Press - The Barefoot VC

Recent Press Mentions:

2019:

City’s Still Banking on Blockchain by Ensuring the Industry Is Open to All (Crain’s, May 2019)
Crain’s New York Business’ 2019 Notable Women in Tech (Crain’s, May 2019)
New York City Is Opening Doors with $35 Million for Women Entrepreneurs and Makers (Forbes, March 2019)
Why Your Next Term Sheet Could Come From New York City’s Government (Inc., February 2019)
Can New York Lead in Cryptocurrency? (City & State NY, February 2019)
Cryptocurrency Bear Market Taking a Toll on VC Valuations, Fortune, February 2019
Crypto’s 2019 Goal: Technology People Can Use (The Wall Street Journal, January 2019)

2018:

The Developing World Will Lead the Way, Says One of Blockchain’s First VCs (BREAKER Magazine, November 2018)
The Fintech Finance 40 (Institutional Investor, November 2018)
Woman in FinTech Award (Women in Tech International Awards, November 2018)
2018 Platform Strategy Report (MIT Initiative on the Digital Economy, November 2018)
Venture Capital Investment in Blockchain And Crypto Up 280% In 2018, Report Shows (Cointelegraph, October 2018)
“Strong investors included VC firms Andreessen Horowitz, Danhua Capital, and Future Perfect Ventures, alongside “active angels” Tim Draper, Naval Ravikant, Roger Ver, and Barry Silbert.”
A Springboard to Success for Female Blockchain Founders (Forbes, October 2018)
30 Influential Women Advancing AI In New York (RE•WORK, August 2018)
These Startups Are Defying The Status Quo In Crypto And Building Diverse Teams (Forbes, July 2018)
Why Is Bitcoin So Bro-y? (Refinery29, June 2018)
Moneyconf 2018: Crypto Wallet CEOs on Why Decentralization Matters (Yahoo Finance, June 2018)
Microsoft Top VC Trailblazer Award (Women on the Block, May 2018)
Disillusioned Token Investors Demand Real Talk About Risk (CoinDesk, May 2018)
US Regulators Need to Move Faster on Crypto, Consensus Panelists Say (CoinDesk, May 2018)
Nine Smart Moves To Network Into A Venture Role (Forbes, May 2018)
Bitcoin Review: Consensus Concludes, and BTC Value Hits One-month Low (New York Business Journal, May 2018)
Dear Students, Everything In Bitcoin’s Way Is Your $1 Billion Opportunity (CoinDesk, April 2018)
Episode 116: Jalak Jobanputra And What It’s Like To Be A Woman In Blockchain (Crypto Token Talk, March 2018)
Beyond Bitcoin, Can Blockchain Technology Change the World? (Austin-American Statesmen (512blog), March 2018)
‘Blockchain Bros’ No More: Women In Cryptocurrency Speak Up About Their Accomplishments (Forbes, March 2018)
Time to Acknowledge – and Encourage – Women in Blockchain (CoinDesk, March 2018)
The Gender Imbalance in Crypto: Jalak Jobanputra on Why It’s a Problem and Her Effort to Fix It (Unchained, March 2018)
Women in Cryptocurrencies Push Back Against ‘Blockchain Bros’ (NY Times, February 2018)
Why Investor Jalak Jobanputra is Betting Big on Crypto (Techcrunch, February 2018)
For Women in Cryptocurrency, a New Effort to Grow Their Ranks (Wired, February 2018)
Blockchain Explainer: A Revolution Only in its Infancy (Financial Times, February 2018)
This Venture Capitalist Called Bitcoin’s Correction in December – Here’s How She Knew (CNBC, January 2018)
Cryptocurrencies Plunge Amid Regulatory Fears (CNBC, January 2018)
The Fintech Finance 40 (Institutional Investor, January 2018)

2017:

Bloomberg Markets: Buying Oracle, FoodMaven Fights Food Waste (Bloomberg, December 2017)
Bitcoin: How High Can it Go? (Fox Business, December 2017)
The Benefits Of Blockchain (Global Finance Magazine, November 2017)
Ahead Of The Buzzword Curve: Finding Investors In Front Of Top Tech Trends (Crunchbase, November 2017)
Will Blockchain Unchain The World (Forbes, November 2017)
The Webby Awards, Webby Podcast S2 Ep2: Jalak Jobanputra, Founder & Managing Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures (The Webby Podcast, October 2017)
These Venture Capitalists Are Powering The Blockchain Boom (International Business Times, August 2017)
As Cryptocurrencies Reach New Highs, The Ethereal Summit Paints A Rich Future (Forbes, May 2017)
FuturePerfect Lab Launches Blockchain, IoT, Artificial Intelligence and Security Convergence Project (Blockchain News, May 2017)
What Blockchain Is, and Why Some Experts Say It’s as Revolutionary as the Internet (WBUR.org, April 2017)
Beyond Finance: Considering Business and Social Impact of Blockchain (MIT Technology Review, April 2017)
Blockchain and Emerging Markets (Ping Capital Management, March 2017)

2016:

The 2016 Fintech Finance 35: Jalak Jobanputra (Institutional Investor, November 2016)
These 17 Women Are Shaping Venture Capital in NYC (Built In NYC, June 2016)
Meet Jalak Jobanputra, Founder of Future\Perfect Ventures (VatorNews, June 2016)
Jalak Jobanputra Talks Investing, Fintech, and the Tech Bubble (Forbes, June 2016)
The Blockchain: A Revolution You Need to Understand (Milken Institute, May 2016)
18 Venture Capitalist Blogs Every Startup Founder Should Be Reading (TechSpace, March 2016)
Bitcoin and Blockchain Startups Not Immune From Selective Investors (CoinDesk, March 2016)

2015:

Trailblazing Women (Huffington Post, October 2015)
The Future of Money (O’Reilly, October 2015)
Citi, Micropayments and Social Good: Consensus 2015 Afternoon Sessions(CoinDesk, September 2015)
14 Best VCs to Follow Online (Business Insider, August 2015)
FPV’s Jalak Jobanputra: Emerging Markets Are Bitcoin’s Best Best (CoinDesk, July 2015)
This Week In Startups (April 2015)
NYC Mayor’s Office Pushes For Universal Broadband With Three New Initiatives (BuzzFeed News, April 2015)

2014:

100 NYC Tech Influencers You Need to Know (AlleyWatch, December 2014)
Bet on Chinese Middle Class? (CNBC, September 2014)
Kingdom of New York: The Barefoot VC on Bitcoin, Mobile Tech and Silicon Alley (Observer, August 2014)
FuturePerfect Ventures Is a Small Fund Launched to Back Applications for Big Data (TechCrunch, July 2014)
Movers and Shakers in the NYC Tech Ecosystem (Entrepreneur.com, June 2014)
ABNY presents: Women Leaders in the NYC Tech Ecosystem (Edelman, May 2014)
Is JD.com Really Worth $1.7B? (Bloomberg TV, May 2014)
DeBlasio Deputy Mayor Networks with Tech Insiders (Crain’s, April 2014)
We’re in a Valuation Bubble: It’s Cool! (Marketplace.org, February 2014)

2013:

Technology and Social Impact (Women2.com, November 2013)
LoMA Rising: The Newest Tech Hub in NYC (AlleyWatch, September 2013)
Top 40 Women to Watch Over 40 (Forbes, July 2013)
Tech Leaders Support Immigration Reform (Wall Street Journal, May 2013)
How Investors Value Startups (Mashable, May 2013)
Lean In (Leanin.org, March 2013)
These VCs Have Seen the Future, and it is Mobile and Global (The Business Journal, February 2013)

2012:

BRICs and Beyond: Pockets of Innovation (Quartz, October 2012)
BMWi: Where Cars, Walking, Movie Tickets and Smart Refrigerators Collide (NYConvergence, June 2012)
The Mobile Payments Opportunity (Seeking Alpha, June 2012)
Investors Talk Digital Disruption in Music at IWNY (Xconomy, May 2012)
Coverage of Social Media Week Keynote (Social Media Week, April 2012)
Jalak Jobanputra, RTP Ventures New Managing Director, Talks About Russian Billionaire Leonid Boguslavsky’s $120 M. Fund (Observer, March 2012)
Q&A: RTP Ventures’ Jalak Jobanputra Weighs in on New $120M Fund (Xconomy, March 2012)
NYC Tech Takes on the Classroom (Crain’s, January 2012)
Golden Ladies of NYC (NY Daily News, January 2012)

2011:

Immigrants Revitalize NY Tech Scene (NY Post, September 2011)
Start-Up & The City: New York’s Hot Entrepreneurship Scene (Forbes, December 2011)
Global Entrepreneurship Delegation to Visit Indonesia (Antara News, June 2011)

2010:

New York Venture Capitalist Jalak Jobanputra Receives Outstanding 50 Asian Americans in Business Award (PRWeb, June 2010)
Internet Week, NYC, June 2010: Interviewing Amol Sarva of Peek and Vin Vacanti of Yipit
Angel Investors to Fashism: You Look Fabulous (Venturebeat, November 2010)

2009:

NYCSeed: More than a Dollar and a Dream for Start Up Technology Companies (Huffington Post, August 2009)
Silicon Alley vs Silicon Valley (Wall Street Journal, June 2009)