We release a monthly newsletter that recaps the most important events and content from the Morningstar Ventures community. Find out what happened this month, and set your reminder for our first Live Podcast broadcasted via Twitter Spaces.
Twitter Spaces - Roundtable:
"Where Are We In The Market Cycle?"
Don't miss our session with Wolf Of All Street!
The crypto market has been a real roller-coaster! And as everyone is trying to understand what to expect from the upcoming months, we decided to organize a roundtable on "Where Are We In The Market Cycle."
For the occasion, we have a great speaker panel coming soon, which includes the well-known influencer & trader Scott Melker (aka Wolf Of All Streets), Bware Co-founder & CEO Flavian Manea, and ChainFlip Founder & CEO Simon Harman.
Don't miss this exciting roundtable! The session will start on 📅 Thursday, March 23rd, at 18:00 CET.
Set your reminder ➡️ HERE
Our Latest Initiatives
Learn our latest investments and event participations
Lately, we have been very busy behind the scene working on multiple projects while expanding our network in the industry. Here are a couple of initiatives we would like to share with you:
💰 New Investment - Avalon Corp: We have participated in the $13M funding round of the Florida-based Avalon Corp, a AAA Web3 gameworld founded by video game industry veterans with experience at Electronic Arts, Microsoft, Blizzard, and Sony. Happy to back this great project. Read the full announcement: ➡️ here
📹 37x Attended Arts DAO Fest in Dubai: Morningstar Venture's soon-to-open art gallery, 37xDubai, attended the Arts DAO fest last week. It was inspiring to see so many people come together to learn more about digital art, and how the interest in the space has grown. Watch the recap video: ➡️ here
🎙Twitter Spaces RECAP - Transitioning the World to DeFi: If you missed our last Twitter Spaces Roundtable discussion with Paraswap, Coin98, and Injective, here are the top 5 key takeaways from our discussion on what the future of DeFi will look like, and how we are transitioning into it. Read more ➡️ here
Founder Stories - Ultiverse
Read the great interview you had with Frank Ma, CEO of Ultiverse
Every month we publish a new interview about a founder/CEO of an exciting crypto project. Today we are happy to present Frank Ma, CEO of our portfolio company Ultiverse: a AAA social gaming metaverse that connects Web3 with VR, and aims to create the first-of-its-kind MetaFi.
Read the full interview ➡️ HERE
As usual, don't hesitate to ask questions or to drop a suggestion on the content! Thanks again for your support 🙏🏻
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