Kaz O.

Founding Partner at Nonagon Capital

📍 United States🔄 Updated September 2026💼 1 investments📅 4 years investing🗓 Last invested Nov 2022
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Investor and DAO member
Nov 2022
Hydra is the world’s first fund of funds investment DAO, an investment organization focused on investing in other investment DAOs. We not only want to deploy capital but also help incubate and equip communities with their own investment capabilities. Through the experience of operating MCV, we bring our network, operating experience, and reputation to help communities with domain knowledge, expertise, and deal flow to become self-sustainable capital allocators. Hydra aims to: ● Invest in other investment DAOs ● Help communities launch their first investment DAOs from scratch ○ Set up contributor incentives models and coordination frameworks ○ Guidance on how to work with legal, tax, and accounting service providers ○ Coaching first-time investors on how to invest/build up a venture portfolio ● Coach DAO communities on how to operate an investment DAO: ○ We’ve built up a community of investment DAO operators who are able to coach and advise early-stage DAOs and have built up an operational manual on how to run an investment DAO aka. MCV’s ‘Book of Rituals’ We will invest in investment DAOs and communities that are both legally wrapped and cryptonative investment organizations, that span the following areas: ● Domain-specific focuses such as P2E, DeFi, cross-chain, web3, music, metaverse, virtual beings, DeSci, and social - ideally in emerging markets to become the first community investment organization in those ecosystems. ● Emerging social networks that have unique deal flow and talent access such as company/school/org alumni networks, novel social graphs, or other affinity communities. ● Operational expertise such as service DAOs: legal, auditing, engineering, design, recruiting and talent, or other professional expertise. ● Technology ecosystems such as L1s and L2 Ethereum scaling protocols.
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2022
Investor and DAO member
Nov 2022
Hydra is the world’s first fund of funds investment DAO, an investment organization focused on investing in other investment DAOs. We not only want to deploy capital but also help incubate and equip communities with their own investment capabilities. Through the experience of operating MCV, we bring our network, operating experience, and reputation to help communities with domain knowledge, expertise, and deal flow to become self-sustainable capital allocators. Hydra aims to: ● Invest in other investment DAOs ● Help communities launch their first investment DAOs from scratch ○ Set up contributor incentives models and coordination frameworks ○ Guidance on how to work with legal, tax, and accounting service providers ○ Coaching first-time investors on how to invest/build up a venture portfolio ● Coach DAO communities on how to operate an investment DAO: ○ We’ve built up a community of investment DAO operators who are able to coach and advise early-stage DAOs and have built up an operational manual on how to run an investment DAO aka. MCV’s ‘Book of Rituals’ We will invest in investment DAOs and communities that are both legally wrapped and cryptonative investment organizations, that span the following areas: ● Domain-specific focuses such as P2E, DeFi, cross-chain, web3, music, metaverse, virtual beings, DeSci, and social - ideally in emerging markets to become the first community investment organization in those ecosystems. ● Emerging social networks that have unique deal flow and talent access such as company/school/org alumni networks, novel social graphs, or other affinity communities. ● Operational expertise such as service DAOs: legal, auditing, engineering, design, recruiting and talent, or other professional expertise. ● Technology ecosystems such as L1s and L2 Ethereum scaling protocols.
Founding Partner
Mar 2022
Based in San Francisco, we back early-stage teams building in web3.
2021
Venture Scout at Sweater
Sep 2021
Sweater is the first VC fund for everyday investors. Until now, venture capital investing has been an asset class exclusively available to a select few. Sweater is transforming that. Our mobile-first experience allows everyone direct access to the worlds most exclusive asset class—Venture Capital. Sweater’s mission is to empower everyone to become investors in the next generation of venture-backed startups. https://www.sweaterventures.com/socialmedia
Founder
Jun 2021
Hatchbox is dedicated to investing in projects and organizations in the WEB3 ecosystem.
2020
Hustle Flywheel
Partnerships Lead
Apr 2020
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