​Learn more about venture capital, crypto and hear from founders and investors in the space! We will have panels on the state of crypto and a networking event afterwards. Hear from some crypto OGs, those entering the space, or those new to it. All are welcome, students, hackers, founders, and investors alike.

​Featuring Taisu Ventures, Quotient Ventures and several founders from gaming, DeFi, crypto infrastructure and more.

​Free food and snacks for those who register and there will be networking afterwards to meet other founders, students, and investors. We are looking to build the native LA crypto scene!

​Scroll down to learn more about our speakers!

​Event Schedule

​2:00 - 2:20 PM

​VC Panel

​- Panelists: Takashi Hayashida (Taisu Ventures), Arnav (Hashkey), Mason (Pantera), Henry (Palm Drive)

​- Discussion Topic: The State of Crypto & Web3 Investments in 2024

​- Insights into key blockchain investment trends and market outlook.

​- Moderator: Samuel Thomas (Quotient)

​2:20 - 2:45 PM

​Portfolio Pitches

​- Presenters: Linda Yuan (Moddio), Juan Bruce (DSCVR), Jerry (Lofty)

​- Moderator: Ishan (Taisu Ventures)

​2:45 - 3:15 PM

​Startup Panel

​- Panelists:, Calvin Zhou (Shrapnel), Will (Movement Labs), Robert (Kaidro), Monique (Orbiter Finance), Alaxic Smith (Frame)

​- Discussion: Building Resilient Web3 Startups

​- Moderator: Ishan (Taisu Ventures)

​3:30 - 4:30 PM

​Pitch Contest - Web3 Pitch Competition & VC networking - Bull City Blockchain Battle @LA 🎡 #TechWeek

​- Host: Sergey (Taisu Ventures)

​4:30 - 5:00 PM

​Networking Session

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​Main Sponsor: Taisu Ventures

​Taisu Ventures is a Venture Capital firm with Japanese roots backed by SBI Group and Emurgo (Cardano's founding entity). With strong expertise in both Finance and Web3 the firm has invested in over 80+ early stage tech startups globally building with Blockchain technologies across all chains in Gaming, User Platforms, DeFi and Infrastructure, and actively investing in more.

​If you'd like to submit your project for our consideration, please fill up the form here: https://shorturl.at/bGlvr

​Speaker Profiles

​Juan Bruce, Cofounder & CSO, DSCVR

​With over 1M unique visitors, DSCVR (pronounced “Discover”) is a Web3 social network and protocol combining the usability of a Web2-style social app with crypto technology that unlocks dApp discover and distribution for users, creators and developers. https://dscvr.one/

​Linda Yuan, Cofounder & COO, Moddio

​Moddio is a no-code, web-native platform allowing creators to launch social games alongside custom tokens/digital assets. Creators can build multiplayer games with built-in social features, UGC, monetization, and Web3 capabilities in hours instead of months. Thousands of games are created on our platform every month.

​Jerry Chu, Co-founder, Lofty

​Lofty is building the world's first real estate exchange by converting equity in houses into tradable digital instruments. Now anyone in the world can come and list partial equity in their properties for sale or buy partial equity in another property, all with the same speed and user experience as buying or selling a share of AAPL on Robinhood.

​Monique, CMO, Orbiter Finance

​Orbiter Finance: A leading blockchain infra, zk-tech-based cross-chain protocol. We have accumulated 4 million users, with total transaction volume exceeding $18B and a total net profit of $100M+. With strategic support from top institutions, we aim to become the foundational infrastructure layer driving large-scale blockchain adoption.

​Henry Woram, Principal, Palm Drive Capital

​Palm Drive Capital is an early stage venture fund focused on software investments around the globe.

​Robert Simons, Co-founder, Kaidro: The Awakening/Gadget-Bot Productions

​Gadget-Bot's vision is to share extraordinary stories with the world through animation, games, comics, NFTs, etc. Gadget-Bot has worked on big titles like Apex Legends, Call of Duty, Last of Us, etc. It's latest intellectual property is Kaidro: The Awakening, which is a multimedia anime project that is ranked #3 of all time in the Mavis Marketplace, featuring original mecha, dragons, and sci-fantasy magic centered with a strong female protagonist named Ava. Kaidro's captivating story unfolds through anime, comics, games, digital and toy collectibles, etc.

​Calvin Zhou, Cofounder, Shrapnel

​Shrapnel is a AAA web3 First Person Shooter with a creator mode for maps and skins. Led by the ex-HBO Interactive Gaming Team and raised ~$70m to date from Griffin, Polychain, Dragonfly, Brevan Howard, Franklin Templeton. Game is 4 years in development and in private alpha with > 130k accounts.

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​This event is a part of #TechWeek - a week of events hosted by VCs and startups to bring together the tech ecosystem.