By Vishal Lugani, Maitree Mervana Parekh, Israel Munoz Technological innovation and a common desire to find like-minded connection have fueled the rise of online communities. As a thesis-led firm, we at Acrew Capital think a lot about the future of consumer interaction and expression in our “Community Activated” thesis area…

Benefits to Consumer — By Vishal Lugani, Charlie Liao & Richard Wolpert In our last post, we argued that the $200 billion gaming industry could be a key growth driver for crypto. At the forefront of this radical transformation will be consumers who stand to benefit the most from innovative monetization and gameplay models…

Gaming Will Accelerate Mainstream Adoption of Crypto — By Charlie Liao, Richard Wolpert & Vishal Lugani From fiddling with the original Atari 2600 to spamming “gg ez” in competitive Valorant lobbies, several members of the Acrew team are longtime gamers. We have thousands of collective hours across each medium (PC, console, mobile, VR) and find a lot of…

Angel investors poured over $25 billion into tens of thousands of startups in 2020.¹ To put it into perspective, the number of founders who received capital could fill Levi’s Stadium in the San Francisco Bay Area. Angel investing is a flywheel whereby individuals within a community who have capital are…

Before we jump into what went wrong at Celsius, let’s cover some DeFi basics first. If you’re a seasoned veteran, feel free to skip over this part. Background on AMMs, DEXs, liquidity pools An automated market maker (AMM) is the underlying protocol that powers a decentralized exchange (DEX) like Curve or…

Acrew Capital is hiring an associate for our investment team. We believe that every investment team member should have an equal voice in investment decision making; if this philosophy excites you, read on and reach out…! About Acrew Capital Acrew is a thesis-driven venture capital firm investing at the early…

Acrew Capital is hiring a senior associate predominantly focused on our growth-stage fund, the Diversify Capital Fund. We believe that every investment team member should have an equal voice in investment decision making; if this philosophy excites you, read on and reach out…! About Acrew Capital Acrew is a thesis-driven…

Over the course of the past few years, we’ve been witnessing the evolution of entrepreneurship first hand through a massive wave of individual creation online. The social internet has unlocked the ability for people to have unlimited distribution and visibility, which has in turn created many new ways for individuals…

Founding Partner, Lauren Kolodny spoke with Emily Chang on Bloomberg LP this week about how FinTech and DeFi are converging and outlined many of the opportunities that are coming from that. On the FinTech side, we’re seeing traditional FinTech companies adopt crypto and DeFi strategies by leveraging new enabling…