Avichal Garg, Co-Founder of Electric Capital, a Crypto Hedge Fund

Avichal Garg is a serial entrepreneur who started his career working on search quality at Google, had a tour of duty at Facebook (after his company, Spool, was acquired), worked with start-ups at YC and jumped full time into crypto in early 2018. Jessica and Jana talk with Avichal about the promise of crypto—imagine a future in which Taylor Swift and her most passionate fans could own the masters to her work through NFTs—and explore, is that possible? He shares his take that “2020 was the year Bitcoin went from contrarian to consensus” and why in general, crypto is probably at the Series A stage as an industry, to use VC parlance. Each week, we wrap up with a Shoutout to people who’ve inspired and helped us along the way. This episode, Avichal highlights a strong early supporter of Electric Capital, Chris Dixon. Jess and Jana highlight a woman who brings a new perspective on crypto from her legal and regulatory background, Katie Haun. The #ANGELS Pod brings you conversations about the latest tech trends with the people inventing and shaping them in Silicon Valley and beyond. Hosted by the co-founders of #ANGELS, an investment collective: Jessica Verrilli, April Underwood, Jana Messerschmidt, Chloe Sladden, Katie Stanton, and Vijaya Gadde. We cover personal stories about breaking into tech and scaling up, and inside looks at the most interesting startups, from the people building them. This podcast is just getting started and we’d love your feedback. You can reach us on Twitter @HashtagAngels and thanks in advance for listening! The #ANGELS Podcast is a production of Haitch Industries. Our theme music is by Tobey Forsman of Whipsong Music. The episode was produced and edited by Matt Herrero.