Olaf Carlson-Wee

Polychain; crypto-native fund thesis

Olaf Carlson-Wee is the founder and CEO of Polychain Capital, a San Francisco-based fund investing in blockchain protocol tokens and crypto assets. He was Coinbase's first employee before launching Polychain in 2016, which grew rapidly to manage over a billion dollars. His thesis centres on treating token holdings in decentralised protocols as the primary investment unit rather than equity in crypto companies.