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Sorina Dumitru

From blockchain project to proper funding rounds

Published 15 days ago • 1 min read

I spoke to several crypto founders thinking they have a fundraising problem when it was more of a structure problem.

Here’s what typically happens:

  • The token captures the upside
  • The company holds the costs
  • Corporate governance is basically nonexistent

From a VC perspective there is:

No clear ownership.
No clean equity story.
No way to win.

So even if the project is good, no one cares.

Institutional investors don’t fund “crypto projects.”
They fund vehicles where value capture, control, and upside are legible.

Tomorrow's Equity Academy live session is all about this. Live in exactly 24 hours.

What you’ll learn:

  • The structural reason most crypto projects are uninvestable
  • The 4-layer model used to make projects VC-backable
  • How to align tokens, equity, and governance
  • How to avoid trapping value in the wrong entity
  • What VCs actually need to see before they invest

I’ll also show how this fits within regulatory frameworks like Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation and what that means for your setup.

This is for you if:

  • You already have a product, traction, or users
  • You’re considering raising, or tried and failed
  • You feel your current structure is limiting you

Register here:​
​https://digitalfootprint.life/equity-academy​

Sorina Dumitru

Architecture PhD | Business Advisory | Value Creation

The topics will be mostly about leadership, economics, and operational/strategic growth. Exits or Funding Rounds. Free books included. Yeah I was in Forbes but that was a long time ago.

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