#9: Regan Bozman, Lattice | Product-market fit, building moats, & picking winners at seed in crypto

Wallfacer Labs Podcast

Apr 1 2024 • 1 hr 4 mins

Today’s guest is Regan Bozman. Regan is the co-founder of Lattice, an early-stage crypto venture fund.

Regan Bozman:
Learn more: https://twitter.com/reganbozman
https://www.lattice.fund/


00:00 - Regan’s background
01:56 - ICO takeaways
05:25 - Changes in the crypto investor landscape
13:40 - Improvements in the space
16:33 - Building for the current crypto audience
19:45 - Lattice’s founding thesis and development
21:14 - Non-crypto-native funds returning to crypto
22:55 - Competing with crypto’s biggest funds
24:15 - Exciting areas and contrarian positions
30:18 - Private VC rounds vs market buying
32:08 - Lattice’s perfect deal
34:47 - Having an irrational belief in crypto
36:00 - Making contrarian bets
40:13 - Valuing equity vs tokens
41:14 - Building moats in crypto
43:20 - Types of distribution
45:16 - Organic crypto marketing
46:25 - Lattice’s investing process
48:37 - Examples of failed deals
50:00 - Investing in applications
53:43 - How experience informs how Lattice invests
55:45 - Where the market is going
58:08 - Product-market fit in crypto

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