Interview: Venture capitalism and crypto – David Siemer, CEO of Wave Financial

I’ve always thought venture capitalism is an interesting field. Throw crypto into the mix and it goes to a whole new level.

I sat down on the CoinJournal podcast with longtime VC David Siemer, CEO of crypto-focused Wave Financial.

David first got involved with crypto “by chance” in 2010, gifted 50 bitcoins by a friend. Given Satoshi only launched Bitcoin in January 2009, that is seriously early. David also bought the ICO of Ethereum, so I think it’s fair to say he has been around the space a while.

With his VC career also spanning both the dot com bubble shortly after the turn of the century and the Great Financial Crash in 2008, I was particularly