The Girls Table Newsletter

3/02 - This Week in Web3, Venture Capital, & Start-ups

March 02, 2023

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GM, Welcome to the latest edition of The Girls Table newsletter! It’s ETH Denver week! We will be in Colorado this week learning, sharing knowledge, and sourcing the top-tier early-stage deals right at the source. This is definitely the biggest ETH Denver yet, and likely the biggest Ethereum-based crypto convention yet. Keep an eye out on our socials for updates, fun news as it happens, and insights into upcoming start-ups and events.

As always thank you for reading and taking a seat at The Girls Table.

Here is a breakdown of today's newsletter:

  • 🥳 Events & Community

  • 🎙️ New Podcast Episode

  • 🚨 TLDR - This Week in Crypto

  • 💸 NFT Alpha

  • 📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

  • 💰 Venture Capital News

🥳 Events & Community: 

We hosted a girl's (& boy's) table in LA for Venture Capitalists on February 28th! It was so great meeting so many of you IRL!

We are also hosting a VC Dinner in Denver on March 3rd! Reply back to this email if you will be around and currently work in VC as we have a few spots still available!

Below we have provided our tentative list for 2023 but if you want to see a larger list of crypto events check out a larger list one of our community members made here:

  • ETHDenver

  • NFT LA

  • NFT NYC

  • Miami NFT Week

  • Consensus

Also, if you don't want to miss out on future events we will be hosting during 2023, join our Telegram group to stay up-to-date. The chat has been growing and it is so amazing to have such an awesome inspiration group!

🎙️ New Podcast Episode:

In this episode of The Girls Table, Elana Dickman also known as TradingFemale is joined by Nichole Wischoff who discusses her story of getting into Venture Capital, raising a solo GP Fund, and the process of investing in companies.

Do you know any entrepreneurs, creators, or investors who you think have an amazing story? Please reply and share them with us so we can continue to have the most inspirational individuals on the podcast.

🚨 TLDR - This Week in Crypto:

  • Oasis reveals critical backdoor permissions vulnerability

  • Yuga Labs launches Bitcoin Ordinal project

  • Portco Upland launches incubator project

🌗 Crypto News:

  • Nishad Singh was Director of Engineering at FTX

  • This is the third member of SBF’s inner circle to admit guilt

  • Singh was released on $250k bail, awaiting sentencing

  • After 120k ETH drained last year, court orders Oasis to use secret backdoor wallet to seize the funds

  • The backdoor allowed an Oasis admin to send a transaction on the hacker’s behalf, revealing a centralized - and premeditated - critical vulnerability.

  • $225M will be redistributed to those that lost their ETH to the hack

💸 NFT Alpha: 

  • “TwelveFold” will be auctioned later this week, with only 300 in the collection

  • The pieces are abstract 12x12 grids with various 3D and illustrated features

  • Yuga has stated that these are an art collection and have no utility/connection to the BAYC universe

  • Orange Comet sold $7.2M of equity and securities, closed Feb 23

  • The LA based firm has dropped several high-profile collections, from Scottie Pippen to The Walking Dead

📈 Start-Up Investment Opportunities

Please keep this confidential.The author of this newsletter, TradingFemale, works at Red Beard Ventures. Red Beard Ventures is a Web3 Venture Capital Firm that has invested in over 150+ companies including Sandbox, Dapper Labs, SuperRare, Unstoppable Domains, LayerZero, and more! If you are an accredited investor and interested in expanding your start-up portfolio, we have provided some investment opportunities that are currently active through the Red Beard Ventures Syndicate.

GET Protocol: The Premium NFT Ticketing Solution

  • GET has been building NFT ticketing since 2016

  • They have a full range of ticketing products for event holders, from self-service to full concierge, and also white-label solutions

  • Issued nearly 3.4 Million tickets (1.7M in 2022 alone), over 17k events

  • Investment includes a token grant AND discounted token purchase rights

  • Link to invest

Simply Eggless: The Future of Egg Alternatives

  • Simply Eggless is the second-largest producer and supplier of plant-based eggs globally, with a revenue of $2M in 2022

  • Their products are sold in over 2.8k stores in North America and the company is looking to expand to 1k more stores, serving their massive popularity among Gen Z and Millennials

  • The main ingredient used by Eggless is lupin bean, which offers high protein, excellent baking functionality, and is environmentally friendly

  • The competitors in vegan egg alternatives all fall behind Simply Eggless, which has a much more versatile and shelf-stable product

  • Link to invest

Colossal: A Real-Life Jurassic Park

  • Colossal is using genetic engineering to clone extinct species

  • The Woolly Mammoth is set to once again walk the Earth in 2027!

  • Their technology of reconstructing ancient DNA to the point of cloning is revolutionizing the biotech field

  • This is their series B, and we are co-syndicating with our friends at C3

  • They have signed ten LOIs with zoos for paid exhibits, with a projected $500M in yearly revenue

  • Link to invest

💰 Venture Capital News

Pitchbook's Takeaways from the 2023 European Blockchain Convention

  • FTX's collapse has brought regulatory clarity to the forefront of the crypto industry.

  • New rules could rebuild user trust and accelerate crypto adoption.

  • Zero-knowledge proofs are gaining attention as privacy concerns rise.

  • Institutional adoption of crypto is maintaining momentum despite a sharp pullback in VC funding.

  • Tokenization is on the rise, converting traditional assets into blockchain-tradable assets.

👋 That’s all for now friends! See you next week.

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Disclaimer: The Girls Table DOES NOT provide financial advice. All content is for informational purposes only. The Girls Table is not a registered investment, legal, or tax advisor or a broker/dealer. Trading any crypto-related asset is extremely risky and could result in significant capital losses.

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