Hydra | Icebreaker

Hydra | Icebreaker

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Product @ Google & YouTube, Co-Founder @ Hydra Ventures

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Building Enterprise APIs & Wallets at Zerion | Investing at Social Graph Ventures | On Deck | Advisor & 2x Founder

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Peter (pet3rpan) is a partner at 1kx, an early stage crypto VC that is one of the most active investors of consumer crypto applications and crypto application infrastructure. We're a first check investment firm that supports founders from seed ($2m-$3m) to series A ($5m-$8m) as a lead investor, and also through liquid positions ($5m+) in tokens we believe in long term. 85% of our deals are as leads/co-lead. We invest and specialize in three areas: 1. Consumer crypto applications (games, social, creator, prediction, trading + anything fun...) 2. Middleware (wallet infra, dev tooling, chain abstraction, staking, interoperability, DePIN...) 3. Infrastructure (blockchains, scalability, verifiable compute, ...) Our lead investments include: Fluence (2018) – web3 native computing Arweave (2018) – Decentralized, permanent data storage Matter Labs (2019) – L2 Scaling Infrastructure (zkSync) NFTfi (2020) – NFT Lending marketplace Sandbox (2020) – Virtual World Covalent (2020) – API for blockchains Everclear (2020) – Cross‑Chain Settlement Tally (2020) – Onchain org infra LI.FI (2021) – Liquidity Aggregator Snapshot (2021) – Voting for DAOs Treasure (2021) – Play to earn economy Zesty (2021) – Metaverse data aggregator MetaLabel (2022) – Multiplayer release labels Abstract Chain (2022) – The blockchain for consumer crypto Igloo Inc. (2022) – The Consumer Crypto Company Pudgy Penguins (2022) – Loveable Penguins Ronin (2022) – Play to earn blockchain Cowswap (2022) – MEV‑protected DEX Lit Protocol (2022) – Decentralized Access Control Kiln (2023) – Enterprise‑grade staking solutions Impossible Cloud Network (2023) – Enterprise‑grade cloud storage Inco (2023) – FHE Confidentiality Compute Lagrange (2023) – Cross‑chain state proofs Rhinestone (2023) – Modular Smart Wallet Tooling Seam (2023) – Composable Social Network The Citadel (2023) – Decentralized Onchain MMO Open Game Protocol (2023) – Decentralized appstore jk labs (2023) – Onchain contests Trifle (2024) – Onchain games studio Botto (2024) – Decentralized Autonomous Artist Daylight (2024) – Transaction Recommendation Engine Cryptio (2024) – Financial data platform Fabric Cryptography (2024) – VPU Chips for cryptography Kaia (2024) – Line & Kakao's native blockchain Mawari (2024) – XR DePIN Olas (2024) – Decentralized AI Optimum (2024) – Networking Layer for Blockchains Voya Games (2024) – Onchain idle games Camp Network (2025) – IP Layer 1 Blockchain Layer3 (2025) – Onchain application aggregator Gunzilla Games (2025) – Off The Grid, triple A game Orange Cap Games (2025) – Digital IP via Vibes & Moonbirds

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twitter @isaaccyn farcaster @zaak

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Managing Partner, Systemic Ventures | I don’t check LinkedIn messages.

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Investing into consumer & social crypto

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Faster responses on email and Twitter

Sachin Mittal (in Dubai)

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Hi, I am Sachin. Based in Dubai, currently in Tokyo. I have dedicated the past 5 years to building and leading successful startups in Web3. I am passionate about new primitives, creating disruptive products, and building high-growth companies that make a meaningful impact. With expertise in ‘growing ecosystem’, I thrive in fast-paced, dynamic environments and excel at navigating challenges and completing missions.

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