Jack Longarzo (jacklongarzo)

I’ve joined @variant as an investor. I know personally how much of a rollercoaster the founder experience can be and I’m thrilled to be a part of an organization designed to support people through it. A few thoughts on my journey here and what I’m excited about.

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My crypto journey started in the trenches of one of the earliest DAOs, where I worked across engineering, product, governance and growth. Operating in the fog of war shaped my perspective and made me more optimistic about crypto’s future and the role I could play in it.

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That experience convinced me that DeFi would go modular. So I built Chroma: a modular lending protocol. I designed mechanisms, shipped code, took contracts through audit — and navigated the messy realities of launching in a market driven by token incentives.

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I’ve realized the best way for me to use my experiences is to support founders at the earliest stages and @variant is the best place to do this. My relationship with Variant goes back 4 years now. I got to know the team even better during the Variant Founder Fellowship.

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