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LeadBlock Partners

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Investment thesis

LeadBlock Partners is a European venture capital fund capturing opportunities in the fast-growing blockchain and digital assets ecosystem. The firm focuses on corporate and institutional blockchain adoption, believing that adoption by businesses is now the largest growth driver in the space — with blockchain technology transforming how industries leverage data and transact across sectors. LeadBlock invests in high-quality founders from initial product development through to token launch and mainstream adoption, and uniquely handles market-making and exchange relationships on behalf of portfolio companies, targeting startups at the Seed and Series A stages in a pre-token generation or pre-listing phase.

Notable quotes

"We've been pushed by our LPs to launch fund two faster as we're in a cooldown period where there's a lot of value to be created."

David Chreng-Messembourg · The Block (https://www.theblock.co/post/184000/european-crypto-venture-firm-leadblock-partners-hits-first-close-of-150-million-fund-exclusive) · 2022-11-08

"It's already very difficult to find a co-founder, recruit, raise capital, build the product, and scale — and within two years your investors are asking you to design the tokenomics."

David Chreng-Messembourg · The Block (https://www.theblock.co/post/184000/european-crypto-venture-firm-leadblock-partners-hits-first-close-of-150-million-fund-exclusive) · 2022-11-08

"When we first founded LeadBlock Partners, our vision was to democratise access to blockchain and digital assets."

David Chreng-Messembourg · LinkedIn / LeadBlock Partners company page (https://www.linkedin.com/company/leadblockpartners) · 2024-03-06

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