In this episode, Ben sits down with Mahesh Ramakrishnan, Co-Founder of Escape Velocity 3 or EV3.
EV3 is an early-stage venture fund investing in decentralized physical infrastructure networks and digital commodity networks. If you want to learn about the future of the telecom industry then this episode is for you.
Let's get into it.

Timestamps
2:26 What is your background?
5:21 What gave you the confidence to strike out on your own?
8:04 What drew you to crypto incentive networks?
10:36 What made you decide that EV3 had to be a blockchain fund?
14:51 Why is the future of these infrastructure networks peer to peer?
20:09 What did Helium get right and wrong?
27:23 What projects in your purview represent the direction of DeWi?
32:13 Are there any collaborations between telecoms and crypto protocols?
34:36 What will this all look like if it’s successful?
42:42 What will the consumer experience look like?
47:10 Are there any geopolitical risks associated with this type of global, decentralized infrastructure?
52:43 What is your most contrarian within crypto?
55:04 What is your most contrarian take outside of crypto?
57:25 Where can people find out more?

Resources Mentioned
EV3 Fund Announcement https://moneromr.substack.com/p/escape-velocity-launches-25m-fund
Helium 5G https://www.helium.com/5G
Helium LoraWAN https://www.helium.com/lorawan
X-Net https://www.xnet.company/
Andrena https://andrena.com/
Magma Core https://magmacore.org/
Network State https://thenetworkstate.com/

Connect with the guest
Escape Velocity https://ev3.xyz/
EV3 on Twitter https://twitter.com/ev3ventures?lang=en
Mahesh on Twitter https://twitter.com/MoneroMahesh

Disclaimer
Ben Jacobs is a partner at Scenius Capital Management. All views expressed by Ben and the guests of this podcast are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Scenius Capital Management. Guests and the host may maintain positions in the assets or funds discussed in this podcast. You should not treat any opinion expressed by anyone on this podcast as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy but only as an expression of their personal opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only.