Jalak Jobanputra: The Rise of Venture Capital in Crypto | SALT Talks #166

Jalak Jobanputra is the Founder of Future\Perfect Ventures. An early-stage Venture Capital firm focused on decentralized technologies including blockchain, crypto, IoT, and AI. FPV's portfolio includes Abra, Blockstream, Bitpesa, Fusemachines, Everledger and Blockchain. Jalak was awarded Institutional Investor's Most Powerful Fintech Dealmakers from 2016-2018. In May 2018, she was awarded Microsoft's VC Trailblazer Award for "her early and bold" investments in the sector. She has been listed as a 100 Most Influential Fintech Leader of 2016 and 2017 based on her investment strategy at FPV. In 2017, she was cited as a "Top 5 Investor Powering the Blockchain Boom" and Crunchbase noted FPV as one of the top VC funds in blockchain "before it was cool." Since founding the firm, she has spoken on blockchain technology, IoT, and artificial intelligence at many global conferences. ————————————————————————— To learn more about this episode, including podcast transcripts and show notes, visit salt.org/talks Moderated by Anthony Scaramucci.