Scenius Studio

In this episode, I sit down with Balder Bomans, CIO of Maven 11 Capital based out of Amsterdam. Balder and Maven 11 have built a best-in-class venture firm on the back of their deep technical research, a commitment to community development, and active portfolio company support.  Let's get into it. Timestamps 1:52 What brings you to San Francisco? 2:30 What is your background? 5:01 How are Euro...

In this episode, Ben sits down with Jeff Dorman, Co-Founder of Arca and CIO of the firm's Digital Assets Fund. Jeff has two decades of portfolio management and trading experience, and now as CIO at Arca manages all aspects of portfolio sizing, trading, and risk management. Let's get into it. Timestamps 1:59 What is your background? 5:12 How important is understanding the technical underpinnings of...

In this episode, Ben sits down with Kelvin Koh, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of the Spartan Group. Kelvin was previously a partner at Goldman Sachs and CIO of Indus Capital before launching Spartan out of Hong Kong. Spartan has a liquid hedge fund, a DeFi VC fund, a metaverse and gaming VC fund, as well as a prestigious advisory arm that has been involved in several large transactions within th...

In this episode, Ben sits down with Jake Brukhman , Founder and CEO of CoinFund . Jake was one of the first to build a crypto investment firm and has since scaled CoinFund into a pioneering, institutional-grade asset manager with a liquid token hedge fund and multiple venture funds.  Let's get into it. Timestamps 2:14 What is your background? 4:11 What is your process for identifying emerging...

In this episode, Ben sits down with Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Co-Founder of Escape Velocity 3 or EV3. EV3 is an early-stage venture fund investing in decentralized physical infrastructure networks and digital commodity networks. If you want to learn about the future of the telecom industry then this episode is for you. Let's get into it. Timestamps 2:26 What is your background? 5:21 What gave you the c...

In this episode, I sit down with Richard Galvin, Co-Founder and CEO of Digital Asset Capital Management (DACM) based out of Australia. DACM is an award-winning long-only crypto hedge fund with a phenomenal track record and an institutional approach to digital assets.  In today's show we discuss Richard's banking experience during the internet boom, DACM's on-chain participation, protocols vs....

In this episode, I sit down with Hal Press, Founder, and CEO of North Rock Digital. North Rock is a fundamental, thesis-driven, long/short crypto hedge fund. We discuss Hal's assessment of blockchain technology from a first principles perspective and the mindset he uses to manage his hedge fund and trade his portfolio.  Timestamps 2:20 How do you maintain self discipline and composure in thes...

In this episode of Scenius Studio, host, Ben Jacobs, sits down with Peter Marshall, founder and CEO of Walden Bridge Capital. Walden Bridge is a research driven crypto hedge fund with an impressive track record dating back to 2017. Peter shares the challenges he faced while operating a crypto hedge fund before foundational asset management services were widely available for digital assets and how...

In the third episode of Scenius Studio, host, Ben Jacobs, sits down with Steve McKeon of Collab+Currency, an early-stage, crypto-focused venture fund investing into leading projects building the next generation of culture and consumer technology. Steve and the Collab+Currency team have been early to DAOs, NFTs, digital fashion, and several other emerging trends. In this comprehensive conversation,...

In our second episode, Ben sits down with Cosmo Jiang ( Twitter & LinkedIn ), Founder and General Partner of Nova River . Nova River is a web3 crypto investment fund that conducts deep research and takes a fundamental, long-term thesis-driven approach to underwriting investment opportunities with the goal of compounding capital on a multi-year time horizon. In this show we discuss: - Cosmo’s p...

In the inaugural episode of Scenius Studio, I am joined by NiMA and Anthony Avedissian of Seed Club Ventures. In this conversation, we discuss the novel structure of Seed Club Ventures as well as the Venture DAO's investment focus at the intersection of Community and Web3. We dive into some early indicators of investment success and why they believe the Seed Club Ventures model is optimally suited...