Michael Anderson
Michael Anderson is the Co-Founder of Framework Ventures, one of the largest venture capital firms in the blockchain industry. Under his leadership and his co-founder Vance Spencer, Framework was arguably the first VC firm to "go all in" on the emerging decentralized finance ecosystem. Prior to launching Framework, they founded and sold Hashletes, a digital collectible startup with official licensing from the NFL. Anderson has a diverse work experience spanning multiple industries including investment banking and consumer technology. He began his crypto journey while working for Silicon Valley tech companies, notably Snapchat and Dropbox, where he helped build out their monetization platforms.
Michael Anderson Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Co-Founder and Partner
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Investment Banking Summer Analyst
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Intern
Academic History
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Bachelor's Degree in Economics and Computer Science
Framework Ventures is a thesis-driven crypto venture firm that builds alongside partners.
The firm partners with founders and teams to build token-based networks and develops the requisite cryptoeconomics, governance, and community to scale.
Under their leadership, Framework notched up major early investments in several multi-billion dollar apps and networks like Chainlink, Aave, Synthetix, The Graph, and more.
EARLY CAREER
Together with Vance Spencer, they launched Hashletes, a blockchain-based platform backed by Khosla Ventures. Hashletes was licensed by the NFL and was acquired by JDS Sports in 2019.
Before that, he served as a Product Manager at Snapchat and Dropbox,
He also served as an Investment Banking Summer Analyst at Barclays and Intern at Apple Inc.
MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
He has also been featured or quoted in Bloomberg, Business Insider, Forbes, The Block, Cointelegraph, and Real Vision.