Canada

In this interview, we meet Aly Madhavji, the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund which invests in and venture builds top-tier startups. He shares how the lockdown gave new opportunities to startups in the Health sector and the example of an affordable insurance solution for self-employed and freelancers in the US. At the same time, Aly mentions that some startup founders who experienced too much pressure had to part ways. He also talks about the initiative the fund started of connecting students with startups. In less than a month, there were over 600 matches done and the number continues to grow. Some students say that they learnt more in two days than in the last six months. Aly notes that the main criteria for choosing the students is not in what they know already but in their passion to learn. He also talks about the report on how blockchain can alleviate poverty, the fund is preparing for the United Nations.