Polychain invests in protocols and companies in the blockchain space, advancing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies.
3 days ago
🏡 Remote – Anywhere in California
Polychain invests in protocols and companies in the blockchain space, advancing the global adoption of cryptocurrencies.
• Sourcing and researching liquid token investment opportunities in emergent protocols. • Creating and regularly monitoring portfolio company metrics. • Maintaining strong relationships through consistent communications with protocol core teams. • Working with the senior investment team on due diligence of prospective investments. • Screening projects by reading protocol specifications and evaluating the technical teams. • Reasoning through the emerging trends in the space and identifying non-obvious opportunities for deployment of capital. • Working closely with technical teams on their crypto-economic model, smart contract security, and other questions that come up around protocols and software. • Willingness to travel as necessary.
• Solid understanding of smart contracts scripting, cryptography, crypto-economics, and blockchain technologies generally. • Ability to identify unconventional trends and emerging technologies. • Sharp analytical mind with a killer instinct to identify deals in the market. • Ability to aggregate information from a variety of sources including technical repositories and anecdotal feedback from teams, then draw informed conclusions from incomplete information. • Able to explain complex concepts in simple terms to a non-technical audience. • Obsession with the future of blockchain technology, web3, and low-level protocol development. • An open-minded research approach and genuine intellectual curiosity. • A degree in a technical area (i.e., mathematics, engineering, or computer science) and/or technical experience is strongly preferred.
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