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Providing space and time to forge meaningful connections, explore synergies but also to discuss entrepreneurial challenges founders in crypto face. This has been the idea behind the Greenfield Capital _Founders’ Offsite on the weekend before ETHcc in Brussels. But the true value originated from the dedicated participation of the founders and the lessons - good, bad, and ugly - they shared. Thanks for joining! DRESSX Hats Finance Safe Celo Foundation Brahma Stroom Dapper Labs Layer3 Q Blockchain Nym Technologies SA Gattaca Liquorice The Fabricant Mangrove SEDA Keyring Network Paladin Protocol Mento Labs Flooz xyz EtherMail Idle (idle.finance) Sovryn Zharta Spectra | Special thanks to professional highliner Faith Dickey for her keynote on navigating risk-taking and Leon Ohmenzetter (Paul's Boutique one stop film department GmbH) for capturing some highlights of our time together | Karolina Kowalik Markus Hujara

We are excited to announce our participation in Warlock Labs's $8M seed funding round led by Polychain Capital. See our thesis in comments. | Warlock is a crypto-native trading firm focusing on market making and MEV strategies across chains and orderflow monetization --> helping DeFi protocols improve their efficiency and sustainability by re-capturing value otherwise lost due to malicious MEV. Gleb Dudka | Participating: TRGC Reciprocal Ventures Symbolic Capital Ambush Capital

We’re excited to announce our follow-on investment in Layer3, the leading Engagement Network. In 2024, Layer3 increased revenue tenfold to $16.6M and consistently expanded its customer base, product suite, and consumer footprint. We believe Layer3 has one of the strongest execution teams in crypto. See our thesis in comments | Claude Donzé Brandon Kumar Dariya Khojasteh

DROSERA NETWORK builds the onchain immune system. We are excited to lead its $3.25M seed round with participation of Anagram Ltd, Paper Ventures, Arrington Capital, UDHC and Pulsar. Our Backing post is linked in comments. | EVM-based DeFi builders, this is for you: Check out Drosera’s threat detection and drive onchain security together! Jendrik Poloczek Jascha Samadi Anies Khan Xueqian (Bryan) Ji

NOW at The Bridge Stage  🚀 VCs in a Bull Market: Tackling Rising Valuations and FOMO  Sarah Gottwald (Blockchain Founders Group (BFG)), Ivan de Lastours (Bpifrance), Sebastian Blum (Greenfield Capital ), Lex Sokolin (Generative Ventures), and Ryan Hayward (Barclays) are discussing how venture capital is navigating the challenges of a crypto bull market.  The panel is exploring rising valuations, the balance between token and equity investments, and how European startups can attract faster-moving US VCs. They’re also addressing liquidity challenges, institutional hesitation, and strategies to differentiate hype from sustainable value in a FOMO-driven market.  You’ll find this panel soon on our YouTube channel! #DAFLondon

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Crypto is Europe's and Germany's second chance in the digital realm. But we have to act now. Together with Areta, we have compiled a position paper on how to improve conditions and expand competitiveness. We will use the paper to initiate discussions with various parties and opinion leaders. Consider getting involved if you see yourself as part of the European crypto ecosystem. English version in comments | Jascha Samadi Christian Zimmermann Markus Hujara Karl-Martin Ahrend Jan-Philip Grabs

The complete guide to Layer3 - your resource to learn about crypto's leading engagement network: https://lnkd.in/dK8eGnFT

We're excited to announce that we have built a strategic position in CoW Protocol ($COW) over the last weeks. Link to full article in comments. Their core product, CoW Swap, is the leading intent-based DEX in DeFi, with an average monthly trading volume of $2.4B. Their latest innovation, CoW AMM, tackles MEV head-on and reduces CEX-DEX arbitrage losses drastically | No investment advice.

DACH Insider is the new spin-off of the German-language crypto newsletter Blockstories. It provides industry news and takes for investment decision-makers in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. Greenfield is happy to support the project with monthly insights into our current research focus. Our Consumer Lead, Claude Donzé, kicks things off with a take on Engagement Networks, featuring our recent investment, Layer3. | Karolina Kowalik Markus Hujara