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Pre-Pitch Briefing

Piers Kicks

Partner at Delphi Ventures

SeedSeries AGamingMetaverseNFTsCulture

Their Thesis

Crypto-native researcher and investor at Delphi Ventures. Focuses on metaverse, gaming, and culture layers of web3.

How to Pitch Them

Piers thinks deeply about culture and virtual worlds. If building in gaming/metaverse/culture, show awareness of his published research. He values founders with genuine cultural taste and long-term vision for virtual worlds.

What Excites Them

Virtual worlds, on-chain culture, NFT infrastructure, gaming economies, the intersection of crypto and creative expression.

Recent Writing

Into the Void: Where Crypto Meets Internet Cultureessay

Meme culture and community are underrated drivers of crypto adoption.

The Dark Forest of Ethereumblog

Analysis of MEV and the adversarial environment of the Ethereum mempool.

Delphi Ventures Portfolio

Top Sectors

DeFi8
Infrastructure4
L1/L23
NFT/Gaming2
Gaming1

Stage Distribution

Token11
Seed4
Series A2
Early1
GMXDeFi
Token$5.0M
Treasure DAONFT/Gaming
Token$5.0M
Radiant CapitalDeFi
Token$5.0M
Cosmos (Interchain Foundation)L1/L2
Token$5.0M
LayerZeroInfrastructure
Series A$120.0M
Sei NetworkL1/L2
Seed$30.0M
Lido FinanceDeFi
Seed$70.0M
Axie Infinity (Sky Mavis)NFT/Gaming
Series A$152.0M
CosmosInfrastructure
Token$5.0M
SolanaL1/L2
Early$314.0M

+ 8 more investments. View fund →

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