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Ash Egan founded Archetype to support crypto-native infrastructure, prioritizing long-term tools over short-term trends. He avoids hype and focuses on early-stage teams building real-world solutions in Web3. When most people were just starting to understand what blockchain was, Ash Egan was already reading the Ethereum whitepaper. Not because he was a visionary hungry for praise, but because there was something about the technology that he felt could not be ignored. He was not the typical entrepreneur with ambitions to be prominent on social media, quite the opposite. Many of his moves were not widely publicized, but they had a real impact on an industry that was not yet fully mature. Ash Egan: Turning Crypto Conviction Into Tangible Infrastructure Before founding Archetype, Ash had worked in various venture capital positions. Starting at Converge VC in Boston, then building ConsenSys’ venture unit, and finally leading the blockchain investment practice at Accomplice. He was not just an investor. He was often the first to spot potential projects like Dapper Labs, which later became known for NBA Top Shot, or Bison Trails, which was eventually acquired by Coinbase. Simply put, Ash Egan had a keen radar for distinguishing crypto projects that were just buzzing on X from projects that really had a backbone. But the turning point came when he decided to found Archetype. A step that was not easy, because he didn’t just want to be an investor—he wanted to rebuild the foundation of Web3 itself. Archetype has had a pretty clear mission from the start: focus on infrastructure. But not just any infrastructure—it’s looking for tooling for crypto-native developers, tools to help build a more robust NFT ecosystem, and new ways to make protocols more open. What’s more, Ash doesn’t just throw money around. He gets hands-on, talks extensively with project founders,…

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