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Seedcamp’s future? Making Sense of Digital Autonomous Organizations

By Michaël Bikard
Published 13 Jun 2022
Reference 6736
Topic Entrepreneurship
Industry Venture Capital
Region Europe
Length 5 page(s)
Inspection copy
6.00
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Summary

Reshma Sohoni, cofounder of early-stage VC firm Seedcamp, considers investment opportunities arising from the spread of blockchain technology, the emergence of decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), and their implications for the traditional business model of the venture capital industry.

Teaching objectives

Discuss the spread of the blockchain technology in general and DAOs in particular, as well as technology hype, experimentation, technological change and the emergence of new business models.

Keywords
  • Venture Capital
  • Blockchain
  • Web3
  • DAO
  • Decentralized Autonomous Organizations
  • Disruption
  • Innovation
  • Entrepreneurial Finance
  • Seed Investment
  • Technology Hype
  • R&D
  • Experimentation
  • Startup
  • Decentralized Finance
  • Q22022
About the author
Bikard

Michaël Bikard

Associate Professor of Strategy

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