Startup Execution and Web3 Strategy: Insights from Blockchain VC Aly Madhavji
Explore the mindset, mistakes, and momentum behind high-growth startups in Web3. Blockchain Founders Fund’s Aly Madhavji joins Epic Execution to share hard-won lessons on crypto, community, capital, and clarity.
Dvid Kenney
5/19/20252 min read
What truly separates elite founders from the rest?
In this episode of Epic Execution, host David Kenney sits down with Aly Madhavji — Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund, United Nations blockchain consultant, and one of Web3’s most respected early-stage investors — for a wide-ranging and refreshingly honest conversation on the realities of building, scaling, and sustaining a startup in the blockchain era.
Aly brings rare clarity to the noise around crypto and startups. From his early ideological entry into the space to now advising governments, Fortune 500s, and hundreds of founders globally, Aly has earned his place as a grounded leader in the world of emerging tech.
What You’ll Learn:
Why grit, hunger, and clarity matter more than charisma or code
What most founders get wrong after raising capital
How tokens, when used well, can build thriving, loyal communities
The evolving role of VCs and structured investor updates
Why today’s accelerators must evolve — or risk irrelevance
What blockchain can solve — and where it’s dangerously overhyped
Who This Episode Is For?
Founders navigating early-stage chaos, especially in tech or crypto
Investors seeking signal in the noise of Web3 hype
Accelerator directors and startup coaches rethinking their model
Anyone curious about the real work behind building game-changing tech companies
About Aly Madhavji
Aly is the Managing Partner at Blockchain Founders Fund, investing in top-tier early-stage startups across Web3, AI, and FinTech. He is a United Nations advisor on blockchain for social impact, a Schwarzman Scholar, and a Senior Blockchain Fellow at INSEAD.
With roots in PwC’s global consulting practice and board-level experience at firms like Soluna (NASDAQ: SLNH)and CryptoStar (TSXV: CSTR), Aly bridges the worlds of innovation and institutional credibility. He has advised companies such as Allrites, Splinterlands, Beatdapp, and more.
Beyond venture, Aly is an author of the bestselling Succeed Series, a global mentor across programs like Antler, Chinaccelerator, and Orbit Startups, and has worked in over a dozen countries spanning Asia, the Americas, and Europe.
🛠 About Epic Execution
Epic Execution is the podcast for founders, execs, and innovators building real companies — not just decks and dreams. Hosted by David Kenney, we go beyond the buzzwords to bring you the lived experience, mental frameworks, and execution systems of founders who’ve done it.
Our focus
Team selection and leadership
Validating to product-market fit
Customer value and capital strategy
Execution under pressure
📍Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/739h3vyTUzVzSFRk9fwti0
If you’re building, scaling, or backing the next wave of innovation, this one’s for you.
