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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Ed Roman

Managing Partner at Hack VC

SeedSeries AInfrastructureZKDeveloper ToolsDeep Tech

Their Thesis

Co-founder of Hack VC, focused on deep tech and infrastructure in crypto. Brings a Silicon Valley tech investor perspective to blockchain investing.

How to Pitch Them

Ed comes from traditional tech investing and values strong technical teams above all. Show deep technical moats and explain why your team is uniquely positioned. He likes founders who have built things before.

What Excites Them

Deep tech in crypto, zero-knowledge proofs, novel consensus mechanisms, infrastructure that enables new application categories.

Key Frameworks

ZK Application Landscape

Mapping zero-knowledge proof applications across scaling (rollups), privacy, and verifiable computation.

In Their Own Words

“Zero knowledge proofs are the most important cryptographic breakthrough for scaling.”

— Hack VC

Recent Writing

Tari Investment Thesisblog
Why Hack VC Led Babylon's Series A: Our Investment Thesisblog
Hack VC: DePIN Investment Frameworkblog

Decentralized physical infrastructure will coordinate hardware deployment at global scale.

Hack VC: The ZK Thesisessay

Zero knowledge proofs are the most important cryptographic breakthrough for blockchain scaling.

Podcast Appearances

The ZK Revolution — Bankless
zero knowledgeZK proofsblockchain scaling

Hack VC Portfolio

Top Sectors

(DE)FI46
WEB3 INFRASTRUCTURE32
AI15
Infrastructure8
L1/L24

Stage Distribution

Series A9
Seed7
Series B1
Sign
Variational(DE)FI
Logo Null
Bybit
Crusoe
Sui
CoinDCX
0G
Anchorage
Avalanche

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