Crypto Altruism Podcast Episode 173 - The Pipe gDAO - Bringing University Innovations from Lab to Market with Blockchain and IP Tokenization
In episode 173, we’re excited to welcome Batsirai Muguti & Wayne Anthony Daniels of Pipe gDAO, a decentralized community leveraging blockchain to build a University Real World Asset IP Launchpad to help bring groundbreaking ideas from lab to market. We explore what the heck the European Paradox is, how they are addressing it by creating a decentralized ecosystem that tokenizes intellectual property and empowers innovators, and why Web3 primitives are essential in bringing their vision to life.
Three Key Takeaways
Projects that have already gone through the rigor of the university pipeline are much more likely to succeed in the long-term. However, there is often a lot of friction when transferring tech from academia to industry, especially in Europe. The European Paradox refers to the lack of successful companies that have emerged from European University IP when compared to North America and other markets.
Their decentralized launchpad helps disintermediate early-stage projects from Venture Capitalists by ensuring investment decisions are driven by the community and not the biases of VCs. Through their Question, Evaluate, and Disclose (QED) approach to evaluate technology readiness, it helps derisk the investment for DAO members by putting each idea through a rigorous evaluation process.
Web3 can help lower the barrier to entry for investors in early-stage companies. In many jurisdictions, you must be an accredited investor, with access to a large amount of capital to invest in early-stage companies. Blockchain makes it possible to tokenize investment opportunities that were previously only available to high net worth individuals, and open them up to retail investors.
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Episode Time Stamps
02:20 - What was your “Ah hah” moment that first got you excited about cryptocurrency/web3?
06:40 - To lay the groundwork for the conversation, can you please explain what the “European Paradox” is?
11:25 - With that in mind, can you please give listeners an intro to the mission of The Pipe gDAO and how you plan to address this paradox?
16:40 - One of the key features you offer is a Real World Asset IP launchpad. Tell me more about this, and the value that comes with tokenizing IP?
23:35 - Can you tell me more about some of the projects currently on the launchpad?
27:40 - Another unique aspect of your ecosystem is that you have developed a platform to crowdsource industry experts to review research IP in return for sweat equity and tokens. Tell me more about this.
34:00 - You have launched your app on 6 EVM chains – why did you choose to build on blockchain
42:00 - What’s the best way for listeners to get in touch and learn more about The Pipe gDAO?
47:55 - To wrap things up, if you could name one thing that excites you most about the social impact potential of web3, what would it be and why?
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While we may discuss specific web3 projects or cryptocurrencies on this podcast, please do not take any of this as investment advice, and please make sure to do your own research on potential investment opportunities, or any opportunity. We host a variety of guests on this podcast with the sole purpose of highlighting the social impact use cases of this technology. That being said, Crypto Altruism does not endorse any of these projects, and we recognize that, since this is an emerging sector, some may be operating in regulatory grey areas, and as such, we cannot confirm their legality in the jurisdictions in which they operate, especially as it pertains to decentralized finance protocols. So, before getting involved with any project, it’s important that you do your own research and confirm the legality of the project. More available HERE.
