December 31, 2017
The last 2 weeks of 2017 provided an exclamation point to the past year in the cryptocurrency world — more drama and a coin that surged to overtake Ether in the #2 spot. Ripple (XRP) started the year at $0.006 Read more…
December 8, 2017
This was the week that cryptokitties slowed the Ethereum network and bitcoin futures announcements sped up bitcoin price appreciation. On the back of CME and CBOE bitcoin announcements (and Goldman Sachs agreeing to clear some futures transactions), Bitcoin’s price shot Read more…
November 30, 2017
We will be sending out a weekly newsletter with news and brief commentary on the blockchain and cryptocurrency sectors. It is our intent to cut through the increasing levels of noise and bring you thoughts and articles that we find Read more…
November 28, 2017
The price of bitcoin reached $10K earlier today. Over the years I have seen a significant change in conversations around virtual currencies (“it’s for drug dealers!”; “there’s no underlying asset!”; “it’s a fraud!” to “how do I buy bitcoin”?;“can you Read more…
October 16, 2017
In July, I sat down The Falkes Group, organizers of the annual Women’s Private Equity Summit in Half Moon Bay, to talk about my fund, and how I got interested in investing in bitcoin and blockchain technology in 2013. As Read more…
August 27, 2017
This is not the story of another cryptocurrency coin offering, but of a product that is using a tangible, age-old form factor to manage and secure our digital and analog identities. I am pleased to announce that Future\Perfect Ventures portfolio Read more…
July 21, 2017
I woke up this morning to the news that Uber’s board asked CEO Travis Kalanick to resign. After a year of allegations of sexual harassment, questionable competitive tactics and employee turnover, this isn’t much of a surprise. For those of Read more…
July 13, 2017
A couple of weeks ago I spoke at a conference entitled “Business of Blockchains” that the MIT Technology Review and MIT Media Lab organized in Cambridge. One of the reasons I started investing in the blockchain space 4 years ago Read more…
November 14, 2016
Once every 20 years or so, new technology comes to market that has the potential to change how we communicate, how we do business, and pushes the boundaries of everything we thought was possible. In the 1970’s it was the Read more…
July 3, 2016
“Be the change you want to see in the world” This is one of my life’s mantras. Words are not enough – action is what matters. As I reflected on FPV’s first full year of operation, I thought Read more…