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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Katie Haun

Founder & CEO at Haun Ventures

SeedSeries ASeries BInfrastructureComplianceDeFi

Their Thesis

Crypto regulation, compliance, and institutional adoption. Former DOJ prosecutor.

How to Pitch Them

Show awareness of regulatory landscape and compliant-by-design approach.

What Excites Them

Regulation-aware projects, institutional-grade infrastructure, compliance by design

What They Pass On

Projects explicitly adversarial to regulators, ignoring regulatory landscape

Key Frameworks

Regulatory-First Building

Building crypto products with regulatory compliance as a feature, not an afterthought.

In Their Own Words

“The best regulation comes from understanding the technology first.”

— TED Talk

“You can be pro-regulation and pro-crypto. The two are not in conflict.”

— Interview

Recent Writing

A Watershed Moment for U.S. Financial Innovationblog
Diogo Mónicablog
Tornado Cash: What the Crypto Industry Needs to Knowblog
Introducing Haun Venturesblog

Podcast Appearances

Building a Crypto VC From Scratch — All-In Podcast
Haun Venturescrypto regulationweb3
From Prosecutor to VC — The Profile
regulationDOJcrypto investing
Crypto, Crime, and Compliance — Tim Ferriss Show
federal prosecutioncrypto regulationCoinbase board

Haun Ventures Portfolio

Top Sectors

Infrastructure5
DeFi3
NFT/Gaming3
L1/L22
Layer 12

Stage Distribution

Seed5
Series A5
Series B4
Growth1
Series C1
XFX
Meanwhile
Plume
Sovereign Labs
Squads
Superstate
Taxbit
The Clearing Company
thirdweb
Witness

+ 36 more investments. View fund →

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