Dealflow Podcast

In this episode, Keira sits down with Christian Pusateri, CEO and co-founder of Mind Network, to tackle one of the most important and least understood problems in the entire AI and crypto stack: privacy. Christian is building around Fully Homomorphic Encryption, FHE, which has been called the holy grail of cryptography for decades because it is the only method that keeps data encrypted during all...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Pareen, the founder accelerator lead at Monad and the architect behind Nitro, the first Web3 accelerator that accepts founders building on any chain.  Pareen's journey is unlike almost anyone else in crypto: from building a self-sustaining SaaS product in PHP with zero employees in the early 2010s, to running the best hostel on the Goa beach circuit and s...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of Pharos, a high-performance EVM-compatible L1 blockchain being built specifically to bring institutional-grade assets onto chain.  Wish shares the story behind Pharos, which grew out of years building consortium blockchain infrastructure in China for supply chains, financial institutions, and government, including supporting over...

In this episode, Keira sits down with David Ching, Investment and Partnership Director at Animoca Brands, to unpack one of the boldest predictions in Web3 right now: tokenize or die. David explains why every business, from a local coffee shop to a global financial institution, will eventually need to interact with tokenized assets, and why the companies that ignore this are repeating the mistakes...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Martin El-Khouri, Chief Business Officer at EoT Labs, the team behind peaq Network, the leading layer-1 blockchain built for the machine economy. Martin’s path into Web3 is unconventional. He started as a news reporter, moved into conflict-resolution consulting and African investments at Bertelsmann, built a €40 million Web3 fund, and now helps build infrastru...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Chung, Investment Partner at ArkStream Capital, an $80M venture and liquid fund based in Singapore that has backed 100+ Web3 companies since 2020, including more than five unicorns. Chung’s path into crypto is anything but typical. He discovered Bitcoin in Nigeria through peer-to-peer WhatsApp trading, used crypto to pay for meals in China, flew through floodw...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Daniel Pratl, founder of Quadron, to unpack his thesis on the future of work. Dan believes we are moving into a post-job universe where AI replaces most tasks and individuals risk becoming commodities. Quadron is his answer: verification infrastructure that helps people structure, own, and monetize everything they know. They explore human IP, why LinkedIn and...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Brad Holden, Managing Partner at PL Capital, the venture fund within the Protocol Labs ecosystem, the R&D network behind Filecoin, IPFS, and early infrastructure in decentralized compute and zero-knowledge technology. Brad brings 15+ years of venture experience, 200+ early-stage investments, and 10+ unicorn exits, with perspective shaped by working alongsi...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Ryan McRobert, Partner at Fenwick & West, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected law firms, to unpack the legal side of crypto most founders ignore until it is too late. Ryan has spent over 13 years advising founders and investors from pre-seed formation through late-stage growth, pre-IPO, M&A, and Web3. He first got into crypto personally in 2016 and...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Hiroshi Harada and Bernd Hollerith from Jasmy, Jasmy Labs, and JANCTION to unpack how data ownership, decentralized compute, and AI infrastructure are starting to converge. Hiroshi and Bernd explain, in simple language, how Jasmy began with a mission to protect and unlock the value of personal data coming from phones, laptops, wearables, and IoT devices, and h...

What if you could build your dream game just by describing it?  In this episode, Keira sits down with Sean Pinnock, Co-Founder and CEO of Avalon, the AI-powered Web3 gaming platform that lets anyone create, play, and own their own game worlds. No coding. No barriers. Just your imagination. Sean breaks down how Avalon is merging the accessibility of Roblox with the power of Unreal Engine, why Web3...

In this episode, Keira sits down with Quai Network co‑founder and CEO Alan to unpack how Quai is picking up where Bitcoin left off and rebuilding money from first principles.  Alan explains, in simple language, what a blockchain actually is, why Bitcoin became "digital gold" instead of everyday money, and how Quai's sharded proof‑of‑work design aims to deliver Bitcoin‑level security...

Ensue wants your AI agents to stop waking up with amnesia.  In this episode of DealFlow, Austin Baggio explains why Ensue is building a shared memory network so agents can build a shared memory together instead of starting from zero every time.​ We dive into what a “memory layer” actually is, how Ensue lets agents store and share context across tools and models, and why the future of AI infra is b...

When a game is good enough, gamers don’t care what tech is under the hood. They just play. In this episode of DealFlow, I’m joined by Theodore Agranat, Director of Web3 at Gunzilla Games, the studio behind Off The Grid, a cyberpunk battle royale/extraction shooter that’s been stacking momentum fast. Theodore breaks down how Gunzilla is building a “play-to-own” economy (not the usual “play-to-earn”...

In this episode of the DealFlow podcast, Keira Nesdale (MissAI) interviews Dino, co-founder of Fluent, an Ethereum L2 focused on solving the app problem in the crypto space. They discuss the importance of creating expressive blockchain environments, the role of the Blended Builders Club in nurturing developers, and the need for more applications in the crypto ecosystem. Dino shares insights on fun...

Quack. Creators don’t need more “brand deal spreadsheets.” Brands don’t need more agencies spraying money and praying. They need a clean system that matches the right product with the right voices… at scale. In this episode of DealFlow, Yurii “Quacker” Kyparus breaks down how Wallchain is rebuilding growth around creators and trust. Not big celebrity promos. The micro creators people actually beli...

When you start university without a computer… you’re not supposed to end up at Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft. Bulent Tustan did. Then he went solo-founder mode. In this episode of DealFlow, Bulent breaks down what he’s building with UMI (Unified Multi-VM Infrastructure), a Layer 2 on Ethereum designed to run multiple virtual machines in one unified execution environment. Translation: MoveVM + EVM ca...

When you start in Web3 doing tokenomics stress tests… you’re not supposed to end up leading a vibe-coding product that lets 15,000 people build apps by chatting to AI. Alex did. And the bigger twist? DreamSpace is not “another AI website builder.” DreamSpace is a bridge where creators can ship Web2 apps fast… then flip the switch to Web3 only when it actually matters. In this episode of DealFlow,...

Most sports betting platforms aren’t “better.” They’re just locked to North America. Rarebet Sports is building an onchain alternative to the traditional sportsbook stack — starting with Daily Fantasy Sports (Pick’em-style over/unders), instant stablecoin rails, and global access from day one. In this episode, Rarebet CEO Zack breaks down: Why DraftKings/PrizePicks don’t scale globally (and why Ra...

When your bank freezes, your app crashes, or Wise ghosts your transfer… life doesn’t stop. Rick Martin is building Decaf for those moments. The purpose of Decaf is simple: getting money, fast and cheaply, to people and places banks can’t reach. Rick is the co-founder of Decaf, a self-custodial wallet that turns stablecoins into real-world money flows, cash, cards, and bank transfers, across some o...

Sam Battenally is trying to fix the two things everyone hates about trading:it’s slow, and it’s full of hidden costs. Sam is the co-founder and CEO of RISE, a new blockchain built to feel like modern web apps: instant, smooth, and (on their new exchange RiseX) zero gas fees. He’s also just acquired perp DEX team BSX to help turn that vision into a pro-grade, on-chain trading platform. In this epis...

Most people think crypto is about coins, memes, and speculation. Iggy thinks it’s about something much bigger: rewiring a $1.5 quadrillion financial system onto better rails… and letting anyone in for as little as $1. Iggy is the Chief Investment Officer at Theo Network, a protocol that takes real-world assets like US T-bills, gold, and stocks and actually makes them usable on-chain. Not “tokeniza...

Web3 keeps calling itself the “global computer”. Muriel Medard is the MIT professor actually making that true. In this episode of DealFlow, Keira sit down with Professor Muriel Medard, co-founder and CEO of Optimum, inventor of Random Linear Network Coding (RLNC), and one of the core minds behind the “memory layer” of Web3.  They break down why blockchains are stuck on compute, what a real memory...

In this episode of DealFlow: Founder Stories , Keira sits down with Donny Solana , founder of DAIN, the Decentralized Autonomous Intelligence Network that’s redefining how AI works, learns, and earns. DAIN is building the Autonomous Internet, a world where intelligent agents represent you , your business, even your ideas. These agents negotiate, invest, and execute, all across a decentralized netw...

What if factories disappeared? In this episode of Dealflow, we sit down with John Dogru, founder and CEO of 3DOS, to explore how decentralized manufacturing could disrupt trillion-dollar supply chains and unlock a new creator economy for physical products.3DOS is building the world’s first open network for 3D printing and on-demand production, connecting designers, manufacturers, and consumers in...