Career Path Guide for Blockchain Investment Managers
Through contacting with many investment managers and GPs, we summarize the career development path of investment managers in blockchain industry. Investment institutions can be divided into blockchain departments of traditional investment institutions, funds specialized in investing in blockchain, investment departments of public chain project parties and investment departments of exchanges.
The blockchain industry is a field closely related to capital, and it is also relatively easy to make the leap to the top. apart from ordinary users, most of the industry practitioners are project-oriented in their business. each practitioner has one or more project backgrounds.
Funds that specialize in investing in blockchain, such as ParaFi Capital, Multicoin Capital, ParadigmInvestment arm of public chain project owners, e.g. Polychain Capital, Solana VenturesInvestment departments of exchanges, such as Binance Lab, Kucoin VentureThe investment arm of the project owner, such as Animoca Brands, Mask.Exchanges or investment institutions created at the partner level of the project, such as ABCED Capital
Investment sector with larger traffic mediaInvestment arm of mining machine manufacturersThe investment arm of the mining poolThe above classification is only the general type of investment funds or sectors that can be thought of at present, there may be omissions, welcome to add in the comments.The quality of investment managers varies due to the abundance of capital and the relative ease of raising capital in this industry.
As an investment manager, you will need to identify multiple projects with potential, which is a daunting and time-consuming task, but if you can identify one or two such projects in a cycle, your reputation will quickly grow, and you may even become a GP on your own, as your experience in identifying high-potential projects early on will be a strong endorsement for your fundraising efforts, at which point you will have made the real leap from investment manager to GP, which will allow you to have maximum decision-making power over your funds, rather than just advising.
