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correct profile for Nikhil Hira

Addressed during today's enrichment pass — Nikhil Hira's profile was filled out (title, thesis, social links). Currently at 95% completeness. If something is still wrong specifically, reply with what to fix.

Database enrichment not happening as promised. User flagged multiple VCs for research yesterday evening, none of the data was updated overnight. Check sizes, contact details, warm intro paths all still missing. Either refresh cycle is broken or research agents aren't processing requests.

Addressed today: discovered the nightly agent orchestrator had been silently failing since 2026-05-16 (better-sqlite3 NODE_MODULE_VERSION mismatch after a Node upgrade, plus codex CLI was no longer on the launchd PATH after a Conductor reorganization). Rebuilt better-sqlite3 against Node 26, installed @openai/codex globally, and added .superset/bin to the nightly script's PATH. Nightly is running now and will resume the backlog. Separately, manually shipped 79 specific enrichment requests + 44 user notifications during this session.

Need more data on VCs investing in sports betting, prediction markets, real-time data platforms, and sports-adjacent startups like DraftKings, FanDuel competitors

Sports-betting / prediction-market VC coverage now anchored on Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin, Polymarket exposure via Multicoin portco Fun), Storm Slivkoff (Paradigm research on prediction-market mechanics), Variant team (Li Jin + Jesse Walden, Melee backer), Spencer Noon (6MV), 1confirmation, ParaFi. For DraftKings/FanDuel-style competitors specifically, that's traditional VC territory not in our crypto-native scope.

Need to enrich: (1) Check sizes for prediction market focused VCs like Spencer Applebaum, Variant team, Storm Slivkoff (2) Sports betting/gaming investment track records (3) Pre-seed consumer crypto specialists in $100K-$500K range (4) Warm intro paths through portfolio companies (5) What VCs pass on specifically for prediction markets/sports betting - regulatory and technical concerns

Addressed parts (1) and partially (2)(3)(5): filled check sizes/thesis for Spencer Applebaum, Storm Slivkoff, Li Jin, Jesse Walden, Spencer Noon — including their prediction-market exposure and pass-on patterns where documented. For pre-seed consumer-crypto $100K-$500K specialists, Variant's Li Jin sits in that band; for warm-intro paths (4), Fireflies-backed warm-intro layer in chat is the right surface.

Need check sizes and investment stages for Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin), Variant Fund team, and Storm Slivkoff (Paradigm). Also need recent sports betting and prediction market investments to identify more active investors in this space.

Filled check sizes + thesis for all 5: Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin) $100K-$5M (sweet spot $1.5M); Storm Slivkoff (Paradigm research role, not direct check-writer); Li Jin (Variant) $250K-$750K; Jesse Walden (Variant) $250K-$5M typical seed; Spencer Noon (now 6th Man Ventures, not Variant) $2M-$5M. Also added prediction-market sector tags. For recent sports betting / prediction-market investments, the deploying-signal feed surfaces fresh activity.

Need better coverage of token launchpad and startup fundraising infrastructure platforms - user is building in this space and we lack comprehensive data on investors who focus on capital formation tools, token launch platforms, and fundraising infrastructure

Added 7 token launchpad / capital-formation platforms: MetaDAO, DAO Maker, Echo (now Coinbase), Legion, Buidlpad, CoinList, and Fjord Foundry. VCs that invest in this thesis are well-covered already (Multicoin, Paradigm, Hack VC, Variant, 1confirmation). For the angel-syndicate-of-the-platform side, Echo is the canonical entity.

Add coverage of token launchpad and fundraising infrastructure companies - platforms like MetaDAO, Copper Launch, DAOMaker, AngelDAO, and VCs who invest in capital formation tools

Added 7 token launchpad / fundraising-infrastructure platforms to the directory: MetaDAO (Solana futarchy), DAO Maker, Echo (Cobie's syndicate platform, acquired by Coinbase $375M Oct 2025), Legion (powers Kraken Launch; VanEck/Coinbase Ventures-backed), Buidlpad, CoinList, and Fjord Foundry (formerly Copper Launch). All flagged in their descriptions as infrastructure platforms, not VCs.

Need more comprehensive data on prediction markets, sports betting, and gaming investments. User building sports live-trading dashboard with prediction markets.

Coverage of prediction markets / sports betting / gaming VCs is now anchored on Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin), Storm Slivkoff (Paradigm), Variant team (Li Jin, Jesse Walden, Spencer Noon now at 6th Man), 1confirmation, ParaFi, plus Fireplace as a tracked competitor. Detailed check-size enrichment for these is in the next pass.

Need more comprehensive data on VCs investing in prediction markets - this is an active sector with limited coverage in current database

We have prediction-market coverage via existing profiles: Spencer Applebaum (Multicoin), Storm Slivkoff (Paradigm), the Variant Fund team (Li Jin, Jesse Walden), 1confirmation, ParaFi. Their detailed check-size enrichment is now in a follow-up pass. For prediction-market dashboard companies specifically, Fireplace is now tracked.

User needs recent writing/blog posts from top VCs (Jerry Chen, Sarah Tavel, Li Jin, Chris Dixon, Reid Hoffman, etc.) to understand their current investment theses and how to position their startup

Indexed 22 new essays/articles in this enrichment pass. Dan Robinson (Paradigm) profile now has Ethereum is a Dark Forest, Uniswap V3 whitepaper, TWAMM, Orbital, PACTs, and the Senate market-structure piece. Albert Wenger (USV) has 10 entries including World After Capital. For Jerry Chen, Sarah Tavel, Li Jin, Chris Dixon, Reid Hoffman specifically — those profiles are still in the next batch.

User needs crypto accelerators and angel syndicates for $10K checks. Our database only has Alliance DAO and Binance Labs for accelerators - we need more micro VCs, angel syndicates, and crypto accelerator programs that write smaller checks ($5K-50K range)

Added crypto angels who write small checks (Santiago Roel Santos, Cobie, Ryan Sean Adams, Dan Romero). a16z Speedrun added as an explicit accelerator program. Alliance DAO and Binance Labs remain in DB. For pure angel syndicates, Echo (echo.xyz) and AngelList Crypto are the right channels — they're aggregators rather than discrete fund entities so they don't slot cleanly into the funds table.

Need more micro VCs and angel investors in the $5K-50K range for early-stage crypto consumer founders

Added 5 active crypto angels to the directory (Santiago Roel Santos, Cobie, Ryan Sean Adams, Dan Romero, Iyinoluwa Aboyeji). For very early checks in the $5K-$50K range, Echo (Cobie's platform) and AngelList syndicates remain the most efficient channel.

Need more micro VCs, angel investors, and very early-stage crypto investors who write $10K-$50K checks. Current database skews toward larger institutional checks.

Added 5 active crypto angels to the directory who write smaller checks: Santiago Roel Santos (Inversion Capital / ex-ParaFi; $25K-$250K), Jordan Fish/Cobie (Echo / Paradigm advisor), Ryan Sean Adams (Bankless Ventures), Dan Romero (Farcaster co-founder / angel), plus confirmed Naval Ravikant, Balaji Srinivasan, Mert Mumtaz, and Anatoly Yakovenko were already in the DB. For the $5K-$50K range specifically, Echo (Cobie's platform) and AngelList syndicates are the most efficient channels.

Need more recent deployment signals data - user asking about active investors for DeFi RWA startup

Imported 6 new deploying-signal tweets: Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Syed Armani (Blockwall), Daniel Howard (Halo XYZ), Grisa (Lemniscap), Peter Pan (1kx), 1752 VC. All matched to existing profiles. See https://raisekit.co/deploying for the live feed.

User asked about James E Thomas at Jet Ventures - this VC/fund not in our database

Researched Jet Ventures / James E. Thomas. Found the entity exists but operates as a generalist VC / venture-debt firm with no meaningful crypto focus — held back from the crypto-native directory. If you have evidence of a specific crypto investment from them, share it and we'll add the profile.

User needs current a16z Speedrun program details, format, previous winners, and recent blog posts/announcements about the program. Our database has older content but missing the latest Speedrun-specific information.

Added a16z Speedrun to the directory as a fund/program profile. For the deep program details (format, cohort, prior winners), Anjney Midha (already in DB at /vcs/anjney-midha) is the partner overseeing it — future Speedrun-specific announcements will land on his profile and the a16z Crypto page.

User looking for VCs investing in Nigeria/Lagos startups - need better coverage of Africa-focused VCs and emerging market specialists

Added Ventures Platform and Future Africa (both Lagos-based, back African startups including web3); plus Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa partner). Adaverse and Nestcoin remain the explicitly crypto-native African funds. More Africa-focused funds (Acuity, Norrsken22) are non-crypto so omitted.

User needs more Nigeria-based crypto VCs. Only found 2 funds (Adaverse, Nestcoin) but likely missing others like Ventures Platform, Future Africa if they do crypto, and other Lagos-based funds.

Added Ventures Platform (Lagos, $110M+ AUM) and Future Africa (Lagos, $30M AUM) to the directory — both back African startups including crypto-adjacent ones. Also added founder Iyinoluwa 'E' Aboyeji (Future Africa). Adaverse + Nestcoin remain the most explicitly crypto-native African funds in DB.

User requested contact details for major consumer VCs: Forerunner Ventures, Felix Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Imaginary Ventures, Burda Principal Investments, Eurazeo, True Ventures - none are in our database yet

Reviewed all 7 requested consumer-focused funds (Forerunner, Felix Capital, Lerer Hippeau, Imaginary Ventures, Burda Principal Investments, Eurazeo, True Ventures). None have a meaningful crypto/web3 investing track record beyond occasional bets — held back from the directory to keep the focus tight on crypto-native funds. If you want any of them added with a 'consumer/non-crypto' tag, let us know.

User asking about Last.net and HypurrFi - no data currently in system, should research and add

Researched both: Last.net could not be confidently identified as an existing crypto fund or company — likely too new, too small, or named slightly differently; skipped. HypurrFi is a DeFi lending protocol on Hyperliquid EVM (~$300M TVL), not a VC — also skipped from the fund/VC directory. If either should be added with more context, please share a link.

User mentioned "Fireplace" as a prediction market dashboard (non-direct competitor to Topsight). Need to research and add competitive intelligence on Fireplace - what they do, how they position, funding status, why they're not direct competition to Topsight's trading execution platform.

Added Fireplace to the directory as a prediction-market dashboard company (not a VC, tracked for competitive context). Use https://raisekit.co/funds/fireplace as a placeholder profile to track future updates.

Research and fill in AUM data for funds that are missing it.

Filled AUM for 20 high-priority funds missing it: NGC Ventures ($500M+), Maven 11 ($227M+), North Island ($544M), 1confirmation ($800M+), a16z ($90B+), Placeholder ($150M+), Robot Ventures ($75M), SevenX ($300M+), Bessemer ($19B+), Chapter One ($130M), CMT Digital ($600M+), Draper Associates ($2B), DWF Labs ($325M+), Ethereal Ventures ($150M), Future Africa ($30M), Hivemind ($1.5B launch / $221M ADV), Lattice ($80M+), Ventures Platform ($110M+), Acrylic Capital ($55M), Coinbase Ventures (420+ portfolio).

Discover essays, blog posts, and threads from web3 VCs not yet indexed.

Indexed 22 new essays/articles across newly-enriched VCs, including: Albert Wenger's 'World After Capital' + 9 USV essays; Alex Botte's 3 CoinDesk pieces on crypto dispersion; Dan Robinson's canonical 'Ethereum is a Dark Forest' + Uniswap V3 whitepaper + TWAMM + Orbital + PACTs + Senate market-structure piece; Alex Felix's CoinFund investment memos; Celia Wan's 2 Dragonfly Research deep-dives.

Discover essays, blog posts, and threads from web3 VCs not yet indexed.

Indexed 22 new essays/articles across newly-enriched VCs, including: Albert Wenger's 'World After Capital' + 9 USV essays; Alex Botte's 3 CoinDesk pieces on crypto dispersion; Dan Robinson's canonical 'Ethereum is a Dark Forest' + Uniswap V3 whitepaper + TWAMM + Orbital + PACTs + Senate market-structure piece; Alex Felix's CoinFund investment memos; Celia Wan's 2 Dragonfly Research deep-dives.

Find and add new web3/crypto VC funds not yet in the database.

Added 5 new funds to the directory: Ventures Platform (Lagos), Future Africa (Lagos), Acrylic Capital (NY), a16z Speedrun (a16z's gaming/consumer accelerator), and Fireplace (prediction-market dashboard company, tracked for competitive context). Also confirmed 5 widely-requested funds were already present: 6th Man Ventures, 1confirmation, ParaFi Capital, Slow Ventures, Robot Ventures.

Find and add new web3/crypto VC funds not yet in the database.

Added 5 new funds to the directory: Ventures Platform (Lagos), Future Africa (Lagos), Acrylic Capital (NY), a16z Speedrun (a16z's gaming/consumer accelerator), and Fireplace (prediction-market dashboard company, tracked for competitive context). Also confirmed 5 widely-requested funds were already present: 6th Man Ventures, 1confirmation, ParaFi Capital, Slow Ventures, Robot Ventures.

Find and add new web3/crypto VCs not yet in the database.

Added 5 new VCs to the directory: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa, Lagos), Santiago Roel Santos (Inversion Capital / ex-ParaFi), Jordan Fish/Cobie (Echo founder, Paradigm advisor), Ryan Sean Adams (Bankless Ventures), Dan Romero (Farcaster co-founder / angel). Plus confirmed 8 widely-requested crypto investors were already in the database (Spencer Applebaum, Storm Slivkoff, Variant team, Tarun Chitra, Robert Leshner, Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, Balaji, Naval).

Find and add new web3/crypto VCs not yet in the database.

Added 5 new VCs to the directory: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa, Lagos), Santiago Roel Santos (Inversion Capital / ex-ParaFi), Jordan Fish/Cobie (Echo founder, Paradigm advisor), Ryan Sean Adams (Bankless Ventures), Dan Romero (Farcaster co-founder / angel). Plus confirmed 8 widely-requested crypto investors were already in the database (Spencer Applebaum, Storm Slivkoff, Variant team, Tarun Chitra, Robert Leshner, Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, Balaji, Naval).

Find and add new web3/crypto VCs not yet in the database.

Added 5 new VCs to the directory: Iyinoluwa Aboyeji (Future Africa, Lagos), Santiago Roel Santos (Inversion Capital / ex-ParaFi), Jordan Fish/Cobie (Echo founder, Paradigm advisor), Ryan Sean Adams (Bankless Ventures), Dan Romero (Farcaster co-founder / angel). Plus confirmed 8 widely-requested crypto investors were already in the database (Spencer Applebaum, Storm Slivkoff, Variant team, Tarun Chitra, Robert Leshner, Anatoly Yakovenko, Mert Mumtaz, Balaji, Naval).

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

Bulk enrich VC profiles that have less than 30% completeness.

Enriched 10 high-need profiles to 60-95% completeness: Albert Wenger (USV), Alex Botte (Hack VC), Alex Grieve (Paradigm), Kayla Phillips (Hivemind), Nikhil Hira (Pacific Blockchain), Alex Felix (CoinFund), Celia Wan (Dragonfly), Christopher Heymann (1kx), Dan Robinson (Paradigm), Jocy Lin (IOSG). Added 22 essays, 32 quotes, 18 podcast appearances across them.

find quotes for Celia Wan

Filled check_size ($1M-$10M), Junior Partner role, thesis + 2 Dragonfly Research articles, 4 quotes, 2 podcast/webinar appearances.

find podcast for Celia Wan

Filled check_size ($1M-$10M), Junior Partner role, thesis + 2 Dragonfly Research articles, 4 quotes, 2 podcast/webinar appearances.

find check_size for Celia Wan

Filled check_size ($1M-$10M), Junior Partner role, thesis + 2 Dragonfly Research articles, 4 quotes, 2 podcast/webinar appearances.

find check_size for Nikhil Hira

Limited public footprint; filled title, thesis_summary, social links from confirmed sources. Deeper enrichment (check size, podcasts) requires direct outreach.

enrich profile for Kayla Phillips

Filled full profile (Senior Investment Principal at Hivemind; bridging on-chain/off-chain via market infrastructure thesis) + 3 quotes + social links.

find check_size for Dan Robinson

Filled Head of Research title + 6 major writing entries (Dark Forest, Uniswap V3 whitepaper, TWAMM, Orbital, PACTs, Senate market structure) + 1 quote + 4 podcasts.

summarize thesis_summary for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

find quotes for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

find podcast for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

find writing for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

enrich how_to_pitch for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

enrich what_they_pass_on for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

enrich what_excites_them for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.

enrich profile for Albert Wenger

Filled full profile (check size, thesis, what excites/passes, how to pitch, background, social links) + 10 essays, 5 quotes, 4 podcast appearances.