DiffuseTap Podcast

Gone are the Gameboy days. Today the #1 NFT powered game Axie Infinity, is on track to make $2.7 billion in revenue in 2021. How can investors profit from this meteoric rise in crypto games?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we met Mike Vorhaus, CEO of Vorhaus Advisors, and Santiago Jaramillo, Chief Product Officer of GameOn, and talked about how NFTs power the biggest returns in Play-to-Earn multiplayer environments, what the drivers between this movement’s epic rise are, and where investors can deploy their capital to get a slice of this hyper-growth revenue-generating gaming space.

Platforms have upended entire industries, birthed new business models and now, are poised to streamline the fundraising process. Are these new channels all that they promise to be and how can fund managers connect with the right investors?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we asked Michael Cavanaugh, Managing Partner at broker dealer Regiment Alpha, and Nelson Chu, Founder of fundraising platform Percent, about the pros, cons, and misconceptions of raising capital via a platform, how to leverage a platform’s data to match investors and allocators, and why even the best investor match requires manual legwork to turn a lead into a signed check.

What if you could compound the crypto market’s growth with potentially attractive yields from cutting-edge Decentralized Finance (“DeFi”) investment strategies?

Meet Diffuse Digital MaxFi – Our market long DeFi fund that invests in blue chip digital assets (BTC, ETH, Matic) in high-yield DeFi pools.

If you are curious to learn how DeFi yields work, why sound risk management is key, and how auto-compounding yields can supercharge returns, join us for our DiffuseLaunch MaxFi event – a 30 minute virtual session for GPs and LPs who would like to get their slice of the DeFi pie.

Moderated by Brian Walls, Partner at Bridge Alternatives, prolific digital asset investor, and institutional alternative investment advisor.

We’ve all heard news about digital artworks selling for millions of dollars as freshly minted NFTs. Aside from transaction arbitrage, how can investors profit from the growing NFT ecosystem that is proving to be here to stay?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we invited Zach Bruch, Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Recur, to discuss real-world use cases for NFTs, how the growth of this digital vertical depends on its underlying technical infrastructure, and what investors should know when they allocate capital to NFTs or NFT venture companies.

What is the most effective way for GPs to build a network of potential LPs and LPs to create an investor community to co-invest with?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we asked Denny Chared, Founder of DC Finance, about the ins and outs of leveraging a ready investor network, how your network should evolve as your investments grow, and how to build long-term relationships with GPs and LPs that you collaborate with.

Crypto mining is the underpinning of our booming digital asset industry. With headlines around mining bans, regulations, and restrictions ablaze, how is this vertical still generating killer opportunities for crypto infrastructure investors to get in on the rising valuations in the space?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we invited Charlie Faulkner, Chief Executive Officer at EdgeMode, to discuss why infrastructure innovation is key to profitable mining, what investors need to know before pursuing this vertical, and which emerging mining tech could be a massive capital allocation gem for investors looking at this space.

How does a fully non-profit climate tech VC generate exponential impact with its capital?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we invited Paul Seidler and Tony Zhu of Clean Energy Trust to discuss the most attractive investment opportunities in climate tech, the reason they chose to operate as a non-profit VC, and how the team select high potential deals with a tight thesis to stay true to their core investment competencies.

The private equity secondaries market amassed $71 billion in 2020, smack in the middle of a global crisis. Are secondaries the next wave in VC investments as everyone is chasing yields while needing to deploy larger checks?

Previously on DiffuseTap, we invited Brad Heppner, Founder, CEO, and Chairman at The Beneficient Company Group, and Dave McClure, Founder and Managing Partner at Practical Venture Capital, and discussed the drivers behind the secondaries market’s impressive growth, how to value these assets even without a recent transaction benchmark, and why LPs, GPs, and founders are flocking to unlock capital via this channel.

Index funds will become the gateway to cryptocurrency investing for retail and institutional investors alike. How do the products available today compare?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we talked with Max Sherwood, digital asset aficionado and business development lead at Finoa, about live crypto index funds across the globe, the difference between traditional index products and their digital asset counterparts, and how investors should DD index product to make sure they get the returns they are paying for?

NFTs have turned the art and music world upside down in potentially very lucrative ways, for investors, artists, and fans. Where can you place your bets to get a slice of the NFT pie?

Last time on DiffuseTap, we asked Josh James, Co-Founder of eco-conscious NFT platform OneOf, about the implications of NFTs in and out of the creative industries, potential technical and commercial issues NFTs are facing in its early stages, and the true revenue potential that NFTs will unlock beyond what we know today.