Factor is an early stage venture fund

As our world becomes increasingly decentralized and digital, many of our businesses and institutions are failing to keep up with this trend.

We partner with businesses in the earliest stages that believe in the inevitability of technological progress and are comfortable challenging established norms to drive society forward.

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Rethinking the Killer App Theory

From the Early Internet to Blockchain: How Utility Expands Markets In the early days of the internet, few destinations offered deeply engaging, everyday utility. Browsing was sporadic, and persistent online activity was rare. Services like AOL and Yahoo were entry points, but they lacked platforms that could anchor users for hours at a time. Facebook changed that by creating an ecosystem where users scrolled, connected, and interacted for hours daily. This unprecedented level of engagement ex...
December 20, 2024

Electric Storm

Crypto and AI converge through rapidly changing energy markets.
August 9, 2024

Yes People Want Crypto Apps

Goldman, Blackrock, Nike and others have demonstrated the demand, but the porn industry can be the real driver if founders pay attention.
July 15, 2024

Rethinking Data Ownership

Each year, as the holiday season approaches, the rush of text messages commences with friends soliciting updated addresses to minimize the number of ...
May 13, 2024

The AI Interface to Web3

The breakout product from this year’s CES was a small AI clip called Rabbit. The concept here is that you have a single-purpose piece of hardware tha...
February 28, 2024
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