Here is a topic that i wanna talk about: the possibility of buidling an AngelList in web3, and an ideal wish that everyone is an angel investor.
Let's start from some basic questions
In web2 ,AngelList started as an online introduction board for tech startups that needed seed funding. Since 2015, it allows startups to raise money from angel investors free of charge. Founded by [[Naval]]
in short it's a platform for match-making——ideas and those who can accelerate it.
Since we see the narratives change in web3, what kind of AngelList do we need here?
Here are several things i ve noticed as the narrative changes
So let's get back to web2 purpose: 1) for VCs to get deal flows 2) for startups to seek early investment (from VCs), Comparably the web3 AngelList will serve for the purposes:
For the above three main purposes, we need a place to
List angel deals/communities
a system to display individual's contribution—— onchain behavior and curation. * Enable individuals create their own contribution board * Enable projects to easily see and measure contribution (should be okie if most are onchain data)
a decent classification design (i dont know that exactly it looks like but classification is the very important part here to enable relationship tracking) An ideal prototype in my head is
- Dashboard-like
- Onchain behavior and curation molecules
key words: dashboard, molecules, contribution, classification
First of all I think it should look like a “dashboard" with different modules embedded in it. Dashboard can be categorized into
molecules are identifiers for on-chain and curation behaviour(a new type of “asset“).
Functionality: Just like web2's AngelList, it shows basic information about a project: project description, development path, core team members, various social media links, token/NFT matrix or thumbnail, and null parts you can self-customize.
Function: To showcase individual contributions. and enrich community/project board content, so it's more like Sub-board
As an example, say I want to make a dashboard for #doodles
#[[snapshot]]
/#[[tally]]
#[[Dune]]
Analytic board for
and more...
the Proof part of 👆 above
Not clear yet, just thought feature of great importance
Each angel investor can come to dashboard to see the aggregated information of the different web3 projects/communities, without initially being overwhelmed between Twitter, disCOrd, telegram, website, notion...massive infosea
At the same time you can see some connections: The dynamic growth between the project/community boards and the individual boards,which reflects the power of the community around a project, rather than just the fomo fog full of white-lists.