A few weeks ago, Alt Goes Mainstream went to the capitol of capital for alts, AltsLA by CAIA , the largest alternative investments conference on the West Coast, to speak with industry leaders about how they are allocating capital. Alt Goes Mainstream partnered with CAIA, the premier educational organization for the alts space, to have topical conversations on the world of alternative investments. With the backdrop of an uncertain macro environment and changing investor preferences that have resu...
May 12, 2022•12 min•Ep. 31
A few weeks ago, Alt Goes Mainstream went to the capitol of capital for alts, AltsLA by CAIA, the largest alternative investments conference on the West Coast, to speak with industry leaders about how they are allocating capital. Alt Goes Mainstream partnered with CAIA, the premier educational organization for the alts space, to have topical conversations on the world of alternative investments. With the backdrop of an uncertain macro environment and changing investor preferences that have resul...
May 11, 2022•18 min•Ep. 30
A few weeks ago, Alt Goes Mainstream went to the capitol of capital for alts, AltsLA by CAIA, the largest alternative investments conference on the West Coast, to speak with industry leaders about how they are allocating capital. Alt Goes Mainstream partnered with CAIA, the premier educational organization for the alts space, to have topical conversations on the world of alternative investments. With the backdrop of an uncertain macro environment and changing investor preferences that have resul...
May 11, 2022•22 min•Ep. 29
A few weeks ago, Alt Goes Mainstream went to the capitol of capital for alts, AltsLA by CAIA, the largest alternative investments conference on the West Coast, to speak with industry leaders about how they are allocating capital. Alt Goes Mainstream partnered with CAIA, the premier educational organization for the alts space, to have topical conversations on the world of alternative investments. With the backdrop of an uncertain macro environment and changing investor preferences that have resul...
May 11, 2022•20 min•Ep. 28
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a special guest on an important topic that is core to why alts are going mainstream – community. We have community builder extraordinaire Max Rothery , the VP Community at Finimize . Max is responsible for engaging and serving Finimize’s 1 million global audience. Finimize is building the world’s largest finance community of investors globally – and building community are they doing. In 4 years, they reached over 1 million subscribers, 60 thousand...
May 02, 2022•51 min•Ep. 27
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a guest who helps us bridge the gap between the past, the present, and the future. Ethan Kurzweil , a Partner at Bessemer Venture Partners , who is leading BVP’s crypto efforts and the BessemerDAO , comes onto the show to help us make sense of the evolution from the Web2 to Web2.5 to Web3 world. Ethan and I had a fascinating discussion. We talked about: The evolution of venture capital and private markets. Bessemer’s thesis on Web3. Why Bessemer d...
Apr 10, 2022•55 min•Ep. 26
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a fascinating conversation about how soccer is a compelling alternative investment. We talk with Justin Papadakis , the COO & Chief Real Estate Officer of the United Soccer League . The USL is the largest and one of the fastest growing professional soccer organizations in the United States. Justin and I had a fascinating conversation about how sports and investing are emerging in large part because of the collision of culture and finance. We d...
Mar 27, 2022•52 min•Ep. 25
Today, we have a guest on Alt Goes Mainstream who lives at the intersection of culture and finance as sports is increasingly becoming an investable asset class. Angel City FC Co-Founder & President Julie Uhrman and I had a fascinating conversation about how sports and investing are merging together – and how that’s informed how she’s building Angel City FC . Julie and team have been innovative in the way that they’ve engaged fans, players, and investors. We discuss: How ACFC has used enterta...
Mar 02, 2022•50 min•Ep. 24
“Our aim is to create the biggest entertainment brand in the world, starting with sports … we are building a cult brand around NFT collectibles and we are bringing usage value for them in the fantasy game and the physical world.” - Nicolas Julia, Sorare. Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a fascinating discussion about the intersection of culture and finance with Nicolas Julia , the Co-Founder & CEO of Sorare . Nicolas founded Sorare to build the next entertainment giant. His N...
Feb 16, 2022•41 min•Ep. 23
“What I’ve come to realize is that investing literally shapes the world that we have. It is effectively at the highest of levels, allocating resources, whether financial or human capital, to things and teams that build the future that we all live in. Investing builds the world.” - Ian Lee, Syndicate. Today we discuss the topic of a revolutionary new construct – DAOs – and how it can change investing for the better. Today’s guest is Ian Lee , the Co-Founder of Syndicate . Ian combines a backgroun...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 22
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have Web3’s wizard with words. Jarrod Dicker , Partner at TCG , where he focuses on crypto investments that are enabling the consumerization of crypto. Jarrod is an expert at the intersection of crypto / NFTs and the media world. He was both an entrepreneur and investor in the media world prior to joining TCG. We had a fascinating discussion about the transition to the Web3 world. We covered: Whether or not everyone is now an investor and everything is...
Jan 16, 2022•43 min•Ep. 21
Today, we have a unique episode on Alt Goes Mainstream. We have our first episode with a founder and their lead investor from their Series B. We have the founder of leading alts fund investment platform, Moonfare , and their Series B lead investor, Fidelity International Strategic Ventures , on the podcast to talk about why both of them believe in the future of retail distribution in alts and the anatomy of their deal. Steffen Pauls , the founder of Moonfare, has had an illustrious career in the...
Dec 17, 2021•50 min•Ep. 20
Today we have a guest who is an expert from both the traditional financial services world and the crypto world, which has equipped him with the ability to bridge the two worlds and build onramps into the crypteconomy. Tom Jessop , who heads Fidelity Digital Assets , is an expert in market structure, capital markets, and crypto. There are few who have seen as much as him when it comes to the evolution of market structure. He’s an OG FinTech investor, investing into FinTech before it even had that...
Dec 10, 2021•47 min•Ep. 19
Today we have a guest who is transforming the private debt markets. Nelson Chu is the Founder & CEO of Percent (formerly known as Cadence), a leading digital securitization and investment platform for private credit. Nelson has built a marketplace to revolutionize private credit by leveraging technology and data to enable efficient price discovery and funding for originators so they can lower their cost of capital. The business has started to take off in the past year, with Percent recently ...
Sep 08, 2021•47 min•Ep. 18
Today we have a founder who is creating a modern insurance provider for the collectibles industry that was made for collectors, by collectors. Calvin Bradley is the Founder of WAX, a digital insurance company for collectors to protect the value of their collections by making collecting safer, easier, and more community-oriented. Calvin and I had a fascinating conversation about how the modern world of collectibles requires a modern, digital insurance solution, how NFTs factors into the world of ...
Aug 11, 2021•39 min•Ep. 17
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a guest who may be young in age, but has already done more and lived through more than many people twice his age. Anthony Zhang recently turned 26 but has already successfully built and sold two companies, secured funding from Mark Cuban, and received a Thiel Fellowship grant before starting Vinovest , his third company, which is making it easier to access fine wine as an investment product. He also has an admirable and awe-inspiring personal stor...
Jul 30, 2021•40 min•Ep. 16
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have one of the OGs of the crowdfunding space on to talk about how he’s built platforms that have evolved in tandem with the alts ecosystem. Slava Rubin is the founder of both Indiegogo , one of the first crowdfunding platforms, and Vincent , a platform that is making discovery and alternative investments easier for investors. He is also the founder of humbition, an early-stage investment firm. We had a fascinating conversation about the evolution of t...
Jul 23, 2021•46 min•Ep. 15
Today we have a special episode of Alt Goes Mainstream – the co-founders of Rally on to discuss how people can now invest into defining cultural moments and assets that are aligned with their passions. Chris Bruno and Rob Petrozzo grew up together – and they have combined their respective talents to form what has become one of the symbols for the financialization of all sorts of assets. Rally, which started as a platform to enable investors to invest into shares of classic cars that would be una...
Jul 16, 2021•51 min•Ep. 14
Today, we have an expert in lending and capital markets on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast to discuss how his company, Pipe , is building a new asset class. Michal Cieplinski is the Chief Business Officer for Pipe, a fast growing fintech company. Pipe has seen a rapid rise over the past year. They are one of the fastest fintech companies to reach a $2 billion valuation – and it’s in large part because investors see the potential to build a platform that unlocks recurring revenue as an investable...
Jun 27, 2021•48 min•Ep. 13
Today, we have our first LatAm guest on the AGM podcast. And it was a special one. Bitso, LatAm’s leading crypto exchange, is fresh off of raising a $250M round led by Tiger Global months after raising a $62M round led by QED and Kaszek - and has been minted as one of LatAm’s newest unicorns. We had Bitso’s co-founder and CEO Daniel Vogel on to talk about what it has been like to build a leading FinTech company in the region and provide access to investments and financial services. This was such...
Jun 12, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 12
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have a domain expert in the world of VC – and someone who has been a visionary when it has come to one of the biggest movements in VC over the past 8 years: emerging managers. Samir Kaji , the Founder & CEO of Allocate , is a well-respected industry leader in the VC world. He has spent over 20 years partnering with VCs at First Republic Bank and Silicon Valley Bank, where he led the Venture Capital and Private Equity banking efforts. At First Repub...
Jun 01, 2021•51 min•Ep. 11
Today we have a guest who is bringing farmland investing to the masses. After working for one of Canada’s largest pension plans, Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan, and running Operations and as the CFO at a platform for buying and selling produce, Artem Milinchuk founded FarmTogether to bring an asset that has largely been the domain of institutional investors to individuals. Artem and I had a fascinating conversation. We discussed: How farmland deserves a place in all investors’ portfolios – in la...
May 23, 2021•54 min•Ep. 10
Today we have one of the pioneers of the European tech ecosystem on to discuss how the European early-stage VC landscape has changed since its early days – and how their fund, Passion Capital, has unlocked access to investors with their latest fundraise . Eileen Burbidge , a Founding Partner of Passion Capital , and I had a fascinating conversation about all things VC , opening up access to the asset class to individual investors , what it means for the future of venture capital, and Eileen’s lo...
May 04, 2021•50 min•Ep. 9
Today we have a special guest who is one of the foremost leaders in the alternatives industry. Bill Kelly is the CEO of the Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst Association (CAIA), the leading global educational and professional credentialing body dedicated to delivering greater knowledge and alignment for investors in the alternative investments space. Bill and I had a fascinating conversation. His thoughtful and eloquent views on the evolution of the alternatives space led us to talk about...
Apr 27, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 8
Today, we have a special guest who is changing the mechanics of private company stock ownership and investing for the better for employees, companies, and investors alike. Kelly Rodriques is the CEO of Forge , the leading private company stock exchange and investment platform. On today’s podcast, Kelly and I discuss: How private markets are the new public markets. How companies like Forge are unlocking a huge wealth management opportunity hidden in plain sight. How Forge is creating new accredit...
Apr 20, 2021•54 min•Ep. 7
We had a special live episode of Alt Goes Mainstream this past Wednesday on $COIN Day to celebrate a landmark moment in the crypto industry that has, in many respects, signified the mainstreaming of crypto - the Coinbase IPO. Adam Draper , the Co-Founder & MD at Boost VC , was one of the first investors in Coinbase’s Seed round in 2012. He joined the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast to discuss what he saw in Brian Armstrong, Coinbase’s Co-Founder, when he decided to invest in their Seed round, wh...
Apr 18, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 6
Today on the Alt Goes Mainstream podcast we have Matt Hougan , the Chief Investment Officer of Bitwise Asset Management and one of the leaders in the crypto industry. On today's podcast, we talk about: * Matt's views on crypto. * How Bitwise is bringing crypto to the wealth advisory community. * How crypto's evolution is similar to that of the ETF market. * How community has played such a big role in making crypto go mainstream. Matt has had an illustrious career at the forefront of major indust...
Apr 15, 2021•46 min•Ep. 5
Today, we have a special guest from an industry leader in the wealth management space. Ed Swenson is one of the most successful entrepreneurs in the wealth management space. Ed is the Co-Founder and COO of Dynasty Financial Partners , a leading RIA technology services platform. Ed and I had a really interesting discussion about the future of the wealth management industry – and how alts will play a role in the evolution of the space. We discussed: How and why the wealth management industry is ch...
Apr 06, 2021•47 min•Ep. 4
Today, we have a guest who's democratizing access to private investing. Ken Nguyen is the co-founder and CEO of Republic , a multi-asset investment platform for private markets. Ken is a pioneer in the private markets investing world and a serial operator who knows how to build businesses. He's helped grow Republic to hundreds of millions of dollars in gross transaction volume over the past three years after Republic spun out of AngelList. After Ken was an instrumental part of building the inves...
Mar 31, 2021•54 min•Ep. 3
Today we have a guest who is building the infrastructure for a new asset class – sports cards. Leore Avidar is a visionary founder who is building a ground-breaking company, Alt , which is backed by Alexis Ohanian and Seven Seven Six , as well as First Round Capital , Addition , SV Angel , Box Group , and Kevin Durant ’s Thirty Five Ventures . Alt is on its way to changing how we think about investing. This was such a fun conversation. We talked about: How Leore’s experience and excitement for b...
Mar 16, 2021•52 min•Ep. 2
