Fifth Era/Blockchain Coinvestors Update #13

While we typically write these newsletters in a way that we think is relevant to all of our readers, it is true that some of you have very specific questions that are different in nature given who you are. Recently, we have received quite a few emails from Family Offices who are interested in gaining investment exposure to blockchain businesses and who are debating whether to be direct investors, limited partners in funds (blockchain venture and crypto hedge fund), or potentially investors in Blockchain Coinvestors (Indeed, we already have more than 20 Family Offices in our funds). Given their scale of capital, and the access they can command, all three of these approaches may be feasible for many Family Offices, and so the set of choices becomes more complex than for many individual investors who may not have the access or the capital to support all of these strategies.


Over the next couple of weeks, we plan to specifically address this issue of the options that Family Offices have when seeking blockchain exposure - both locally and globally. This will include two webinars on May 4th and a consequent white paper that we plan to publish.


If you are a Family Office, please send us any questions you would like us to address so that we can make sure we are dialed in to your issues.


Please feel free to forward this newsletter to other Family Office members who may be interested in this area of investment and who might benefit from the content as we share it.

Upcoming Webinars
We recently posted our latest Blockchain Coinvestors webinar on Options for Investing in Blockchain at www. blockchaincoinvestors.com/webinars.

Please join us for an upcoming webinar by clicking on any of the following links: 

Family Office Blockchain Exposure: Direct, LP, or Fund of Funds? - May 4th, 7am PSTFamily Office Blockchain Exposure: Direct, LP, or Fund of Funds?- May 4th, 12pm PST


Mastering Early Stage Investing - June 1st, 7am PSTMastering Early Stage Investing - June 1st, 12pm PST

Also visit us at www.blockchaincoinvestors.com to find more information and request our investor materials. 

Upcoming Events

April 28th - How to Successfully Pitch Your Startup In the US During/Post the Pandemic?

Astra Global, a global business development company specializing in startup funding, and The Startup Station, a U.S. education and consulting company specializing in startup strategy, financial modeling and valuation, present a U.S. investor panel and workshop to help startups navigate the current global economic climate. Join Matthew Le Merle, Aly Madhavji, Lisha Bell, Jordan Wahbeh, and others in this virtual event. To learn more and purchase tickets, please click here. 

April 29th - Virtual Investor Conference Invitation: Investing in a Changing Climate

Please join Fifth Era and our partner investor networks, Linqto, Keiretsu, Draper Network, Forge, and others at a Virtual Investor Conference to hear from 12 leading CEO's of disruptive technology companies as well as luminaries including Greg Kidd, Tim Draper, Kelly Rodrigues, and our own Matthew Le Merle. To learn more and to register click here.

April 30th - Best Practices for Raising Capital from Early Stage Investors
The Crypto Curry Club is featuring a webinar with Matthew Le Merle on best practices for raising capital from early stage investors. It is never easy to raise capital for an early stage startup, but it is even harder when you have a short timeframe in which to tell your story, and you need to convince them to move into due diligence with you. In this webinar, learn the best practices of pitching, and some of the common mistakes that founders make. The principles apply to face to face, crowdfunding and token based raises. Click here to learn more and register for the webinar.

Recent Podcast Appearances

  • Matt Walsh and Nic Carter are the General Partners of Castle Island which is one of our funds and is also backed by Fidelity and Highland Capital. They recently interviewed us for their own blockchain podcast series.

We thank you once again for your support, and we hope that in this challenging time you and your family and loved ones are staying safe and healthy. 


Best wishes,
Alison Davis

Matthew C. Le Merle

Matthew Le Merle