Deep Ventures is an investment group and community focused on decentralization and data technologies. The company believes that these technologies can change the world and invests in startups working on blockchain and AI solutions.

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We believe that decentralization and data can radically change our world for the better. So we fund and support the best and brightest building crypto primitives and at the intersection of crypto and AI.

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🌟 Good morning! I'm excited to share my newest podcast episode, where we get unique insights from some of the top venture capitalists in web3.

🎙️ Joining me are seasoned VCs from Big Brain Holdings, Web3.com Ventures, and Deep Ventures. 

They discuss upcoming trends and opportunities in blockchain and cryptocurrencies.

📈 Discover which industry trends they are most excited about.

👉 Watch the full episode here: https://lnkd.in/eiqy5HBF

Big shoutout to Caleb Shack, Mike Chan and Edison L for their time.

It's a Demo Day kinda night! 

I'm at the Techstars Washington DC Demo Day now and it's a super cool format - panel-based convos instead of individual pitches. Very engaging!

I'll log on to the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator Demo Day later tonight. 

Can't wait to see what these founders have cookin!

We are excited to announce our investment into Kinto, the safe, decentralized, and KYC-compliant Ethereum L2!

The round was led by Kyber Capital Crypto, Spartan Group and Parafi, with Robot Ventures, SkyBridge Capital, and others participating. 

Blockchain, with its open and permissionless nature, has the potential to improve access to financial services across the globe. Builders can now create more efficient services that are non-custodial, decentralized, and free of rent-seeking middlemen.

However, all these improvements are overshadowed by scams, rug pulls, and smart contract hacks. More than $30B was lost in 2022 alone.

Kinto is the first blockchain network built to address all these problems on the chain level to support a new wave of secure financial applications. 

Read more about Kinto and why we're so excited to invest in them:

https://lnkd.in/eykyfeC3

President Biden recently issued an AI Executive Order to ensure safe, secure, and trustworthy use of artificial intelligence.

We believe that the convergence of blockchain and AI will help achieve these goals, and that this intersection of tech will accelerate quickly. 

Here's why.

Blockchain can help protect users from fraud and deception caused by AI

One of the key actions of the EO is to "protect Americans from AI-enabled fraud and deception by establishing standards for detecting AI-generated content and authenticating official content."

Blockchain can help identify images, videos, and other media as real or fake.

For example, comms that come from The White House, such as the AI Executive Order itself, can be cryptographically signed by the WH Press team and and put on the blockchain for anyone to verify.

Our  portfolio company Numbers Protocol is working on this exact problem!

Blockchain can help preserve the privacy of data used in AI models

Loads of data are needed to train LLMs and other AI models. The way this data is extracted, analyzed, and integrated must be done in a way that maintains citizens’ data privacy.

Blockchain to the rescue!

Blockchain can be used to facilitate:

-Secure identity verification and authentication
-Data encryption and decentralization
-Data anonymization
-Data ownership and consent
-Auditing and accountability
-More!

Conclusion
The EO aims to ensure secure and trustworthy use of AI.

Blockchain will play a very important role in achieving these initiatives, and we look forward to funding and supporting these projects in the near future.

Read more here:

https://lnkd.in/eenpdHsP

Thanks for reading!

Why we are bullish on Bitcoin L2s

Most of the activity around Bitcoin has been related to transfers and trading of BTC.

With Ordinals, digital artifacts/NFTs and other arbitrary data are now being stored directly on the Bitcoin blockchain.

This has opened up the ability to build and innovate on Bitcoin. Developers are now experimenting with building DeFi, NFT, and other capabilities in the Bitcoin ecosystem.

Most of this development will take place on Bitcoin Layer-2s to maximize speed and throughput, and minimize transaction costs.

Bitcoin is the OG of blockchains but it has drawbacks that limit its functionality. It's not scalable, you can't program on it, and it has limited privacy.

L2s solve these problems by batching txs, providing smart contract capabilities, and providing more privacy.

State channel solutions like Lightning Labs allow for micropayments on its L2 and has seen substantial growth.

Rollups provide smart contract capabilities and scalability by batching L2 txs into a single L1 transaction. ZK rollups also provide much-needed privacy features. 

Sidechains provide similar capabilities as rollups with their own set of validators.

Read more about Bitcoin L2s in our latest blog post:

https://lnkd.in/eRWnaZFU

We'd love to hear your thoughts!

I'm super excited to be accepted to VC Lab Cohort 13!

I love how they’ve created the Mensarius Oath for ethical investing, and I fully support it https://lnkd.in/e-gKJ6MU #MensariusOath

I can’t wait to work with the VC Lab team to grow Deep Ventures!

We are excited to invest in OrdinalsBot alongside some awesome funds and strategic angels, including Lightning⚡️Ventures, Bitcoin Frontier Fund, Howard Morgan, BORGET Sebastien, and many more!

We wrote about why we're so pumped about what the OrdinalsBot team is building - the picks and shovels of the Ordinals space. 

Read more here:
https://lnkd.in/eJA8B5h4

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