Investment Partner at CMT Digital
Check size: $100K-$5M; public directory sweet spot approximately $1.5M
Hallene takes a generalist, early-stage approach within blockchain, spanning DeFi, stablecoins and payments, DePIN, sector-specific chains, and core infrastructure. Public interviews emphasize portfolio construction, long-term founder relationships, and the conviction that more global financial activity will move onto blockchain rails.
Pitch the industry change first and the blockchain mechanism second. Be ready to discuss why the product needs crypto rails, how the market develops over multiple cycles, ownership and financing expectations, and where CMT's trading, regulatory, and portfolio experience can help.
Category-defining applications of blockchain that change how an industry or asset class works, with founders prepared for a long-term relationship rather than treating the technology as a solution in search of a problem.
Maintain a generalist mandate across blockchain verticals, but demand a specific explanation of how crypto changes the industry's economics or infrastructure. Source: https://www.huttcapital.com/episode-28-sam-hallene-cmt-digital