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Hello, hello, how are you doing Christian doing very well yourself? I'm doing great nice to finally connect
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Perfect. All right. So hey everyone. We are talking to Christian of
Familia today and we're gonna dive into that community and another project that he's working on
But for now, I'm Zandra. I'm your host for the Twitter space today and also the community manager for charmverse
so charmverse is trusted by optimism safe game 7 and mantle and we are a web 3 community operations platform for
So you can build relationships work together and vote so you can coordinate your tasks facilitate structured decisions and discussions
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Come check out charmverse
But not until after this space because I'm really excited to share with you
web 3 familia if you're not familiar, so
Christian like I said, thanks so much for taking the time to chat for being here today
No, thank you for having me and thank you for the invitation
Definitely charmverse has been a platform that we've we've seen across the ecosystem and just overall grateful for the opportunity to catch up and share more
Do our recap of 2023, but also share what we have in store for 2024
Absolutely. I can't wait to hear
The mission behind your organization is fantastic
But a little backstory. I first met Christian at a community event in
New York, I think it was during NFT NYC and that was back in the spring when I first learned about web 3 familia and
The mission behind it. So tell us what this organization is about
Yeah, for sure. Yeah, I believe we met it was NFT NYC and it was during I think Sequoia was hosting an event for communities
So it was pretty cool to meet other leaders in other ecosystems across across the world
So it was a good opportunity to meet people from all over the world
Yes, there's a little bit more about web 3 familia. So we are a global community and support network
For founders and developers in web 3 and obviously there's an emphasis there for the Latinx community here in the United States and also Latin America
and generalize the region
our mission is to empower a community to realize their fullest potential as leaders in web 3 and
In more simpler words, we just we want to create a safe space for you know, anyone builders developers
community leaders and anyone that's crypto curious web 3 curious to come and learn about
And I'd call the questions that they want in a very safe space without being judged and you know
You don't have to you don't have to know it all
We're here the community supports you and you know, we have a community of founders of developers of you know
leaders across different protocols that
Are more than willing to sort of answer any questions and and sort of give you those first those first steps if you need it
And then beyond that just guidance to sort of grow within the ecosystem and whatever it is that you go after
We need more spaces like this in web 3 because it is an overwhelming an overwhelming space when you first get into it
The jargon behind it and the concepts can be confusing
So being able to ask those questions and not feel stupid asking them and you creating a space for that is wonderful
You're the co-founder, right? Correct
I am the co-founder and CEO of web 3 familia and you know, I'm pretty pretty excited to be here. Thank you. Yep
Where where did the idea come from when did this organization start and kind of what inspired the founding of it?
So web 3 familia was born in November of 2021 and the way I like to share the story of how it all came
together and the vision that I had was
It's a combination of multiple things that happened across sort of the background that I come from right?
So I spent and then just put to provide some context there
I spent a year is on Wall Street and traditional finance as an investment banker covering both the US and the Latin American markets
And then an organization that I you know, I have
It's close to my heart is called alpha alpha is a nonprofit. It's the largest Latino
Professional Finance Association in the United States and I joined that board back in 2012 and
Collectively to date I've been on it
And then obviously my experience in venture capital, right? So I've been in venture capital since 20 since 2020
So web 3 familia is a culmination of those three sort of experiences where we want to bring
Because of the nascent nature of the technology and the ecosystem and there's no structured way of learning web 3 just yet
We wanted to create a community stuff. So anyone could come ask questions learn learning community
And we wanted to do it specifically for the Latino community wanted to do it events in Spanish
We wanted to do Twitter spaces in Spanish, which we did right?
So now combining both in creating a safe space allowed us to grow from the beginning and sort of we became now the premier
platform and community for Spanish speakers across the United States and Latin America
Amazing so do you have to be Latino to be a member of
Web 3 familia know something that we like to say is that we are Latino
We're Latino focus, but we're not Latino exclusive
And as long as you care about the mission of education, you're welcome to the familia. So that's how I like to put it
Amazing I love that that's beautiful
What what's your core team looking like? This is a Dow right web 3 familia is a down the original sort of
Genesis a web 3 familia. Yes
We were sort of a group of individuals from all over the country in the world that came together as a Dow
We quickly realized that the Dow structure works for certain organizations and for others don't so we quickly pivoted and sort of
Had of have a court team today and with me being the CEO and the co-founder
Okay, okay, so pivot for what works for you, you know, I talked to a lot of web 3 organizations that don't necessarily
Consider themselves Dows or kind of in that middle place, right because it doesn't work for everyone
Work what's gonna help you get towards your mission? Yeah
We've been very lucky that obviously we have a very engaged community
And many opportunities have come across
Sort of the table and partnerships for web 3 familia
Due to the fact that I you know
My sort of my my full-time role is to lead right your capital and happy to get more into that
Which is very complimentary to what web 3 familia does
Yeah, I definitely want to get into that too
Before we jump into any of that we are kicking off 2024
I feel like people are feeling pretty good about web 3 and crypto right now, you know
We're seeing things kind of on the up-and-up
But I would love to hear about some of the highlights that you had for web 3 familia specifically
Um in 2023 tell us what you had going on and kind of what you're most proud of or what we should know about
Yeah, so we ended up the year hosting about 46 events
Um 30 30 plus of those were in real life and the rest were online
Also, we activated we we activated hacker houses and we do that as a way to identify
You know top technical talent building, you know, amazing apps companies
Leveraging blockchain technology and we've done those hacker houses across the united states
And then across latin america specifically mexico columbia and argentina
Um, what else we also joined the stand with crypto
Initiative led by coinbase and we were we participated in conversations with policy makers
Both three times though in albany in new york and then capital hill. So that was a really great experience
45 founders american founders and community leaders and investors got together and sort of came to capital hill with a collective voice
To sort of ask our our policymakers to put forth
Some sort of sandbox to operate on where our
Entrepreneurs and startup founders can you know can operate without you know
The fear of going to jail or the fear of getting shut down or the fear of being fined
Because of the lack of sort of regulatory
Just the regulatory landscape
And lastly, I would say something that we're really proud of
We gave away about 120 000 in scholarships
Every time I do get invited to a conference
We always like to work with crypto conferences both here in the u.s and in america
To provide free tickets to our community, right? I think
Maybe a 50 ticket might not mean a lot for some but for people that are just starting off
But it's also a great opportunity to be able to provide that with them and that's the value that we bring
Also the hacker houses that we've hosted. Um, there always have been free and we're very lucky that
Via the partnerships that we've established with multiple partners
We are able to provide uh, sort of free access to these hacker house to these hacker houses
And and and collectively give away 120k
Congratulations. This is amazing
But also it's just amazing what you're doing for communities for people out there
Um the scholarships that sounds amazing
Unfortunately, we needed to bump this was a postponed space
But when we were leading up to it, I believe you were in Buenos Aires for a hacker house at that point
Yep, that was a fun one. Yeah, we so for our hacker houses
We like to be very intentional as our mission states
We want to be a community support network for founders and developers
So we always have a full day of programming for founders and a full day of programming for developers or technical panels technical folks
So yeah, argentina was actually argentina. We hosted two hacker houses one for ethereum argentina
Back in august and then the second one was for la bicomf, which is latin's largest blockchain conference
In latin america and it was its 11th year where we're actually, um official community partners of la bicomf
Um, and and it was great to just activate community there do our hacker houses and just be able to continue adding value
Um to the local talent, but also the international talent affluent
I don't know how that that's a lot of events. What did you say?
How many events have you done was at 30 or 40 something 30?
So in total was 46 for the year, but the good thing is that obviously we have a core team
Where um distributed across the united states across latin america across europe and across asia
Amazing so you can kind of divide and conquer 100 percent. I wouldn't be able to do this alone
But even without I mean even with a great core team that is a lot of events to be putting on
I mean, that's a lot of effort a lot of planning a lot of travel
Um, that's very impressive
So again, just amazing work that you're doing with web3 familia and shout out to your team
Of course too because like you said you can't do it alone
Yeah, it takes a good network of people
Speaking of network like all of these things the scholarships the hacker houses putting on all of these events
Stand with crypto. I want to dive into that a little too
It's just such a great way to network with other people in this space to amplify your mission
um and probably to kind of get some people
either to join your team or be a part of these hacker houses or
Be a part of these events. I would think
Yeah, no for sure. Uh, and then if if if I may would love to talk about about rio capital and sort of
the investing uh sort of um
Work that I do and how it all works with web3 familia. Is that okay with you? Of course
Yeah, I was gonna jump into it
So yeah, tell me about rio capital and you are the founder of rio capital. Is that true?
Yeah, i'm the founder and managing partner. So just for context
Yeah, so for context just my professional background. I spent 10 years on wall street as an energy investment banker
And then i've been in the early stage venture capital space since 2020
Um, and then after 14 years of working for other people other funds other folks
I launched rio capital. Yeah, we kicked that off in 2023
And it started as an accelerator
Put forth a structured program of 12 weeks where we helped companies across
legal structuring tokenomics go to market and fundraising
And to date, you know, we've been able to accelerate seven companies collectively
They've raised around four million dollars in the precedency stages
And um web3 familia is is a key component of rio capital
It's the third pillar of of what rio capital is. It's the community. It's the event. It's the distribution at the top of funnel
That uh now it has turned into um, and that's how we work together, right? So
Originally web3 familia started before rio capital
Um, but because of the work that I do
um from an investing perspective
It's a very it's a synergistic relationship that uh just works
It's a perfect sort of balance where
Web3 familia is able to provide resources right provide, um
Scholarships because of the relationships engagements that I come across with with rio capital
Um, and essentially it becomes sort of a funnel to identify
Scaleable venture back of our companies that then we decide to bring over to the rio capital ecosystem
That's I mean you can't think of a better pair right you're trying to encourage
Well, like you said the scholarships are a great example, but you're trying to encourage
More latinos to get into this space and here you're able to
support them at such an early stage
Specifically as founders right through an accelerator program and all of that
So it really is a perfect marriage of organizations
Yeah, yeah, it wasn't planned that way, but definitely now it's turned into a beautiful a beautiful relationship
um, and I would say obviously rio capital where
You know we're very focused on backing the best founders on outside returns and web3 familia will be the vehicle
of resources of education of grants
That we have and I think they both work hand in hand
So, how would someone go about?
Like becoming a part of the accelerator program
Yeah, we open up. Um, uh, we open up the applications. We're going to open them up actually, um in early february
The next batch kicks off at the end of march
Up to date we're doing one per year
As we grow we look forward to maybe doing more but for now we the next one will kick off
In early february the application process. So
If you want to be aware of that just follow us across our social medias and or
Our monthly newsletter provides a lot of resources specifically the web3 familia one
And and that's what we're putting out the announcement when it goes up
So listeners if you are interested in getting involved, um, and you're curious about this accelerator which applications start in february
He just said you can obviously drop a line to christian himself
But make sure that you're following web3 familia. It's at web3 familia on twitter
It's at rio capital on twitter or you can also go to rio capital rio dot capital
if you want to check out the website, so
I'm just blown away by all of the
All of the things you've accomplished thus far and have no doubts that you're going to continue to do so much more
And you can just tell that you're so passionate about it
obviously, you founded both of these organizations and
And you're just super passionate about trying to
Bolster the latino community bring them into web3. You're excited about web3 alone investing all of that stuff
I love it. Yeah, something that I would want to just maybe double click on is
The non-profit that I sit on which is alpha
Alpha to me was that community that I didn't have as a first generation latino sort of breaking into wall street
Alpha was able to be that big brother that big sister that I didn't have to sort of show me the way
You know crafting a good resume crafting a good 30-second pitch how to dress something as simple as that
That may seem common sense to most
Sometimes is important in certain industries, right?
being on that board and running multiple teams of volunteers has helped me to
with with a with a north star that is
Um, you know that that is visionary I would say but it's you know, it it's community focused
And I think as long as you're able to engage with whatever it is, whatever community
You come from or you want to break into there's always sort of a non-profit
That can sort of be that big brother that big sister and I think
Joining it but beyond that being part of the leadership team could definitely help you
Uh sort of gain a lot of skills that eventually once you do launch of your own company your own firm or your own community
Those lessons, you know are
Everything right? So bringing all that sort of skill set, you know
Bringing all that knowledge and the network
That I was able to attain by being part of alpha
Basically replicating that in a very nuanced way obviously with technology and web 3
I really like how you're talking about that because uh, you know
Just saying like how to dress like things a lot of times
I feel like especially in web 3 people jump right into the middle of things, right rather than going back to basics and
Something like that how to have your appearance be you know
Will make you more confident and possibly lead to that much more success
But to also contribute to the networking and the education and really just bolstering up those skills
Just like I said set them up for success. I think that's great. And that's alpha. It's uh,
Alpfa underscore new york, right or khan y correct
Perfect. So absolutely another thing to check out you're just creating all of these different
Avenues that people can kind of check out whatever suits them best or maybe all of the above
To really help them enter into this world gain skills gain education
And keep crushing it in web 3
Yeah, like I mentioned, I think there's always a community for everyone
Is no matter what, you know
Whatever new sort of skills that you want to attain
Um, I think community is everything and if I think you look hard enough and even if you don't find one
That's what happened. That's how everything that was born
Because of the nascent space of the of the ecosystem. There wasn't something like this you build it yourself. Um, so
Yeah, what you were missing when you were younger and getting into space you're providing for others now
That's good trying to give it back. Yeah, I love that
Um, I just lost my train of thought. What was I just gonna ask you? Um
Oh stand with crypto day. Tell me about this because you and a bunch of other founders
we'll talk about the one you said you went to multiple different places, but
Specifically capital hill you and a bunch of founders went down there to meet with our legislators
I'm curious how that was received. How did those meetings go?
So just for context, yeah, it was about 45 founders american founders american investors community leaders
Yeah, we came to capital hill. They broke us up into cohorts. Um, so I was part of the new york delegation
There was a california delegation, uh florida delegation and that's how we divided and conquered
the the halls of capital hill
Um the conversations I would say
you have to understand and speak the language of the person that's in front of you, right and we
We we came to the conclusion that obviously we had to keep it really high level, but obviously
Double click on the value that this technology has as a job creator for our for our local economy, right?
There's many other obviously benefits, but beyond that right there's other
Within the united states that is building within this technology, right if you don't put forth
Human capital will just go to other countries right private capital
Private capital will go to where innovation is allowed to flourish
Um, so if you don't sort of put some sort of guidance in place
Where developers where founders could feel safe building companies?
They're just going to pick up and go go go to where they're welcomed, right?
So, um more or less we kept the conversations very high level and hit those key points
To make sure that one they understand that this technology and founders in this ecosystem are job creators
Um, right they add value to the economy and beyond that
Top talent from america to leave the country and to avoid private capital to just go outside of the of the country
And to stay here, uh, there needs to be some sort of sensible regulation put in place
Where people I mean how I don't know how many legislators you met with were people
Receptive to it. Were they informed or were you really taking that position of informing them about the
Yeah, I at a high level. I would say I mean richie torres has been very uh, sort of very vocal about the ecosystem
Seize the many use cases and understand that this is just new technologies the new internet, right?
Um, just like when web 2 came about
Um, so I would say out of everyone richie torres was the most informed. It was amazing speaking to him
Understood sort of the many use cases
And he's been very adamant about pushing legislation forward and being vocal in the rooms of cap in the halls of capitol hill, right? So
There were others that I think obviously welcome welcome
Constituents and they want to hear what's happening
but definitely lean in heavy on their on their on their teams to sort of do the do the diligence and the hard work and the
And the research to you know provide them with high level sort of summaries of of where this is the technology and the value at
Yeah, i'm sure it's a mixed bag, right and some people probably don't know anything or a little standoffish towards the topic
but I think it's amazing that a group of you united to go down there and
really rally for all of us that are in this space and
And to break it down for them and make the most of that time that you had
So I think that's great. Will you do that again?
Yeah, there's going to be more programming throughout the year and uh, yeah any activations that we do or we
That we plan to do will be announced via our socials and our newsletter
Um, so listeners if you're just joining us we're speaking with christian who's the founder of rio capital and also co-founder of web3 familiar
Web3 familiar is on a mission to onboard 1 million latinos to web3
Um through all sorts of programming whether it's hacker houses scholarships events all over the world. So make sure you're keeping an eye out
Christian what do we need to do better to onboard more people into this ecosystem?
So I think even our mission I wonder I would love to just
Talk how our mission has evolved because when we started right we were very ambitious in wanting to
Do all these onboarding events and allow people and educate people sort of to understand even what it is to open a wallet, right?
For us and something that we now are more focused on is engaging with
founders and developers and where do I say that
founders and developers are the ones that are building products
To sort of engage with the technology via, you know via their companies hiding the technology under the hood
And sort of leveraging existing habits, right that we are, you know, you know very familiar with
And they are the they the founders and the developers that we support via the web 3 familiar network and the resources that we do
They are going to be the multipliers to onboard not only just a million but a billion people onto onto onto the ecosystem, right? So
Just wanted to share that how sort of our mission has evolved
We want to make sure that we are very targeted and at a value where we think we could add the most value
And that is to the founder and to the developers building these these these apps
And I truly believe that if we provide them with the right guidance support resources and make them understand that
By solving a problem and a pain point and not start by talking about the technology
And I think something that the ecosystem has done that hasn't worked
Well is that you start by talking about the technology and not and not the problem that you're solving
And that in itself creates friction because of
The lack of education that the masses have about this new and nascent technology
I cannot agree more I think
Again, you were mentioning how you pivoted
Going from a doubt some kind of more of an organization and now with your mission and I think
Focus where you can add the most value that makes so much sense
I think focusing on the founders and the developers is so smart, you know
You look at a lot of web3 tooling and it's not intuitive. It's complex and
You nailed it. We we oftentimes we focus on
What's behind the curtain and the technology people don't want to know if we want to get more people into this space
We just need to make it work. Make it easy. Make it intuitive, right?
Yeah, so and like I mentioned the jargon that comes along with this space can be overwhelming when you first
Step into it, right? You just hear dows or nfts or any of these things, you know
Account abstraction attestations, whatever. It's like what what you're speaking a different language. I have no idea what you're saying
We need to break it down and make it a little bit easier for someone new to come in and feel comfortable
And feel safe and that's the space that you're creating which I think is
Wallets you mentioned wallets, you know, I've done events where my sole job is to help people
You know, we did those we did those across new york, chicago. Oh my god, they were fun. It was great for engagement
It was great for community and sort of every event that we do. We try to make it culturally relevant
You know, we play latino music. We keep it funky, but it was definitely
Yeah, I mean that's like a barrier on its own is getting a wallet
You know buying sending crypto is complicated and you're nervous. You're doing it wrong or it's confusing
So having someone there to ask those questions that you're scared to maybe ask someone else
Is really important. I know at charm verse, you know, you used to have to log in with discord or a wallet
And then we realized wait, we need to make this easier, right?
We need to cut down on that friction. So now you can log in with google and email, right?
It's it's far less scary and you don't need to worry about signing up for a platform that you haven't you've never heard of
Um, so I think something that I always tell our founders and our network of builders is that
Your target audience should be web2
Right. I mean if your target audience is the web3 ecosystem, I mean the market is still so small the market is
Relatively small globally, right? So I think if you truly want to build something for the masses that's scary
Your target audience should definitely be web2
I think that's great advice that actually leads into my next question
I was going to say what advice would you give to future founders listening other than that piece?
What else would you tell people that are setting out to whether it's web3 or you know
Venture capitalism. What do you what do you think? I mean, I think it has to start with the human, right?
I think you have to truly understand what you're good at what you're not good at. Um, understand sort of
Uh, what makes you happy and I think from there once you have a solid foundation, uh, you know
Whatever profession you're in
And you want to learn more about web3 do it via side projects, right?
Something that I really really love to do and i've actually participated in myself as hackathons hackathons are amazing
Um an amazing way to just tinker with the technology create a product and 24 48 hours
And sort of truly understand sort of the tech stack, uh, sort of you got an nba
in web3 in a weekend, which is freaking amazing, um, I would say yeah, and then if you're a builder and like you're
You know, I would say talk to the client talk to the customer, uh, you know
Break the product, you know, make sure that you take away as much much friction as you can
Obviously depending on what you're building this one specific to having a product. Um, and then
Then lean in heavy on communities. There's many resources out there, right? Um, just because you're building a company that maybe scales
Maybe that you are create have revenue from the getco doesn't mean you have to have venture capital
There's other financing options out there. There's equity free grants out there
So there's many vehicles that you could look after so for me i'm always putting sort of my founder friendly hat on
um, and and and give people alternate to what
sort of it is that I do for a living which is venture capital, um, because
You know you want to build something that's sustainable that's long lasting
Not something that you know
It's hot that explodes and then nobody uses it in about a year or so. So
I'll keep it i'll keep it simple
All great advice though. Um, yeah, you mentioned it
I mean you're in venture capital, but there are so many great web3 grants programs out there
Um, and it's really opening the door for some of these smaller projects that aren't quite ready to go that route. Um, so
You know listeners if you're interested definitely check out web3 grant programs
Um, they can be the way to go. There's so many popping up right now
But something you also mentioned that I wanted to touch on that was something I learned in the last year
Was participating in a hackathon or go into a hacker house
And I guess I always thought you had to be a developer to do that
And a mutual friend of ours randy gomez was actually the one that was like no come to miami
Come to our hacker house. Like you don't need to be a developer. It's such a good learning experience
Just being a part of a team, you know
They need different types of people on these teams and that blew my mind
And I love that idea of going and and just like you said learning so much
Yeah, no randy's a great person. She comes from education and she's very passionate about
The whole education piece of web3. So she yeah, i'm glad you joined and then yeah, I mean
I joined ethereum argentina a team. I I labeled myself as the intern and you know, I helped with
Where I was able to help the most which was basically
The business model and pitching and you know, it was amazing to see a full stack death
Just ship code next to me and build of uh, you know the back end and like a couple of hours. It was nuts
So I think that just helps you understand one the tech how it works
How new and nathan it is is and how it's still
I think once you see and hear all of that, um, it just helps you build a better company a better product
Absolutely. Yeah, i'm really glad you mentioned that because
Every time I hear someone say something like that
I'm like, oh that was such great a great piece of advice and I
I hope more people learn that so I always want to spread that you you don't need to be a developer to be a
Part of that go get involved and learn that way and network everyone has whatever
Whatever you do for a living there's always transfer of skills that a company could use
specifically an early stage company
That could help you excel and sort of give you an edge when you go to hackathon
So yeah, don't be afraid to
Just go in there and go by yourself. You don't even
At hackathons, you could just go by yourself and they'll assign you a team
So don't worry about it. Just go ahead and
And go into the deep end you'll learn a lot. Trust me
Dive right in I second that
All right. Well before I let you go. I want to hear what you have coming up in
2024 both for web3 familia for a rio capital. What's happening? What do we need to know about?
Yeah, so with web3 familia again, we're very focused on providing resources doing activations focused
On programming specific to founders and developers
So for the year we actually just we we we we drew our first
Meetup for developers in abuenos Aires, argentina last week. So we kicked off the year with our first meetup in argentina
We partnered there with agorik
The next activation we'll be doing will be at eth denver
We're going to do a hacker house there and have programming specific to founders and developers if you're going to be there
We'd love to maybe have you on a panel
Outside of that the next big activation that we'll be having is going to be eth latam which is going to happen march
13 through the 15 it's going to be in anduras
They expect to have about three thousand four thousand people from all over the world
And it's it's supposed to be the second largest conference in in america behind labicov
Which obviously this year is going to be the 12th year anniversary of labicov
And yeah, continue to do more activations and stay active across the united states
Um will be at consensus. We're hosting the official latinos and web 3 meetup at consensus. So we're an official partner of consensus there
And then beyond that yeah, we'll be pretty active across mexico columbia brazil and argentina
And then yeah, we're we're locking in some long-term partnerships to be able to you know
Finance operations and be able to provide scholarships. So more of those announcements. They'll be coming out in early february
Just a few things going on
Oh, that's awesome. I will be at eath denver. Um, we should definitely meet up
I'm sure we will be running into each other anyway, but
Uh listeners be sure to follow web 3 familia on twitter
X whatever we're calling it these days and be sure you're following christian as well
But keep an eye out for for all of this amazing resources
Um all of that kind of thing and if you're going to be at any of these upcoming conferences
Make sure you check out any events that they might be hosting
So as christian mentioned, uh, eat denver eat latem coming up. They're going to be all over the place
No shortage of them. Um, what about for rano capital?
For rio capital. Yeah, we'll be traveling
Uh the world to a couple of my key conferences focused on founders
Um, the next one, I mean we are going to be activating an investor
Only event at eath denver. So stay tuned for that if there's any investors, uh tuning in
And then we'll continue to travel across the country and mark sir my key conferences
Um, and and yeah, we'll be there. Uh, we're going to kick off our batch
Our second batch for the accelerator as well in march
So if you're a founder stay tuned for the for the applications that are going to launch in early february
Uh, no continue to you know, stay active within the ecosystem make sure that we hone in and identify
Founders building, you know within the future of finance, uh early stage presidencies and you know
Leverage our network to support them and help them as much as we can
Love all of it listeners. Make sure you're following along
Web web 3 familia with the number 3 on x
You can also visit rio.capital for their website and then also the non-profit that christian had mentioned which is alpha
New york, which is a l p f a underscore n y
Follow all of these if you just click on christian's pfp, you'll find the rest of them
Um christian you're doing amazing things out there. I'm so
Excited to see what what comes in 2024 and to follow along
And thank you again for taking the time to chat with me today
No, thank you sandra for the platform and you've always been very supportive of the ecosystem
And I love what you guys are doing over at chambers and look forward to more work in 2024 and beyond
Amazing and we'll see you in east denver. Okay. See you there big
All right, bye. Bye everyone. Thanks for joining. See you next time