RBV + Denarii Labs Weekly Newsletter 🧔📖 Week of 09/25/25:

Welcome to the latest edition of the Red Beard Ventures newsletter, where we dive into exciting updates and insights from all over our portfolio and network!

📣 As a reminder, Red Beard Ventures has a syndicate, fund, tokenomics accelerator, and Web3 consultancy:

• The Red Beard Ventures Syndicate is stage agnostic and invests in Frontier Technology with a focus on Web3, Space, FinTech, Sports, Robotics, Biotech, and Climate. We invest anywhere between $100k - $1.5M. 

• Red Beard Ventures Fund I invests $100k - $1M in Pre-seed and Seed blockchain based companies.

• Denarii Labs is a tokenomics accelerator which invests $100k into companies interested in designing and launching a token over a twelve week hands-on program. Denarii also features a consulting business for later stage clients with higher touchpoint needs in tokenomics, communications, growth, and marketing.

🎤 RBV / Denarii Labs Announcements:

Red Beard Ventures Now Live on Echo

Red Beard Ventures has launched a dedicated group on Echo, the Web3 native platform for investing in early stage crypto and token projects alongside top angels. This new channel will host our blockchain and DePIN deals, while AI, defense, and deep tech investments will continue through AngelList. Echo provides a powerful crypto native ecosystem with enhanced deal support and investor alignment - making it the ideal home for our token facing pipeline.

If you’re a qualified investor, join us at https://echo.xyz/.

Red Beard Ventures Fund II - Now Raising

Red Beard Ventures is launching Fund II, building on the success of our first fund and extensive network in Web3, blockchain, and DePIN. With a track record of early investments in high growth companies and a strong investor base, Fund II is positioned to capitalize on emerging opportunities in the space.

Reach out to [email protected] for more information.

🚀 RBV Spotlight:

Senpi Financing Upsized to $4.4M, 130% Oversubscribed

Senpi, the “AI wallet” that thinks, trades, and protects alongside users, has upsized its original financing round from $4M to $4.4M following strong demand.The project is backed by Lemniscap and Coinbase Ventures, with participation from Mechanism Capital, Robot Ventures, and GSR.  

Built by the Airstack team, Senpi combines persistent memory, automation, and natural-language to turn user intent into executable strategies. Going beyond basic signals, the wallet delivers autonomous execution across copy and quant strategies, custom PnL tracking, sentiment analysis, and risk management. Senpi transforms the wallet into an intelligent agent for money onchain, not only disrupting wallets, but also exchanges, bots, and portfolio managers.

With incredible backers, and a laser-focused product to become the next universal wallet for onchain-finance, Senpi has a real shot at becoming a household name in the industry.

Congratulations to the Senpi team! 🚀

💼 Portfolio News:

Firehawk Wins $4M AFWERX TACFI Contract

• Funds optimization of 3D-printed thermoplastic solid rocket motors.
• Validates dual-use pathway across defense and aerospace.
• Speeds commercialization of high-performance propulsion tech.

Colossal Confirms First Fully Gene-Edited Chicken

• Verified gene-edited bird hatches and begins laying eggs.
• Next step: testing “sterile” eggs as hosts for pigeon germ cells.
• Demonstrates real momentum toward avian genetic programs.

Chainalysis: APAC Leads Crypto Growth (Report Preview)

• New Geography of Crypto chapter highlights APAC’s acceleration.
• Insights span India’s leadership and Japan’s regulatory shifts.
• Reinforces Chainalysis as the go-to institutional data source.

3DOS Community Vote Finalized: Crypto Collectibles First

• Users chose bobbleheads, memes, and “drip” as early categories.
• Reinforces bottom-up curation for marketplace supply.
• Builds early PMF around culture-led printable goods.

Dapper Labs x Flow Launch “Forte Hacks” with $250k in Prizes

• Builder program layered on Dapper apps (Top Shot, NFL All Day, etc.).
• Incentivizes devs to extend consumer-scale Web3 experiences.
• Reinforces Flow’s testnet momentum and partner ecosystem.

HYTOPIA Ecosystem Hits New Game Milestones

• First HYTOPIA game surpasses 30k plays (community traction).
• Ongoing creator tooling updates (player cards, VFX/SFX, biomes).
• Signals sticky UGC loop ahead of broader launch beats.

Azuro Scales Prediction-Market Rails for Universal Markets

• Shared-liquidity + modular contracts enable rapid app launch.
• Infrastructure powers sports today; expands to any measurable event.
• Strategy mirrors Uniswap/Ethereum “rails outlast apps” thesis.

SuperWorld Launches $SPWR Token on Republic

• Public token launch live, powering virtual real estate and monetization across ads, commerce, and gaming.
• Backed by Cadenza Ventures, adding institutional credibility.
• Positions SuperWorld as the “economic layer” for real-world location–linked digital assets.

QuickNode Named Launch Partner for Tempo Payments

• Expands into on-chain payments infrastructure, deepening fintech use cases.
• Strengthens position as the go-to Web3 infra partner across AI, data, and DeFi.
• Follows recent partnership powering Vana’s user-owned AI data network.

OORT Insider & DataHub Launchpad Go Live

• Rolled out Insider comms hub and opened whitelist for DataHub Launchpad.
• Extended staking rewards program through Nov 2025.
• Continues to anchor OORT as the data cloud for decentralized AI & DePIN.

Wilder World × PancakeSwap rewards program

• Syrup Pool: stake CAKE to earn $WILD, boosting liquidity.
• Deepens presence across BNB Chain’s retail-heavy user base.
• Adds sustainable token distribution tied to real engagement.

🥳 Upcoming Events:

We will be attending TOKEN2049 Sept 29 - October 3rd! This year, we’re bringing back our super secret speakeasy event we hosted the previous year. We’d love for you to join us!

Reserve your spot on Luma here.

We’re still welcoming additional sponsors to join our event alongside the incredible list of sponsors, Flow and Wilder World. A special thank you to them for helping us bring this experience to life.

If you’re looking to have a presence at TOKEN, please reach out to [email protected] or [email protected]. 

Events are a great way to stay informed in our industry, and we had a very full 2024 and early 2025. We would love to hear about any other conferences you will be attending the rest of the year, so please let us know as we are finalizing our event calendar!

Stay tuned for updates on future events, and until then, keep spreading joy and positivity in our community!

🚀 Onwards!

Drew, Elana, Joshua, Lauren, and Jeff