Location: Casual Notes
Travel note summary: Another somewhat busy day. In the afternoon, Mingzhi, a senior alumnus from the class of '74 at the NCKU alumni association, introduced Fisher, an alumnus from the class of '96 in statistics at NCKU, to Cindy and me. Fisher later went to study in the US and now works at a VC founded by Stanford alumni: Palm Drive Capital. Palm Drive currently manages nearly $400 million in AUM, with a portfolio spanning five continents and over 10 unicorn investments. They previously focused mostly on Web 2 projects but have recently started exploring Web 3. In Taiwan this year, they've invested in projects like Lootex and Oursong, and are also investors in crypto giant Matrixport. I had a great chat with my junior and added him on Line to exchange crypto info. Thanks to Senior Mingzhi for the introduction! :) After a few more meetings, I got home, took a call, and got busy again—before I knew it, it was past 10 PM. I had to order takeout and grabbed a random bottle of Chardonnay from the fridge. I really needed to recharge to have the energy later to research some platforms on Ethereum Layer 2's Arbitrum. Life always has new things to keep learning. :P ~…
