Hi everyone. Taro here.
Last week I attended the TOKEN2049 event in Singapore that brought together a huge number of crypto-related companies to Marina Bay Sands. It’s safe to say the bear market sentiment was lingering, with the outrageousness dialed back and everyone keeping things professional throughout. With the many after-parties that occurred during the week, people may have really let loose there instead.
Seeing the Teriyaki Boyz perform a three-song set to help with an NFT launch was fun and ridiculous at the same time. I was expecting more moments like this but they really did a good set.
Also, Mike Novogratz was grilled by Haslinda Amin which brought out some revealing answers about his views on how Web3 will pan out for the next few months.
I will never forget finding a completely empty room with a DJ playing on the first day, then coming back the next day and seeing him still playing to no one. According to him, the CEO cancelled the planned food and champagne due to the poor showing of attendees for the two-day party. At least he got paid.
The Post Up
Startups Currently Raising Funds
Country: Philippines
Target: USD 100k, Angel
Edfolio provides a platform for education content creators to sell directly to education providers and students. It also has another platform called Skooltek that is a learning management system for schools.
Country: Singapore
Target: USD 10m, Series A
A blockchain-based peer-to-peer foreign exchange solution that eliminates the middleman in trades.
Pick & Roll
Interesting Drops From the Week
- My colleague Degen reviews his time at TOKEN2049
- A look at the recent decline of Softbank and resilience of Masayoshi Son. [via The Generalist]
- Critically-acclaimed video game Disco Elysium was developed by board game enthusiasts and this video provides a great in-depth look at how the game was developed and all the UX elements that were implemented. [via GameSpot]
- Samsung believes 1000TB SSDs will be commonplace by 2030 with its new NAND chip. [via Techradar]
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