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Areas of interest in climate & energy

Energy/Climate

Over the past 18 months, we’ve been increasingly focused on investing in climate and energy startups. Public awareness about sustainability and climate change is at an all-time high. There are strong tailwinds on the renewable energy front as Max discussed this summer: the cost of solar is falling off a…

Announcing our investment in Arweave

Crypto / Blockchain

We’re excited to announce our investment in Arweave, a decentralized platform that enables anyone to store documents and applications forever.  While there are other decentralized storage platforms out there, Arweave is offering something completely unique…permanent storage. The protocol does this by using a novel consensus mechanism called proof of access…

Visions of Web 3

Crypto / Blockchain

I’ve been noodling on this post for a few months now, trying to find the best way to explain why a decentralized Internet is important and how we might get from here to there. I had outlined a few reasons why it mattered and might eventually go mainstream:  More creative…

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