Fifth Era/Blockchain Coinvestors Update #14

Over the last few weeks, we have been participating in a wealth of virtual conferences, webinars, investor meetings, podcasts and so on, and have been impressed by how the world's entrepreneurs and investors are working hard to keep moving forward in this difficult time. Our synthesis is:

1. We are all adapting as best we can, and learning new skills in the process
2. As a result, the adoption curves on virtual work of all sorts just went through the roof and we are seeing this in the latest data from technology leaders in ecommerce, digital payments, online trading, virtual education, health, entertainment, and so on
3. Entrepreneurs are figuring out how their businesses can best position to benefit from the changes that the world is going through, and some of them are already seeing their businesses benefit in important ways
4. However, it is hard to raise early stage capital virtually unless you are very good - we have recorded a webinar for entrepreneurs on this topic (Raising Early Stage Capital at www.fifthera.com/webinars)
5. For investors, it is hard to invest virtually, and there is an inevitable chilling of investing and a flight of capital to proven entrepreneurs and well backed opportunities
6. The distressed asset managers are preparing for what they think will be the greatest wave of bankruptcies since the Great Depression, probably 90 to 180 days away


We have been exploring the latter, and how to get some capital exposure to the space, and will host webinars on May 18th and June 8th on Investing in the Top Distressed Asset Managers. Please join us. We will talk about the distressed asset managers, including those we know well like Oaktree, Fortress, and Ares.

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

Investing In the Top Distressed Asset Managers - May 18th, 7am PSTInvesting In the Top Distressed Asset Managers - May 18th, 12pm PST

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

Investing In the Top Distressed Asset Managers - June 8th, 7am PSTInvesting In the Top Distressed Asset Managers - June 8th, 12pm PST

Our webinar library can now be found at www.fifthera.com/webinars.

Recent Appearances

Please use the links below to access our most recent webinar and podcast appearances:

  • We recently posted our popular Blockchain Coinvestors webinar on Family Office Blockchain Exposure at www.fifthera.com/webinars.

  • At the last Virtual Investor Conference, Matthew Le Merle had the opportunity - and pleasure - of interviewing Greg Kidd about early stage investing. Greg was an early investor and founder at Twitter, Square, Ripple, Coinbase, Robinhood, Uphold, Linqto and many others. Check out the virtual fireside chat to learn more about the best strategies to get in early.

  • 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.

  • Stephanie Christopher, CEO at The Executive Connection (TEC), sat down with us to walk through the future of the digital economy in her podcast TEC Live - Business Leadership Insights.

Learn More

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

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