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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
Why I'm Bullish on Crypto Despite the Bear Marketblog

Builder activity and infrastructure maturation during downturns set up the next cycle.

Tornado Cash: What the Crypto Industry Needs to Knowblog
A Regulatory Framework for Cryptoblog

Proposal for sensible crypto regulation that enables innovation

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

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