Kosmos Ventures

Allocating to outliers

[Lachlan Breakey @BreakeyLachlan]

DePin has a demand problem, not a thesis failure.

@shareinternet leverages capital formation and crypto-economic incentives to collapse the MC of coordination toward 0, inducing a robust demand side that has previously been unable to participate in the market for reliable internet.

@KosmosVC is proud to endorse Share

[Oh @ohdotxyz]

Today we announce our $7.5m Series A, bringing total funding to $12m - the most raised by any adult AI startup globally - as we extend our lead as the dominant player in adult AI

The round was led by @Maven11Capital, with participation from @L1D_xyz, @Auros_global, @hashed_official, @MaelstromFund and @CadenzaVentures; alongside existing seed investors @cyberfund, @KosmosVC and @tangent_xyz doubling down

[LTR @maybeltr]

Some news:

Excited to announce I've joined the @KosmosVC team as an investor.

Stoked to continue backing great founders, if you're building something sick dm me!

[Lachlan Breakey @BreakeyLachlan]

As the design space for creating price discovery on social outcomes continues to expand, so must the robustness of the economic mechanisms for creating incentive-aligned liquidity provision and more fair pricing

@KosmosVC, we cannot be more compelled to help support @kash_bot

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

BIG

[Harvey Michael Pratt @npceo_]

https://t.co/s0iPusOr0C

[The Rollup @therollupco]

Best In VC

Nominees:
@dragonfly_xyz
@hiFramework
@archetypevc
@1kxnetwork
@1confirmation
@6thManVentures
@borderless_cap
@robotventures
@PanteraCapital
@KosmosVC
@polychain
@paradigm

Tune in live to the awards ceremony on December 30th for the winner.

[Lachlan Breakey @BreakeyLachlan]

@KosmosVC, we propose Bullish Minting, an adaptive issuance framework that adjusts token supply based on measurable KPIs.

*paper linked below

[Lachlan Breakey @BreakeyLachlan]

Manipulating how users interact with culture and trading will embody the primary form of entertainment.

Hollywood out, @legendtrade in

[Legend @legendtrade]

Happy to be supported by @BigBrainVC, @bodhi_ventures, @FigmentCapital @GTE_XYZ, @KosmosVC, @MitonC_, as well as our awesome group of angels, traders, and founders.

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

Tap dat

[Euphoria @Euphoria_fi]

100 of the sharpest minds in crypto just placed the same bet.

We assembled a handpicked coalition of elite builders, traders, and power users to back the breakout consumer app our industry has been waiting for.

What Robinhood did for tradfi, Euphoria will do for crypto.

Tap Trading is coming 👇🧵

[Bio Protocol @BioProtocol]

Big week last week in the Biosphere 🌐

> @Aubrai_, the 1st BioAgent, prepares for launch this Monday Aug 25
> Bio generates $4M+ in LP fees
> Open-source agents
> “Hypothesize to Earn" — 1M BioXP on the line
> $BIO listed on @BithumbOfficial
> @MessariCrypto report on Bio V2

[Levr.Bet @Levr_Bet]

Levr is excited to announce our $3M seed round led by @bcap & @Maven11Capital with support from
@KosmosVC

This brings our total funding to $5M+ and will help us bring the first ever leverage-based sportsbook to the masses.

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

Sharing a recent dashboard, we produced for our portfolio @bioprotocol that explores auction participant behaviour in the most recent BioDAO launch @QuantumBioDAO.

https://t.co/h2svcIHi4d

[Matteo @mlunghi2000]

Just over three weeks into our testnet

Over 730k tokens launched on GTE - way more than we had expected

The scale was really awesome to see and pushed our infrastructure to the limits

While stabilizing our indexer and pushing db upgrades, here's what we've shipped iterating with you:

⁃ better data formatting for market data & trade sizes

⁃ global search for both assets and markets

⁃ deeper LP analytics for AMM positions

⁃ smoother candles and an improved pricing engine

But now it’s almost prime-time,
See you in the Order Books.

lfGTE

[Lachlan Breakey @BreakeyLachlan]

We could not be more excited to announce our participation in GTE and support @enzo_gte and the team on their journey toward being the principal location of price discovery.

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

@Dadaninidas Yes, you will pay the clearing price

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

Sharing a recent dashboard, we produced for our portfolio @bioprotocol that explores auction participant behaviour in the most recent BioDAO launch @QuantumBioDAO.

https://t.co/h2svcIHi4d

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

Users<>Owners

[Oh @ohdotxyz]

🚨 We interrupt the dip to bring bullish news 🚨

Today, we're announcing that we've completed a $4.5m seed round to build the OpenAI of the spicy content industry, driven by infinitely scalable and ownable AI agents

With this, we also gain the backing of @tangent_xyz, @KosmosVC, @BigBrainVC, @bodhi_ventures, @CapitalTagus and many strategic angels from across crypto x AI, to bring our vision to life👇

[Paul Kohlhaas bio/acc @paulkhls]

Biotech? A $800 billion beast
Pharma? A $1.5 trillion cartel
Science? A $3.5 trillion playground

Time to blow it all wide open with @bioprotocol — one drug, one breakthrough, one decentralised community at a time

[Shashank | 𝔽rAI @0xshai]

It’s not a well kept secret, but we’re excited to officially announce our very first fundraising round! 🎉

Grateful for the support from @TheSpartanGroup and @symbolicvc for leading the round, along with participation from @borderless_cap, @anagramxyz, @ForesightVen, @pakafund, @mhventures, @Karatage_, @CogitentV, @genventurecap, @OakGroveVC, @masknetwork, @NextWebCapital, @KosmosVC, @BuilderVC and many others.

We are especially grateful to angel investors @sandeepnailwal (@0xPolygon), @mheinrich (@0G_labs) and @ilblackdragon (@NEARProtocol ), who have not only contributed to this round but also continue to be close advisors to the project

To celebrate, we are thrilled to launch our brand-new Testnet dApp! 🥳

Gain exclusive access by completing the @Galxe Quest linked below.

Exciting prizes are up for grabs. Don’t miss out! 🚀

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

https://t.co/YowOtLlPXy

[Kosmos Ventures @KosmosVC]

Fees are an essential mechanism to reflect the scarce resources of a network while attempting to maximise actor welfare according to their true preferences.

@MadrigalCianci explores a 1559 fee adjustment mechanism and a new methodology for pricing gas derivatives