Thomas Klocanas

@tklocanas

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likely unpopular opinion / hot take but whatever: i actually wish more VCs (and no, not only crypto VCs) were here most likely to analyze trends, talk to hundreds of smart people a year, patternmatch across industries, and write in public in a way that invites good convos s/o to @alanadlevin @winnie @yekim.eth ily

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wouldnt be doing my job if i wasn't using the products, platforms, and protocols that we want to back. if youre building something fun on farcaster, i'd love to chit chat. i'm based in nyc and will be around farcon next week. we're sponsoring part of the builders day, and would love to meet more folks irl.

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~$100m in bitcoin on @base from @coinbase customers borrowing USDC onchain this is the first defi mullet product and it's only been a couple months - this flywheel is going to bring billions and billions of capital onchain

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to that extent, i created a starter pack of the strobe family (portcos, founders, and team). we're proud investors of companies across defi, consumer, infra, and gaming. some of our early investments include @morpho, @ledgerofficial, @tyb, @definitive, @superform, @vlayer, ethena, and more. follow them all here 👇 https://warpcast.com/winnie/pack/strobe-family-6j5jlc

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it’s not every day that you get to work with people you love and love what you do. I feel incredibly lucky to have the opportunity to do both with @strobefund. we recently spun out of @blocktower and started strobe, a new early-stage venture fund focused on backing bold founders who are leveraging onchain primitives to create new markets and replatform industries. i’m excited to be able to do this alongside my two amazing partners, @tklocanas and @spvenino, whom i’ve had the privilege of investing with for the past three years. and we’re humbled to have the backing and trust of an amazing group of LPs. together, we’ve partnered with some of the smartest founders in the space, and we’re just getting started !! https://blog.strobe.fund/introducing-strobe-vc

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Launching Strobe https://blog.strobe.fund/introducing-strobe-vc

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Today we announce our spinout and the founding of @strobefund — a standalone venture firm that backs long-term oriented founders with bold visions to augment the core of entire industries and technologies. We firmly believe crypto will play a central role in shaping the future of the internet, consumer behaviors, payments, enterprise systems, real-world infrastructure & more.

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We are actively investing with plenty of dry powder in this market and through any bear and bull cycles Reach out: [email protected].

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When we partner with a team, we go deep and put in the work. @spvenino & @winnie are absolute rock stars and the first people founders should want as extensions of their teams, and our venture partners augment our reach across technical, legal, strategy and geographic (Europe and Asia) dimensions.

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We’re thankful for our LPs’ support and our time @BlockTower with Ari Paul and @emg.eth, who remain involved with @strobefund, alongside our network of venture partners @proofofk, @humancapitol, , @neilh, @0xkevin, @ivandelastours & more

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I’ve been active in crypto since 2014, full-time since 2017 /consensys and White Star Capital and while there continues to be a lot that’s frustrating with the short-termism of our industry, I couldn’t be more excited to continue to double down on and alongside builders who will usher the use cases we’ve been pushing for since those days, into the hand of millions and billions of users, by building through and beyond overcrowded, short-term narratives.

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Over the years, @BlockTower VC / now @strobefund has built expertise and a portfolio we’re extremely proud of, across DeFi, RWAs, stablecoins, payments, infrastructure, consumer and more. We’ve been privileged to partner with founders and teams: strobe.fund/portfolio

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@strobefund is an early-stage venture firm focused partnering with ambitious founders who are leveraging onchain primitives to create new markets, replatform industries and want to have lasting, positive impact on our space. blog.strobe.fund/introducing-strobe-vc

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After 3+ years of building @BlockTower VC, we’re extremely excited to double down on teams who push the space in our next chapter, spin out the franchise, portfolio and team with my partners @spvenino & @winnie and myself under a new independent venture focused firm, @strobefund. theblock.co/post/345873/blocktower-crypto-vc-spins-out-strobe-ventures-100-million-fund

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we are building the future of the internet, right here, right now. is it messy and weird and scary at times? yes absolutely. but couldn't imagine a better group of people to be doing it with.

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embracing lower market cap coins. not everything needs to run to a $1b. when everything is onchain — your lil vacation pics, daily matcha lattes, everyday fit checks… there’s something beautiful about it being worth even $100. I would very much rather get $100 market cap on @zora than 100 likes on instagram. onchain > online

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Tap Olympics Leaderboard Let's get the US back into the Top 3! 🇺🇸 🇺🇸 🇺🇸

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Thoughts on building Farcaster apps in June 2024

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I stand with @uniswap and builders fighting for freedom around the world. https://blog.uniswap.org/fighting-for-defi

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