1. Some new interesting answers have been provided on the Quora thread ~> How will venture capital change in the next decade?

2. The ICO trend is already being challenged by innovations from within crypto financing, as airdrops become more and more popular, as private pre-sales increasingly become the norm meaning less tokens are available to be sold through public ICOs ~> Blockchain startups are forgoing ICOs to give away free coins in ‘airdrops’

3. Over 91% of decision-makers at U.S. venture capital firms are men, according to a new Axios analysis ~> Venture capital is still a boys club

4. I enjoyed this piece on the 9 verticals that will likely attract more and more VC funding in the not so distant future ~> The do’s and don’t of crafting frontier-tech companies 

5. Fred Wilson: “technologies present themselves as interesting investment opportunities long before they go mainstream and figuring out when they are going to go mainstream is a lot about looking for the right packaging” ~> Pay Attention To The Package

6. A useful primer for everyone in the industry, particularly founders ~> How VCs Get Measured

7. “By providing diversified exposure to a broad range of assets, index funds enable investors to track the performance of an entire asset class, rather than having to select individual assets” ~> Announcing Coinbase Index Fund

All feedback and opinions welcomed: @neilswmurray or neil@thenordicweb.com

Through my Angel Fund, I invest in the most ambitious pre-seed Nordic startups.

In May I will be spending a week in San Francisco 🇺🇸.

I am looking to connect with people who are interested in learning more about or having more exposure to the Nordic and European ecosystem. If that’s you or you know who that is, please do reach out to me! 👊🏻