The Inquisitive VC · 42 min
In this episode of Inquisitive VC , host Nawaz Ahmed sits down with Alex Lin , Founder and General Partner of Reforge , a crypto venture fund investing in coordination infrastructure across capital markets, AI, and compute systems. Alex shares his journey from running a gaming bot farm that led him to Bitcoin, to becoming a venture capitalist with a mission to rebuild trust in failing institutions. He talks about leaving Shima Capital to launch Reforge, the brutal realities of fundraising, and why early-stage venture - not speculative liquid markets - will define the next decade of crypto - The podcast is also available on your favourite podcast sources like Spotify, Apple and Youtube! Check out the Substack for show notes and transcript! Intro & Outro soundtrack from -
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