
Episode 246
The End of the Beginning | Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures

Episode 246
M. Anderson & V. Spencer
The End of the Beginning | Michael Anderson & Vance Spencer of Framework Ventures
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In Episode 246 of Hidden Forces, Demetri Kofinas speaks with Michael Anderson and Vance Spencer. Michael and Vance are the founders of Framework Ventures, a venture capital firm with a team of technologists, researchers, and investors that actively build alongside the companies and protocols in which they invest. They were on the podcast two years ago to discuss their thesis on the opportunities in decentralized finance and they are back on today to talk about blockchain gaming and their latest, big bet on the future.
We are huge fans of these guys. They’re thoughtful. They’re passionate. And they’re native. They’ve grown up in this space and their investment philosophy and framework reflect this. Besides discussing the opportunities in gaming, Michael and Vance also share elements of their approach to investing in crypto, how they source deals and outcompete legacy venture funds with deep pockets in an industry that is long on capital but short on know-how: the type of know-how that results from a philosophy of active participation running nodes, staking assets, providing security reviews, building tools, and participating in network governance.
Our objective in bringing you this conversation is to give you a roadmap for investing in what can often feel like an intimidating and rapidly changing space that we believe will nonetheless produce some of the biggest value-generating opportunities in software and some of the most rewarding opportunities for cultivating monetizable online experiences and collaboration on the Internet.
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Episode Recorded on 04/20/2022
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Michael Anderson is a co-founder of Framework Ventures, one of earliest and largest VC firms in the “DeFi” or Decentralized Finance industry. Prior to Framework, Michael and his co-founder Vance founded Hashletes, a digital collectible startup with official licensing from the NFL. Before that, Michael served as a product manager at both Snapchat and Dropbox, where he helped build out their monetization platforms.
Vance Spencer is a co-founder of Framework Ventures, one of earliest and largest VC firms in the “DeFi” or Decentralized Finance industry. Prior to Framework, Vance and his co-founder Michael founded Hashletes, a digital collectible startup with official licensing from the NFL. Before that, Vance worked at Netflix in Los Angeles and Tokyo, where he was responsible for the relaunch of the Japan business as the only non-Japanese hire, eventually leading corporate development for most of northern Asia.
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