶𝗮𝘀𝗲𝗱, 𝗲𝗱𝘂𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗌𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗰𝗌𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗳𝗌𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝘆𝗜𝘁𝗌 𝗲𝗰𝗌𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺. 𝗊𝘂𝗜𝗜𝗌𝗿𝘁 𝘂𝘀 𝘄𝗵𝗶𝗹𝗲 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗎 𝗺𝗌𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗌𝘂𝘁 𝗶𝗺𝗜𝗌𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝗰𝗌𝗻𝗰𝗲𝗜𝘁𝘀 𝗯𝘆 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗞𝗶𝗻𝗎 𝗮𝗻𝘆 𝗌𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗞𝘀 𝗯𝗲𝗹𝗌𝘄 𝗳𝗌𝗿 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗌𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀:


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𝗗𝗜𝗊𝗖𝗟𝗔𝗜𝗠𝗘𝗥: 𝘐𝘯𝘷𝘊𝘎𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘚 𝘪𝘯 𝘀𝘳𝘺𝘱𝘵𝘰𝘀𝘶𝘳𝘳𝘊𝘯𝘀𝘺 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘋𝘊𝘍𝘪 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘎 𝘀𝘰𝘮𝘊𝘎 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘪𝘯𝘩𝘊𝘳𝘊𝘯𝘵 𝘳𝘪𝘎𝘬𝘎 𝘪𝘯𝘀𝘭𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘚 𝘵𝘊𝘀𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘀𝘢𝘭 𝘳𝘪𝘎𝘬, 𝘩𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘳𝘳𝘰𝘳, 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮 𝘧𝘢𝘪𝘭𝘶𝘳𝘊 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘊. 𝘈𝘵 𝘀𝘊𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘎 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘚𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘎 𝘀𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘊𝘭, 𝘞𝘊 𝘮𝘢𝘺 𝘊𝘢𝘳𝘯 𝘢 𝘀𝘰𝘮𝘮𝘪𝘎𝘎𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘳 𝘧𝘊𝘊 𝘢𝘎 𝘢 𝘎𝘱𝘰𝘯𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘎𝘩𝘪𝘱, 𝘪𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘎 𝘪𝘎 𝘵𝘩𝘊 𝘀𝘢𝘎𝘊 𝘞𝘊 𝘞𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘢𝘭𝘞𝘢𝘺𝘎 𝘮𝘢𝘬𝘊 𝘎𝘶𝘳𝘊 𝘪𝘵 𝘪𝘎 𝘀𝘭𝘊𝘢𝘳. 𝘞𝘊 𝘢𝘳𝘊 𝘎𝘵𝘳𝘪𝘀𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘢𝘯 𝘊𝘥𝘶𝘀𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘀𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘊𝘯𝘵 𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘮, 𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘚 𝘞𝘊 𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘊𝘳 𝘪𝘎 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘯𝘀𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘀𝘊. 𝘞𝘊 𝘢𝘳𝘊 𝘯𝘰𝘵 𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘧𝘊𝘎𝘎𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘎 𝘰𝘳 𝘭𝘪𝘀𝘊𝘯𝘎𝘊𝘥 𝘢𝘥𝘷𝘪𝘎𝘰𝘳𝘎.


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