Inflection - first check venture capital for the open economy. / Berlin, NY

A first check venture firm navigating the uncharted territories of the open economy

PORTFOLIO

Title	Description	Link
Anytype	Unified OS for web3	https://anytype.io/en
Async Art	Programmatic Media	https://async.art/
Automata	governance markets	https://automata.fi/
Balancer	programmatic index funds	https://balancer.fi/
Bitcoin	state-free store of value	https://bitcoin.org/en/
Catalog	interoperable music archive	https://beta.catalog.works/
Centrifuge	real world assets on chain	https://anytype.io/en
Cosmos	connected blockchains	https://cosmos.network/
Defined	open data aggregation	https://www.defined.fi/
Entropy	Trustless Crypto Custody	https://entropy.xyz/
Ethereum	automated jurisdiction	https://ethereum.org/en/
Foundation	open source hardware	https://foundationdevices.com/
Housecat	social asset management	https://housecat.com/
Maker	programmatic bank	https://makerdao.com/en/
Molecule	bio asset financing	https://molecule.to/
Radicle	P2P code collaboration	https://radicle.xyz/
Sarcophagus	dead man switches	https://sarcophagus.io/
T2	Humane content creation	https://t2.world/
Ultimate	web3 access point	https://ultimate.money/
Violet	portable identity	https://violet.co/
Zcash	digital cash	https://z.cash/

ABOUT

We are a team of venture investors and entrepreneurs with diverse backgrounds based out of Berlin, New York, Boston and Munich complemented by a global network of innovators.

We perceive ourselves as a startup company, not an established venture fund. We incentivise our founders and community through ownership in the fund. We take risks and experiment. We run nodes, govern crypto networks, write code and scale DAOs.

Our investment process is radically transparent and doesn't take more than 10 days from initial call to an investment decision. "Which school did you go to?", "You are too early." or "Who else is investing?" are sentences you won't hear from us.

We initially invest between $500k and $1.5M of inception capital across equity and cryptographic assets of all sorts. We cover European markets first but have a global mandate.

Alexander Lange, Founder & GP. Ex Google, Earlybird and Index Ventures. 7+ years in crypto sharpened his risk tolerance and creativity. Alex holds degrees in law and economics. He lives in Berlin.

Yonatan Luther-Bergquist, Head of Research. Ex solidity developer at Datarella and IT architect at BCG. Turning chaos into order makes him flourish. He holds degrees in physics and computer science. Bringing swedish design to Munich.

Vishesh Choudhry, Head of Mechanism Research is based in NYC. 4+ years of research, modeling and data with funds & protocols (eg MakerDAO) have honed his ability to see the Matrix. He holds degrees in Biology & CS.

John Zannos, Venture Partner. An entrepreneur and ex executive at Ubuntu, Linux and HP with a strong focus on open source software. Experience in 20+ different countries turned adaptiveness into his superpower. John is a scientist by education. He lives in Boston.

Erik Voorhees, Advisor. A crypto pioneer since 2011 Erik built Satoshi Dice and Shapeshift. His super power is time travelling (mainly to the future). He lives in Denver and holds a degree in economics.

Markus Ament, Advisor. Maex co-founded Taulia and Centrifuge what turned him into a globally recognised translator between fintech and crypto. A mathematician by training he lives in Madrid.

Ravi Kurani, Advisor. His work with BCG, Earlybird and Active Ownerhip Capital turned him into a financial markets expert who founded Matchly. He holds degrees in mechanical engineering and business administration and lives in New York.