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	Date	Link
Anytype	unified OS for web3	2019	https://anytype.io/en
Async Art	NFT creator tool suite	2020	https://async.art/
Automata	governance markets	2020	https://automata.fi/
Balancer	programmatic index funds	2019	https://balancer.fi/
Bitcoin	state-free store of value	2019	https://bitcoin.org/
Catalog	interoperable music archive	2021	https://beta.catalog.works/
Centrifuge	real world assets on chain	2019	https://centrifuge.io/
Cosmos	connected blockchains	2019	https://cosmos.network/
Defined	open data aggregation	2021	https://www.defined.fi/
Entropy	Trustless Crypto Custody	2022	https://entropy.xyz/
Ethereum	world computer	2019	https://ethereum.org/en/
Flashbots	democratised MEV	2021	https://www.flashbots.net/
Foundation	open source hardware	2020	https://foundationdevices.com/
Gitpoap	on chain talent markets	2022	https://www.gitpoap.io/
Hologram	gateway to the metaverse	2022	https://www.hologram.xyz/
Housecat	social asset management	2021	https://housecat.com/
Maker	programmatic bank	2019	https://makerdao.com/en/
Molecule	bio asset financing	2019	https://molecule.to/
Radicle	P2P code collaboration	2019	https://radicle.xyz/
Sarcophagus	dead man switches	2021	https://sarcophagus.io/
T2	humane content creation	2021	https://t2.world/
Ultimate	web3 access point	2021	https://ultimate.money/
Violet	portable identity	2021	https://violet.co/
Zcash	digital cash	2019	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.