Dealflow Podcast
Dealfow is the podcast for entrepreneurs building at the edge of AI, Web3 and frontier tech. Hosted by Keira Nesdale from MH Ventures, every episode goes inside real deals, live fundraising journeys and what actually moves capital. No PR fluff, no safe answers. Just the real stories behind how deals get done and companies actually grow. What you get as a listener You will learn how to: Think like a VC so you can pitch, negotiate and close with confidence Spot real opportunities in AI and Web3 before the crowd Structure your fundraising process from first cold email to signed term sheet Avoid the classic mistakes that kill pre seed and seed rounds Turn attention, community and narrative into leverage with investors If you are an AI or Web3 founder, operator or investor who wants an unfair edge in AI and Web3, DealFlow is your new standing meeting.
Episodes
In this episode, Keira sits down with Martin El-Khouri, Chief Business Officer at EoT Labs, the team behind peaq Network, the leading layer-1 blockchain built for the machine economy.
Martin’s path into Web3 is unconventional. He started as a news reporter, moved into conflict-resolution consulting and African investments at Bertelsmann, built a €40 million Web3 fund, and now helps build infrastructure for machines that ca...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Christian Pusateri, CEO and co-founder of Mind Network, to tackle one of the most important and least understood problems in the entire AI and crypto stack: privacy. Christian is building around Fully Homomorphic Encryption, FHE, which has been called the holy grail of cryptography for decades because it is the only method that keeps data encrypted during all three states, transit, storage, and...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Pareen, the founder accelerator lead at Monad and the architect behind Nitro, the first Web3 accelerator that accepts founders building on any chain.
Pareen's journey is unlike almost anyone else in crypto: from building a self-sustaining SaaS product in PHP with zero employees in the early 2010s, to running the best hostel on the Goa beach circuit and selling it to India's ...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Wish Wu, co-founder and CEO of Pharos, a high-performance EVM-compatible L1 blockchain being built specifically to bring institutional-grade assets onto chain.
Wish shares the story behind Pharos, which grew out of years building consortium blockchain infrastructure in China for supply chains, financial institutions, and government, including supporting over one billion users on the l...
In this episode, Keira sits down with David Ching, Investment and Partnership Director at Animoca Brands, to unpack one of the boldest predictions in Web3 right now: tokenize or die. David explains why every business, from a local coffee shop to a global financial institution, will eventually need to interact with tokenized assets, and why the companies that ignore this are repeating the mistakes of those who ignored the internet i...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Chung, Investment Partner at ArkStream Capital, an $80M venture and liquid fund based in Singapore that has backed 100+ Web3 companies since 2020, including more than five unicorns.
Chung’s path into crypto is anything but typical. He discovered Bitcoin in Nigeria through peer-to-peer WhatsApp trading, used crypto to pay for meals in China, flew through floodwaters to meet a founder in...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Daniel Pratl, founder of Quadron, to unpack his thesis on the future of work.
Dan believes we are moving into a post-job universe where AI replaces most tasks and individuals risk becoming commodities. Quadron is his answer: verification infrastructure that helps people structure, own, and monetize everything they know.
They explore human IP, why LinkedIn and GitHub are outdat...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Brad Holden, Managing Partner at PL Capital, the venture fund within the Protocol Labs ecosystem, the R&D network behind Filecoin, IPFS, and early infrastructure in decentralized compute and zero-knowledge technology.
Brad brings 15+ years of venture experience, 200+ early-stage investments, and 10+ unicorn exits, with perspective shaped by working alongside Eric Schmidt at Tomorro...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Ryan McRobert, Partner at Fenwick & West, one of Silicon Valley’s most respected law firms, to unpack the legal side of crypto most founders ignore until it is too late.
Ryan has spent over 13 years advising founders and investors from pre-seed formation through late-stage growth, pre-IPO, M&A, and Web3. He first got into crypto personally in 2016 and has been deep in the Web3 ...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Hiroshi Harada and Bernd Hollerith from Jasmy, Jasmy Labs, and JANCTION to unpack how data ownership, decentralized compute, and AI infrastructure are starting to converge.
Hiroshi and Bernd explain, in simple language, how Jasmy began with a mission to protect and unlock the value of personal data coming from phones, laptops, wearables, and IoT devices, and how that vision has expande...
What if you could build your dream game just by describing it?
In this episode, Keira sits down with Sean Pinnock, Co-Founder and CEO of Avalon, the AI-powered Web3 gaming platform that lets anyone create, play, and own their own game worlds. No coding. No barriers. Just your imagination.
Sean breaks down how Avalon is merging the accessibility of Roblox with the power of Unreal Engine, why Web3 and blockchain ar...
In this episode, Keira sits down with Quai Network co‑founder and CEO Alan to unpack how Quai is picking up where Bitcoin left off and rebuilding money from first principles.
Alan explains, in simple language, what a blockchain actually is, why Bitcoin became "digital gold" instead of everyday money, and how Quai's sharded proof‑of‑work design aims to deliver Bitcoin‑level security with Visa‑like speed and ...
Ensue wants your AI agents to stop waking up with amnesia.
In this episode of DealFlow, Austin Baggio explains why Ensue is building a shared memory network so agents can build a shared memory together instead of starting from zero every time.
We dive into what a “memory layer” actually is, how Ensue lets agents store and share context across tools and models, and why the future of AI infra is built for agents f...
When a game is good enough, gamers don’t care what tech is under the hood. They just play.
In this episode of DealFlow, I’m joined by Theodore Agranat, Director of Web3 at Gunzilla Games, the studio behind Off The Grid, a cyberpunk battle royale/extraction shooter that’s been stacking momentum fast.
Theodore breaks down how Gunzilla is building a “play-to-own” economy (not the usual “play-to-earn” gimmicks): weapo...
In this episode of the DealFlow podcast, Keira Nesdale (MissAI) interviews Dino, co-founder of Fluent, an Ethereum L2 focused on solving the app problem in the crypto space. They discuss the importance of creating expressive blockchain environments, the role of the Blended Builders Club in nurturing developers, and the need for more applications in the crypto ecosystem. Dino shares insights on fundraising, community engagement, and...
Quack.
Creators don’t need more “brand deal spreadsheets.”
Brands don’t need more agencies spraying money and praying.
They need a clean system that matches the right product with the right voices… at scale.
In this episode of DealFlow, Yurii “Quacker” Kyparus breaks down how Wallchain is rebuilding growth around creators and trust.
Not big celebrity promos.
The micro creators people actually ...
When you start university without a computer… you’re not supposed to end up at Meta, Amazon, and Microsoft.
Bulent Tustan did. Then he went solo-founder mode.
In this episode of DealFlow, Bulent breaks down what he’s building with UMI (Unified Multi-VM Infrastructure), a Layer 2 on Ethereum designed to run multiple virtual machines in one unified execution environment. Translation: MoveVM + EVM can live together, ...
When you start in Web3 doing tokenomics stress tests… you’re not supposed to end up leading a vibe-coding product that lets 15,000 people build apps by chatting to AI.
Alex did.
And the bigger twist?
DreamSpace is not “another AI website builder.”
DreamSpace is a bridge where creators can ship Web2 apps fast… then flip the switch to Web3 only when it actually matters.
In this episode of ...
Most sports betting platforms aren’t “better.”
They’re just locked to North America.
Rarebet Sports is building an onchain alternative to the traditional sportsbook stack — starting with Daily Fantasy Sports (Pick’em-style over/unders), instant stablecoin rails, and global access from day one.
In this episode, Rarebet CEO Zack breaks down:
Why DraftKings/PrizePicks don’t scale globally (and why Rarebe...
When your bank freezes, your app crashes, or Wise ghosts your transfer… life doesn’t stop.
Rick Martin is building Decaf for those moments.The purpose of Decaf is simple: getting money, fast and cheaply, to people and places banks can’t reach.
Rick is the co-founder of Decaf, a self-custodial wallet that turns stablecoins into real-world money flows, cash, cards, and bank transfers, across some of the hardest places on eart...
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