About Us:

PTC Crypto is an early-stage venture fund launched in early 2021. We invest in crypto native founders and early companies building in the Consumer Crypto category. Our core investment thesis revolves around consumer verticals utilizing crypto technologies enabling owning digital objects and open & composable application logic. PTC Crypto works closely with founders on business development, connecting them with their highest priority go-to-market needs from the earliest stages through mainstream growth.

Brett Shear is the Managing Partner of PTC Crypto, which is a partnership with Palm Tree Crew Holdings, a diversified holding company founded in 2020 by Kyrre Gørvell-Dahl (Kygo) and Myles Shear. Our team has a deep understanding of the space and provides meaningful portfolio support.

Ultimately, we have the most focused network of application and infrastructure partners within the Consumer Crypto category.

Thesis:

The future of the internet will be constructed on permissionless infrastructure, using smart contracts that allow developers to build openly. It will also consist of owning digital objects, or tokens, online that will establish digital relationships and build online identities, all under the user's control. Blockchain technology enables new actions, applications, and business models that weren't previously possible or hadn't been imagined in that context. We focus on sub-sectors that are fundamentally based on the principles of crypto improving current consumer business models and the technology stack. These categories include Consumer & NFT Infrastructure, Onchain Content, Onchain Social, and Onchain Gaming.

Team:

Brett Shear, GP

Jon Gall, Associate

Kyrre Gorvell-Dahl (Kygo), GP

Myles Shear, GP

Company	Category	Website	Twitter
SuperRare	Onchain ContentArt	superrare.com	x.com
Titles	Onchain ContentArt	titles.xyz	x.com
Sound	Onchain ContentMusic	www.sound.xyz	x.com
Coop Records	Onchain ContentMusic	www.cooprecords.xyz	x.com
Songcamp	Onchain ContentMusic	app.song.camp/	x.com
Spinamp	Onchain ContentMusic	app.spinamp.xyz	x.com
Pods	Onchain ContentPodcast	pods.media	x.com
Monaverse	Onchain ContentWorlds	monaverse.com	x.com
Arpeggi	Onchain ContentMusic	www.arpeggi.io	x.com
Daniel Allan	Onchain ContentMusic	danielallan.xyz	x.com
LNRZ	Onchain ContentMusic	lnrz.xyz	x.com
Delegate.cash	Consumer Infra	delegate.xyz/	x.com
Clusters	Consumer Infra	clusters.xyz	x.com
Reservoir	Consumer Infra	www.reservoir.tools	x.com
IYK	Consumer Infra	iyk.app	x.com
Decent	Consumer Infra	decent.xyz/	x.com
Future Primitive	Consumer Infra	fp.inc	x.com
Stack	Consumer Infra	stack.so	x.com
0xSplits	Consumer Infra	splits.org	x.com
Bello	Consumer Infra	www.bello.lol	x.com
Indexing	Consumer Infra	www.indexing.co	x.com
MoonPay	Consumer Infra	www.moonpay.com	x.com
Seed Club	Community Coordination	www.seedclub.xyz	x.com
Bonfire	Community Coordination	bonfire.xyz/	x.com
Hats Protocol	Community Coordination	www.hatsprotocol.xyz	x.com
Polymarket	Prediction Markets	polymarket.com	x.com
Lens	Onchain Social	www.lens.xyz	x.com
Gallery	Onchain Social	gallery.so	x.com
Yup	Onchain Social	yup.io	x.com
Time.fun	Onchain Social	time.fun	x.com
Higher	Onchain Social	www.aimhigher.net	x.com
Enjoy	Onchain Social	enjoy.tech	x.com
Bonsai	Onchain Social	www.bonsai.meme	x.com
Realms	Onchain Gaming	realms.world	x.com
Fren Pet	Onchain Gaming	frenpet.xyz	x.com
Blade Games	Onchain Gaming	www.bladedao.games	x.com
Grugs Lair	Onchain Gaming	www.grugslair.xyz	x.com
Dope Wars	Onchain Gaming	dopewars.xyz	x.com

DAO Memberships:

NEON DAO

Metaverse

RED DAO

Fashion

Dark Horse DAO

Onchain Gaming

XX DAO

Crypto Art

NOISE DAO

Music

Metropolis DAO

Writings:

Consumer Crypto By The Numbers Q1 2024

There’s a lot of exciting activity in the Consumer Crypto category. Here's a data driven breakdown of whats been happening to start this year.

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The State of Consumer Crypto

What’s Consumer Crypto? Whats the state of it? Whats to look forward to? The future of the internet will be constructed on permissionless infrastructure, using smart contracts, and owning digital objects online, using NFTs.

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Music NFTs GMI

We are in the early innings of a Music NFT movement!

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The Crypto Creator Economy

Crypto is laying down the foundation for the future of the Creator Economy. The Crypto Creator Economy shifts the principles and industry value back to the creator.

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Creator DAOs GMI

The crypto creator economy is really just beginning. We’ve seen NFTs for many types of content like art, music, and videos. The natural next step for these Creators is building a token-based community around their content, a Creator DAO.

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