In this episode of the Token Warrant podcast, hosts Mike Zajko and Regan Bozman are joined by Tim Khoury from Faction and Manolis Nikiforakis from WeatherXM. They explore WeatherXM's community-based weather infrastructure, incentivizing participants with token rewards and selling data to weather-sensitive industries. Tim discusses Faction's investment diligence and highlights Weather XM's superior forecast models. Manolis discusses the technical setup for weather enthusiasts and the use of blockchain for data verification.

00:00 Tim and Manos introduce Faction VC and WeatherXM

02:53 Weather Sensitive Business

04:51 Kitesurfing Inspiration

07:07 The WeatherXM journey

14:10 Discovering Helium

19:31 Crypto pilled and first fundraise

22:18 Tim talks about learning about WeatherXM

26:13 The weather market and Faction digs into WeatherXM

31:13 WeatherXM’s accuracy

38:49 Investing in WeatherXM

Links:
https://www.faction.vc/
https://weatherxm.com/

Twitter Accounts
https://x.com/nikil511
https://x.com/tim_khoury

Token Warrant
https://x.com/tokenwarrant
https://x.com/MikeZajko
https://x.com/reganbozman

The token warrant podcast and content posted by Lattice Capital Management ("Lattice") is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast or website is at the user’s own risk. Lattice and all featured guests and speakers are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. It is not intended to be used for legal or financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host , guests or the management at any given time.

In the first episode of the Token Warrant, hosts Mike Zajko and Regan Bozman of Lattice introduce the new podcast and are joined by Brandon Kumar, co-founder of Layer3 and investor Josh Solesbury of Parafi Capital.

They discuss Layer3's recent $15 million series A financing and delve into the company's evolution, focusing on its metrics-driven approach and aggregation theory in the web3 ecosystem.

00:00 What is the Token Warrant Podcast?

01:01 Brandon & Josh introduce Layer3 and Parafi Capital

04:04 Brandon, Josh, and the internship

08:24 Parafi diligence process and focus on partnership with portfolio companies

14:55 Evolution of Layer3 business and focus on user metrics

18:51 Preemptive investing and building out the cap table

23:00 Josh explains aggregation theory and

32:03 Crypto growth strategies and the inefficiency of airdrops

35:16 Investor relationships and collaboration between Parafi and Layer3

44:07 Layer3's Future Scaling Plans, roadmap, and career opportunities

Links:

https://layer3.xyz/

https://parafi.com/

Twitter Accounts

https://x.com/Brandon_M_Kumar

https://x.com/0xjosh_

The token warrant podcast and content posted by Lattice Capital Management ("Lattice") is presented solely for general informational, educational, and entertainment purposes. The use of information on this podcast or materials linked from this podcast or website is at the user’s own risk. Lattice and all featured guests and speakers are not responsible for any losses, damages, or liabilities that may arise from the use of this podcast. It is not intended to be used for legal or financial advice. The views expressed in this podcast may not be those of the host , guests or the management at any given time.