Episode Topic: Joris Delanoue, co-founder and CEO of Fairmint, joins PayPod to explain how blockchain is disrupting private equity and fundraising. With cap tables becoming programmable, Fairmint is helping founders, investors, and communities escape legacy systems and embrace decentralized, on-chain ownership.

Lessons You'll Learn:

• Why today's private equity system is outdated
• How smart contracts can replace PDFs and spreadsheets
• What Open Cap Table Format means for fintech innovation
• Why solving compliance is the ultimate edge in crypto
• How community ownership can become a norm, not an exception

About Our Guest:Joris Delanoue is the CEO and co-founder of Fairmint, a company revolutionizing private equity by turning cap tables into blockchain-based smart contracts. With deep experience in SaaS, compliance, and crypto, Joris is leading Fairmint's mission to decentralize ownership and enable programmable equity for startups. Fairmint is backed by a coalition of legal and fintech leaders reshaping the rails of finance.

Topics Covered:

• Legacy issues with equity and cap tables
• Tokenizing ownership and on-chain liquidity
• Compliance and regulatory clarity in the U.S.
• The Open Cap Table Format (OCF) movement
• UX innovation and the future of crypto adoption