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Nascent
Investing in permissionless technology
- 21-100 employees
- B2B
- Cryptocurrency
- Investing
- Financial Services
- Venture Capital
- Web 3.0
- Golden Square Mile, Montreal, QC
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Company mission
To build, expand, and capture opportunity, in open markets and open technologies.
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Our take
To support the development of the open financial system, Nascent invests in early-stage teams working on open technologies. It chooses projects that showcase the potential to create substantive change and expand the horizons of open finance, contributing to advancing the space.
Around since 2020, the company has already invested in over 50 ventures spanning decentralized trading, crypto accounting, Web 3.0 automation and many other areas. With the open financial system constantly changing and evolving, Nascent is here to help build, expand, and capture opportunity in the space.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Benefits
- Flexible Vacation
- Home Office Setup & Monthly Stipend
- Work from Anywhere
- Health & Wellness Stipend
- Paid Family Leave
- Comprehensive employer sponsored Health & Dental Plans
- Retirement Savings Plans
- Performance Bonus
- No-cap Learning & Development Expenses
- Travel & Company Retreats
- Build, explore and compete with some of the most talented minds in the industry
Company values
- Compete to win - Work hard to be the best in every arena we play in; experiment and explore, but push hard when we hit on something; demand the best from yourself, your team, and Nascent
- Explore, experiment, play - Put theories into practice early; learn by doing; failure is temporary—learn, experiment, iterate, and grow; stay curious and open minded
- Always be building - Build the tools to automate and optimize your work; know when to move from prototype to scalable solution; balance fast & iterative with compounding & optimized
- Seek and speak truth - Challenge and make ideas better; seek out your weaknesses and blindspots; getting it right is more important than being right
- Own your shit - Set clear expectations & deliver on them; be high agency; own outcomes, do not accept blockers
Leadership
Dan Elitzer
(Co-Founder)Previously worked at IDEA CoLab as Blockchain and Distributed Web Portfolio Lead. While there, was also on the founding team for IDEA CoLab Ventures.
Josh Felker
(Co-Founder)Founder and Managing Partner at BoxOne Ventures. Previously a Partner at DRW and Founder / Director at Vigilant.