Geometry- Tom Walton-Pocock (Episode #18)

In this episode, Ben sits down with Tom Walton-Pocock, Managing Founder of Geometry. Building on his experience as a Co-Founder and CEO of the Aztec Network, Tom launched Geometry on the premise that deeply technical founders need investors who can relate to their engineering first approach to business building. Geometry is now a leading cryptography and mathematics research firm with a track record of successful early-stage blockchain venture deals. Let's get into it. Timestamps 2:27 Background and experiences? 3:43 What gave you the motivation to launch Geometry? 7:00 What was the gap in the venture capital market that you identified? 10:00 What does Geometry offer to deeply technical founders? 13:30 What does running a research-driven VC fund mean in practice? 14:41 What are some examples of the business models that you’re backing at Geometry? 22:40 What are ZK proofs and what's their history? 26:20 What is Scroll and what is a ZK EVM rollup? 31:00 What benefits does this ZK technology bring to the average user? 34:20 Beyond ZK what are the cutting edge trends your team is actively researching? 38:20 Why is ZK important for traditional businesses interested in crypto/blockchain? 41:00 How does Geometry helps developers build better UX and products? 45:00 What are some of the projects that Geometry is backing? 51:00 What is invisible to other investors that is clear as day to you/What is your most contrarian take in crypto? 52:27 What is your most contrarian take outside of crypto? 57:11 Where can people learn more about you? Resources Mentioned Aztec Zero-Knowledge Proofs Ingonyama Scroll EVM Risc Zero MongoDB Geometry Notebook Connect with the guest Follow Tom on Twitter https://twitter.com/tomwalpo Follow Geometry on Twitter https://twitter.com/__geometry__ Geometry https://geometry.xyz/ Disclaimer  Ben Jacobs is a partner at Scenius Capital Management. All views expressed by Ben and the guests of this podcast are solely their opinions and do not reflect the opinions of Scenius Capital Management. Guests and the host may maintain positions in the assets or funds discussed in this podcast. You should not treat any opinion expressed by anyone on this podcast as a specific inducement to make a particular investment or follow a particular strategy but only as an expression of their personal opinion. This podcast is for informational purposes only.