Ed Roman
717 posts
Ed Roman
@ed_roman
Co-Founder (2017–2025) Hack VC
Founder (2014-2025) hack.summit()
CEO (2014-2015) HackHands
CEO (2008-2012 Ghostfire Games
CEO (2000-2003) TheServerSide
Replying to @VannaCharmerAs VCs, we often perform reference calls on investments before we decide to invest. We try to get all sides of a story before we invest. Almost never is it the case that every reference call is positive. The best investments often are contrarian in some way. This is one of- We're very proud to announce our new crypto fund at Hack VC.
- Today we announced our new $150M Venture Fund I in our latest blog. Check it out for more on our vision for the fund, deep conviction in web3, and excitement to support our founders. Read more:
- At Hack VC, we're very proud to announce our investment in the Series A financing for @movementlabsxyz . They're bringing the Move language to Ethereum (and other chains) which which we believe will be transformative for productivity, user experience, and security in web3.gmove world. Today we are thrilled to announce our $38M Series A led by @polychain
00:00 - I’m super excited to have Hsin-Ju joining us full time at Hack VC. She is an amazing person and we are lucky to be collaborating with her!
- I just published Startup investing in the age of the corona virus Avoiding risk, preserving capital, and making… link.medium.com/40HSAf2CU4
- We're proud to be investors in @nomadxyz_ led by a longstanding friend of our firm, @pranaymohan. Congrats on the round!gm! We’re excited to announce that we’ve closed our $22M seed round led by @polychain, and with participation from @1kxnetwork, @etherealvc, @hack_vc, and many other amazing funds and angels! blog.nomad.xyz/nomad-raises-2…
- Check out their new launch of Runway - a re-imagining of what finance can be. Siqi Chen (CEO) is a beast.. stoked to be an investor.we spent the last four years reimagining what finance can be, unburdened by what has been. runway makes clear the significance of the passage of time in the context of all in which your business lives and what came before you. this is the result 👇
00:00 - Really stoked for Nazare Ventures. Dr. Steven Waterhouse ("Seven)" is an exceptional operator and investor and I'm bullish on him.1. Announcing the launch of my new AI focused fund: Nazare Ventures. The fund is now live and we will be announcing some of our first investments in the next few weeks. prnewswire.com/news-releases/…
- At the jasper.ai generative ai conference today. Really impressive first event. Proud to be an investor.
- Fascinating analysis by @wjvill on the power of fixed rates as collateral types. Really impressed by the technical leadership behind Element Finance.1/ I coded a simulation showing 3-7x multiplied exposure to fixed rate principal APRs. 🔒 They're fixed, so returns are known upfront 💧 They allow for mitigating liquidation risk 📖 They're great as collateral Let's analyze the data and output graphs.
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