Navigating Web3 Responsibly and Collaboratively with Liat Aaronson of Horizen Labs Ventures

In this episode, Jay speaks with Liat Aaronson, Co-Founder & Managing Director of Horizen Labs Ventures. HLV aims to break down the barriers to mainstream adoption of Web3 technologies by making them safe, easy-to-use, and aligned with the way companies are doing business. Liat discusses the unique aspect of collaboration in Web3 and the launch of Horizen Labs Ventures. She stresses the importance of being compliant, legally sound and responsible, and believes Web3 is a long game. Liat also talks about the need to advise and build next gen tools that help clients navigate the Web3 space. 

 

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About Guest

 

Liat is co-founder and Managing Director of Horizen Labs Ventures (HLV), a Web3 advisory and venture investment company that was launched out of Horizen Labs. Liat co-founded and served as COO of Horizen Labs from its inception as a blockchain technology company until 2022. Before joining the Web3 space, Liat was the COO of Selina, a high growth start-up in the hospitality space. Before that, she was a Partner at Marker LLC, a leading Israel-New York based venture capital firm, where she continues to oversee their follow-on annex fund and legacy investments. 

 

Her years at Marker LLC were preceded by serving as the Executive Director of the Zell Entrepreneurship Program at IDC, the innovative venture creation program she helped grow and develop, that enables undergraduates in their final year of study at Reichman University to experience entrepreneurship hands-on; forming teams, developing ideas and launching them into funded startups. Many successful companies, including Gift’s Project, Wibiya, Wibbitz, Bizzabo, Argus, Loox and Overwolf were founded out of the program. Today she continues her involvement by serving as the chairperson of the program and as managing director of the ZEP Fund LTD. that invests in Zell alumni companies. 

You’ll learn about:

• Horizen Labs Ventures' ethos: advise - build - invest
• How bear markets bring creativity and entrepreneurship
• Accessibility and the path to mass adoption
• Liat’s thoughts on the future of Web3

Timestamps

[0:32 - 2:04] Jay’s intro

[2:04 - 5:30] Liat’s background

[5:30 - 9:50] The importance of governance in Web3

[9:50 - 20:10] YugaLabs and the ApeCoin launch

[20:10 - 26:44] Horizen Labs Ventures

[26:44 - 30:33] Where we are in the adoption cycle

[30:33 - 37:00] The thesis behind Horizen Labs Ventures

[37:00 - 40:50] Current opportunities

[40:50 - 46:19] The path to mass adoption

[49:56 - 52:16] On the future of Web3

[52:16 - 53:28] Contact Liat

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