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Legends4Legends 2023
Demystifying Blockchain Technology for Investment Professionals
Crypto’s Broadband Moment: How Onchain is Becoming the New Online
Our annual blockchain investment event, already in its 7th edition, brought together an extraordinary line-up of crypto-native venture capital professionals, startup founders, and global thought leaders from the web3 space. Participants hailed it as “exceptional”, “one of the very best” and “definitely the highest signal event I have been to this year”.
“The insights of our speakers were superb and we are so proud that we held such a ground-breaking event in the blockchain space and also raised such a significant sum of money for charity,” said Marc de Kloe, partner at Theta Capital and co-founder of Alternatives4Children.
With the aim of demystifying blockchain technology for investment professionals, the 2023 edition focused on the most relevant and exciting topics in the world of web3, blockchain, and the crypto-native VC ecosystem. Together, these industry developments signal an inflection point comparable to the transition between dial-up and broadband internet in the 90s. 21 speakers from all over the world argued why we are reaching a “Crypto’s Broadband Moment” and its implications.
The program was structured into three sections concentrated upon the state of infrastructure, state of adoption and investment themes and strategies.
The conference raised €100,000 through generous donations.
We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to this remarkable achievement.
To learn more, we invite you to explore the full program and video recordings of the conference presentations below.
To learn more, we invite you to explore the full program and video recordings of the conference presentations below.
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Legends4Legends 2022
Our 2022 edition was an extraordinary event that brought together renowned speakers and a passionate audience for a full day of thought-provoking discussions at the intersection of finance and technology, all while raising funds for children’s education. The conference was a resounding success, with over €120,000 raised through generous donations. We extend our heartfelt gratitude to everyone who contributed to this remarkable achievement.
Featuring 15 exceptional guest speakers from around the globe, our conference delved into the most relevant and exciting topics in the world of web3, blockchain, and the crypto-native VC ecosystem. To learn more, we invite you to explore the full program, speaker lineup and video recordings of the conference presentations below.

Leading industry magazine the Hedge Fund Journal covered in detail our 2022 Conference in the article “Hyper-scaling Ethereum Economics”. Read the report here.
Speakers

Lasse Clausen
CIO and Co-founder 1kx

Lasse Clausen
CIO and Co-founder 1kx
Token Maximalist hunting for the next 1000x in crypto
2x technology founder turned blockchain investor. Skeptical optimist. Token maximalist. Founding partner @1kxNetwork. Show me the incentive and I'll show you the outcome.

Paul Veradittakit
Investor Pantera Capital

Paul Veradittakit
Investor Pantera Capital
Crypto’s earliest VC Firm
Paul Veradittakit is a General Partner at Pantera Capital and focuses on the firm’s venture capital and hedge fund investments. Pantera Capital is the earliest and largest institutional investor in digital currencies and blockchain technologies, formerly managing over $4B. Since joining in 2014, Paul has helped to launch the firm’s second venture fund and currency funds, executing over 100 investments. Paul also sits on the board of Staked, Blockfolio, and Alchemy, is a mentor at The House Fund, Boost VC, and Alchemist, and is an advisor to Orchid, Origin, and AI Foundation. Prior to joining Pantera, Paul worked at Strive Capital as an Associate focusing on investments in the mobile space, including an early stage investment in App Annie. Previously, Paul was at Hatch Consulting and LECG and performed partnerships and growth for Urban Spoils, an early stage startup in the daily deal space. Paul graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.

Tyler Spalding
Co-founder Flexa

Tyler Spalding
Co-founder Flexa
Bringing fee-free payments to merchants
Tyler Spalding is co-founder and CEO at Flexa, a cryptocurrency payments network making real-world payments more efficient, accessible, and affordable for everyone. Tyler has been founding and investing in various blockchain projects since 2011. He is author to more than 50 technology patents, and was previously an aerospace engineering faculty member at two universities. Tyler is also a proud former engineer for the United Space Alliance, the United States Air Force, NASA Mars Crew Module, and the NASA Space Shuttle Program.

Kelvin Koh
Co-founder and Managing Partner Spartan Group

Kelvin Koh
Co-founder and Managing Partner Spartan Group
Leading Asian crypto-native VC
Kelvin Koh is Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Spartan Group. Formerly, Partner at Indus Capital, and Partner at Goldman Sachs. Kelvin has over 20 years of experience in investment and research across multiple asset classes and geographies.

Stani Kulechov
Founder Aave & Lens

Stani Kulechov
Founder Aave & Lens
Creator of two of the largest protocols in DeFi and Web3 Social
Stani Kulechov is the Founder and CEO of Aave (formerly ETHLend), an open source and non-custodial liquidity market protocol to earn interest on deposits and borrow assets. Stani was studying law at the University of Helsinki when he first got into Ethereum and he started exploring how it could impact the traditional financial system. In 2022 he launched Lens protocol, a Web3 infrastructure layer for decentralized social networks.

Paris Rouzati
GP IDEO CoLab Ventures

Paris Rouzati
GP IDEO CoLab Ventures
Early-stage Crypto VC focused on Web3 adoption
Paris Rouzati is General Partner of Dream Collective, an early-stage Web3 fund that invests in founders building world-class protocols, products and experiences for the millions of users coming in the next wave of adoption.

Nicolas Vereecke
Investor Bitkraft Ventures

Nicolas Vereecke
Investor Bitkraft Ventures
The leading Gaming Crypto VC
Nico is an Investor at BITKRAFT Ventures, where he works with founders at the intersection of Blockchain and Gaming. Deeply curious about how new technologies can help build great games, he founded the Future of Gaming, a DAO that explores just that. He also hosts the Metacast - a podcast exploring how emerging technologies will impact the games of tomorrow. Previously, he spent 5 years building multiple startups in the crypto space. Nico has spent thousands of hours playing video games and proudly achieved top 1% ranks in games like Age of Empires, Hearthstone, Teamfight Tactics & Call of Duty.

Yida Gao
Managing GP Shima Capital

Yida Gao
Managing GP Shima Capital
Seed-centric Crypto VC
Yida Gao (Forbes 30 Under 30) founded Shima Capital, an early stage VC firm investing in disruptive crypto and Web3 companies. The fund is backed by Theta Capital, Dragonfly Capital, Digital Currency Group, Tiger Global, Bill Ackman and other strategics (e.g. Huobi, ByBit, OKex, Animoca, Republic). Shima works closely with its founders to hire talent, build community/product, fundraise, and amplify their narratives. Yida formerly worked as a technology investor at NEA, a $25Bn+ AUM VC, and M&A banker at Morgan Stanley. He graduated from MIT (math/cs) and dropped out of Stanford GSB. He teaches the 15.492:Crypto Finance course every spring semester at MIT.

Adam Carson
Partner, Head of Digital Assets Point72 Ventures

Adam Carson
Partner, Head of Digital Assets Point72 Ventures
Point72 Ventures’ Digital Assets backs early stage founders focused on building new rails to enable a new decentralized financial system.
Adam Carson is an Investment Team Partner at Point72 Ventures focused on fintech and leading digital asset investments. Prior to joining Point72 Ventures, Adam held positions at Morgan Stanley, Bain & Company, and eBay. Most recently, he was the Head of Digital/FinTech Strategy and Partnerships at JPMorgan Chase. Adam earned his BSE in Mechanical Engineering from Duke University, and his MBA from Tuck School of Business. He is originally from Merion, Pennsylvania.

Ruud Smets
CIO Theta Capital Management

Ruud Smets
CIO Theta Capital Management
The leading fund of funds for crypto-native VC
Ruud Smets joined Theta Capital Management in 2005 and is responsible for investments. Ruud has a broad investment background with a specialization in hedge funds and technology and has immersed himself in blockchain technology since the middle of 2017. Before joining Theta, Ruud worked in interest rate derivatives sales and trading at NIBC after starting his career at FundPartners providing hedge fund solutions to institutional investors. Ruud obtained his Master’s degrees in Investment Theory and Information Technology from Tilburg University and La Trobe University in 2001 and is a Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst.

Noah Jessop
Principal & Managing Partner Proof Group

Noah Jessop
Principal & Managing Partner Proof Group
Backing crypto founders with aligned capital from day zero
Noah is building Proof Group, a next generation investment firm providing aligned capital to digital asset entrepreneurs, backed by prominent investors in the credit, venture, and liquid investment space. Previously, Noah ran open source at the Libra/Diem Association, was CEO of crypto mining software company Honeyminer (acquired by CORZ in 2019), and was a principal at Founder Collective, one of the first first institutions to focus at the seed stage.

Evan Fisher
Founder & Managing Partner Portal Ventures

Evan Fisher
Founder & Managing Partner Portal Ventures
Porting lessons from Web2 to help scale Web3 projects
Evan is the Managing Partner at Portal Ventures, a $40M early stage crypto investment firm launched as a spinout from Insight Partners. He merges fundamentals from an institutional background with the mental flexibility demanded by crypto to identify and back world-class businesses. Prior to founding Portal, Evan was an investor at Insight Partners where he deployed $600M+ into businesses across crypto, FinTech, internet and software. Evan started his career at Goldman Sachs.

thefunnyguys
Generative Art Collector, Co-founder and CEO of Le Random

thefunnyguys
Generative Art Collector, Co-founder and CEO of Le Random
A first-of-its-kind generative art institution
Ever since January 2021, Jan has been collecting generative art, resulting in a leading collection of over 5,000 pieces, including the most iconic artists of this movement. He joined Metaversal as their first investment analyst, but is now leading Le Random, with the goal of building a first-of-its-kind generative art institution.

Menno Martens
Crypto Product Manager at VanEck

Menno Martens
Crypto Product Manager at VanEck
Menno got introduced to Bitcoin and crypto in early 2015. He wrote his master dissertation on the adoption of CBDC at DNB where continued working as crypto and DLT specialist in the market infrastructure policy department. He is the currently working as crypto specialist and crypto product manager at VanEck.

Marc de Kloe
Partner Theta Capital Management

Marc de Kloe
Partner Theta Capital Management
Leading fund of funds program for crypto-native VC
Marc joined Theta in 2019 and is responsible for Risk Management and Compliance. Marc has an extensive investment background covering the full range of alternative investments, starting at Clifford Chance in Germany, then as Global Head of Funds and Alternatives at ABN AMRO Private Banking and finally as COO of Adamas Asset Management in Hong Kong. Marc is also the co-founder of Alternatives4Children, an industry supported charity raising money for children’s education.

Vance Spencer
CIO and Co-founder Framework Ventures

Vance Spencer
CIO and Co-founder Framework Ventures
Value-add Crypto VC focused on DeFi and Gaming
Vance is Co-Founder of Framework Ventures, a thesis-driven venture capital firm whose team of technologists, researchers, and investors partner with founders and teams to build token-based networks and develop the requisite cryptoeconomics, governance, and community to scale.

John Van Marle
Partner Marketing & Origination Theta Capital Management

John Van Marle
Partner Marketing & Origination Theta Capital Management
The leading fund of funds for crypto-native VC
John van Marle joined Theta in 2021 and is responsible for Marketing and Origination. John worked in London for 19 years, starting on the European Equity Sales desk at Cazenove. When JP Morgan acquired Cazenove in 2010, John moved to the Specialist Sales desk focussing on real estate. He was voted nr 1 in the annual Reuters Extel survey. In 2015 he became Head of European Block trading, managing ECM risk and distribution of all JP Morgan European ECM products. In 2019 John joined real estate fund manager ICAMAP, where he was on the investment committee and in charge of Investor Relations and Fund Raising. John holds a Masters degree in Law from the VU Amsterdam in 2002.

Haseeb Qureshi
Co-CIO of Dragonfly Capital

Haseeb Qureshi
Co-CIO of Dragonfly Capital
Bridging East and West in Crypto VC
Haseeb Qureshi is crypto-native fund manager, software engineer, teacher, writer and former professional poker player based out of San Francisco, California. He is currently Co-CIO at Dragonfly Capital.
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Legends4Legends 2021
The Next Generation of Finance: Investing in Blockchain Technology
In 2021 we were finally able to hold an in-person Legends4Legends conference in Amsterdam, and bring our speakers and audience together to spend a full day discussing the future of finance while raising money for children’s education. This was a very special event, we raised over €100,000 from donations, and we are very grateful to all those who contributed to its success. We had 6 wonderful guest speakers from all over the world touching on every hot topic in crypto at the moment. To learn more about the event and replay the conference presentations see video recordings below.
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Legends4Legends 2019
Legends4Legends 2019 was covered in detail in leading industry magazine the Hedge Fund Journal.

Legends4Legends 2018
Legends 4 Legends helps A4C raise one million euros since launch
Now in its third year, Legends 4 Legends has helped leading investment industry charity, Alternatives 4 Children, raise more than €1 million since the charity was founded. The 2018 event alone raised more than EUR 100,000 from nearly 200 speakers and attendees who attended the EYE Film Museum location.
Titled Tomorrow’s Vision, this year’s event brought together legends such as Sir Michael Hintze, Russell Clark, Dr. Mark Mobius, Harold de Boer and Dan Morehead, to build futures for children.
An unrivalled line-up of top-tier hedge fund managers covered topics across the spectrum of credit, cryptocurrencies and the emerging markets, all to highlight where returns can be made in a world of shrinking balance sheets and central bank action.
With sessions titles aptly themed around photography, the one day-event opened with Graham Neilson of Fulcrum Asset Management and Emmanuel Weyd of Eiffel Investment Group discuss where to find value in the world of credit.
Sir Michael Hintze, chief executive and Senior investment officer at CQS, gave the audience a global macro overview, while later in the day Russell Clark, partner at Horseman Capital Management took a look at a few global macro trades in greater detail. Bill Ackman and Pierre Andurand shared their investment views through video messages. Transtrend’s Harold de Boer covered the topic of responsible investing in commodities.
Despite the overall performance of the emerging markets, David Amaryan, of Balchug Capital, Sumeet Nagar of Malabar and Peter Leger of Coronation shared their favourite stock picks in Russia, India and Africa, respectively. In the afternoon, Dr. Mark Mobius shared his insights of more than 40 years investing in the emerging markets and why ESG is so important today.
Chief executive officer and co-chief investment officer of Pantera Capital, Dan Morehead talked about the future of finance from a blockchain and cryptocurrency perspective, while Gabor Gurbacs, director digital assets strategy at VanEck, talked live via Skype about the challenges of building a Bitcoin ETF.
Anne-Sophie d’Andlau, Co-founder of CIAM covered some activist trades and also how CIAM supports charities, while Tony Davis Founder of Inherent Group talked about using ESG as a value tool. Dutch allocator Remko van der Erf of Kempen interviewed Zaaba’s Mohan Rajasooria on the opportunities in the Asian long/short space.
“We are delighted to have raised more than €1 million since we were founded in 2011 in particular with the added contribution from Legends4Legends a unique donation-based investment conference,” said Marc de Kloe, Co-Founder of Alternatives4Children and co-organiser of the event. “The level of speakers willing to donate their time and money to this event that supports Alternatives4Children continues to amaze us year after year. We are truly grateful,” said Ruud Smets, portfolio manager at Theta Capital, co-organiser of the conference.
“We wish to thank our partners: Theta Capital Management, Inherent Group, CQS, EnTrustPermal, Mobius Capital Partners, CIAM, Pantera, Coronation, Fulcrum, Balchug Capital, Privium Fund Management, Transtrend, VanEck, Andurand and Malabar Investments, Kempen Capital Management & Horseman Capital. As well as our Media Partners: Opalesque, HedgeFund Journal, Positivity, IEX Media, Designcorp and FondsNieuws and InInk and all those that attended and spoke making our third event a critical success,” said de Kloe.

Legends4Legends 2018 was covered in detail in leading industry magazine the Hedge Fund Journal.

We would like to thank all of our speakers who helped us to raise over EUR 100,000!
Legends4Legends 2017
Legends4Legends 2017 was covered in detail in leading industry magazine the Hedge Fund Journal.

We would like to thank all of our speakers who helped us to raise over EUR 90,000!
Legends4Legends 2016
With nearly 250 people attending the unique EYE Film Museum location, the inaugural Legends4Legends event, organized by and for the benefit of Alternatives4Children (A4C), was a great success.
With an unrivalled line-up of top-tier hedge fund managers we tried to get behind the reasons for recent struggling hedge fund performance and to the answer the main question for the day:
“How to achieve returns in today’s environment without exposing yourself to the Great Unwind”
We got candid answers from some of the most established names in the industry and got away with an increased enthusiasm for the opportunity set at hand, that looks to be quite different than the buy&hold strategy of equities and bonds which has been the winning strategy for the last few years.
“It’s not the central banks that are stupid, it’s the investors that all put so much emphasis on their words.”
– Harold de Boer, Architect of Transtrend’s Diversified Trend Program
“The one real structural challenge I find to what we are doing, especially here in Europe, is the difficulty of finding real talent. With the barriers to start a hedge funds much higher, it’s much tougher to find talent that you’ve seen develop at other funds. I see no evidence that industry size, the growth of passive investing or instant information for everyone would limit the opportunity for hedge funds.”
– Stuart Roden, Chairman Lansdowne Partners
“We’re cautious on equity markets and turned net short, especially in Europe. Especially the upcoming referendum in Italy worries us as well as the complacent view of a Clinton win in November. A 30 percent correction in Europe wouldn’t surprise us as perceptions change. It will be a buying opportunity.”
– Rob Citrone, Founder & CIO Discovery Capital
“Hedge funds have to get their act together so they once again live up to the fees they charge. Those who can’t have no right to exist.”
– Andries Nieuwland, Senior partners Providence Capital
“Through Porsche, one can buy Volkswagen at a PE of 3, which is tremendous value no matter the costs of the emission scandal.”
– Phil Green, Partner TCI
“We have invested 20bln in hedge funds and are happy with the results that have been in line with expectations.”
– Erik van Houwelingen, Board member ABP
Speakers at Legends4Legends 2016 included
- Stuart Roden, Chairman, Lansdowne Partners
- Rob Citrone, Founder, Discovery Capital
- Harold de Boer, Managing Director, Transtrend
- Gerlof de Vrij, CIO/CEO, Blenheim Capital Management
- Philip Green, Partner, The Children’s Investment Fund
- Omar Kodmani, Senior Executive Office, EnTrustPermal
- Graham Neilsen, Chief Investment Strategist, Cairn Capital
- Jeroen Tielman, CEO, Qstone Capital
- Niels Oostenbrug, Business Development, Amundi
- Erik van Houwelingen, Board member, Pensioenfonds ABP
- Alex Roepers, Founder and CIO, Atlantic Investment Management
- Jerome Lussan, CEO, Laven Partners
- Khing Oei, CIO, Eyck Capital
- Iwan Vink, Founder, WinCap
- Barry Lau, CIO, Adamas Asset Management
- Gennaro Pucci, Founder & CIO, PVE Capital
- Sean Shepley, Head of Research, Glen Point Capital
- Andries Nieuwland, Responsible for Fiduciary Management, Providence Capital
- Willem de Vlugt, Managing Partner, EValuation Capital Management
- Ashley Dodd-Noble, Portfolio Manager, London Diversified Fund Management
In addition representatives of leading allocators such as APG, Univest, Kempen, Multi-Fund, HB Capital, Providence Capital, ABN AMRO attended.