The Inquisitive VC · 37 min
In this episode of Inquisitive VC , host Nawaz Ahmed speaks with Hootie Rashidifard , Founder and General Partner of Hash3 , a $30M crypto venture fund built on a mission to bring self-sovereignty to all end users . Hootie shares how his Iranian upbringing - watching his father’s bank accounts frozen after the 1979 revolution - instilled a deep mistrust of centralized systems and shaped his belief in Bitcoin’s promise. From investment banking to five years at Canaan Partners , and now leading Hash3, he reveals what it takes to raise and run a crypto fund through market chaos. - 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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