Ep 18 - On The Evolution of VC in Web3
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Saurabh: Hi. This is the podcast, and I'm your host, Saurabh. Before we begin, views expressed here are personal opinions. None of this is any kind of advice, let alone financial or legal. It's a conversation about things we find interesting.
Welcome to episode 18 of the Deco podcast. I'm here with my co host, Seth. And today, we are thrilled to have Tomasz Tungos with us. Tomasz is a seasoned venture capitalist. When I say seasoned, I mean it.
He's been in the VC game for longer than Bitcoin has been around. He's been at the VC forefront long before it was cool. Currently, he's a general partner at Haley Ventures. And before that, he was a managing director at Redpoint Ventures for about 15 years. Tomas brings a unique perspective, having not only witnessed, but also shaped the evolution of VC as an asset class over the years.
In this episode, we dive deep into Tomasz's journey, starting from his early days as a product manager at Google, where he worked on machine learning models for ad targeting, to his rise as a leading figure in the venture capital industry. He shares how he stumbled into the VC world, the challenges he encountered, and the pivotal role his decade long blog has played in his professional growth. Thomas draws fascinating patterns between private equity and venture capital, illustrating how the VC asset classes mirror the growth trajectory of private equity. We then extend this analogy to web 3, d
Topaz offers a rare blend of zoomed out and yet nuanced perspective on what's next for web 3, particularly in the product context of Internet itself. The conversation is packed with insights you would want to miss. Onto the episode now. Welcome to the show, Topaz.
Tomasz: Pleasure to be here. Thanks for inviting me.
Saurabh: Yeah. So we've gone through your blog, and there is some diverse areas that are covered there. I'm quite impressed with the frequency as well as the like, how wide range of topics that you cover. So, yeah, I mean, is writing a hobby? Like, does it help you invest?
Like, what's the story there?
Tomasz: Oh, I've been writing for more than 10 years, and it started because at Redpoint, I was collecting the news and preparing the agenda on Mondays, and I started publishing the news on the blog. And every Monday, I publish a series of news articles, a digest. That started to get some leadership. And then as I was working and learning the business, I realized there was lot of commonality across the questions that founders were asking. And so I started writing about those and using data.
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