WEB3 & AI in the Palace - VC Perspectives
During Portugal Tech Week and Web Summit, step away from the noise and into a Lisbon palace for an evening of insight and exchange among leading VCs, founders, and innovators shaping the future of Web3 and AI.
WEB3 & AI in the Palace – VC Perspectives brings together investors and builders driving the next wave of decentralized and intelligent technologies. Expect candid discussions on where capital is flowing, what defines value in an AI-native world, and how founders can navigate this evolving landscape.
A rare opportunity to connect with decision-makers, share perspectives, and explore how data, transparency, and human ingenuity are redefining the future of venture and technology.
Agenda:
6:00 Networking and reception
6:45 Opening remarks by CryptoMondays Lisbon
7:00 Fireside chat: Lou Kerner, Founder of CryptoMondays, and Brittany Kaiser, CEO at AlphaTON Capital.
7:30 Networking
About the Speakers:
Brittany Kaiser , a CEO at AlphaTON Capital, is a globally recognized expert in data ownership, digital assets, and legislative reform, with an extensive career advising governments, corporations, and political campaigns on policy and strategy.
She has served as a Sub-Committee member of the Congressional Select Committee on Blockchain, Fintech and Digital Innovation, having co-authored and helped pass over 40 laws on data ownership, digital assets and blockchain technology.
Since 2019, Brittany has led the Own Your Data Foundation, where she trains governments, corporates and families in digital literacy. She sits on the board of, or as an advisor to, many companies across industries, working on data ethics, strategy and privacy protocols.
Brittany holds an undergraduate and (MA) with honors in International Relations from the University of Edinburgh, an (LLM) in International Human Rights Law from the University of London Birkbeck College of Law, and an MPhil in International Law from Middlesex University.
Lou Kerner is the Founder of CryptoMondays community, which includes the largest crypto Meetup with chapters in 50+ cities; The Collective, the leading decentralized web3 advisory service with 300+ web3 “experts”; an AI Web3 Accelerator, and MondAI, a community management AI Agent.
Lou is also a Partner at Blockchain Coinvestors, a crypto fund-of-fund, invested in 40 of the world’s leading crypto VCs.
Lou also founded the Decentralized AI Agent Alliance, to foster the development and proliferation of decentralized AI Agents through education, activism, research, and events.
Lou’s been a crypto thought leader since 2013, when the Wall Street Journal called Lou "Wall Street’s Bitcoin Expert". Lou’s ranked among the most influential crypto bloggers on Medium and regularly keynotes major crypto industry events. Lou started his career as an equity analyst following media companies for Goldman Sachs. Lou has a B.A. from U.C.L.A. and an MBA from Stanford.
Main Partner:
AlphaTON Capital is a specialized digital asset treasury company focused on building and managing a strategic reserve of TON tokens and developing the Telegram ecosystem. The Company implements a comprehensive treasury strategy that combines direct token acquisition, validator operations, and strategic ecosystem investments to generate sustainable returns for shareholders. Through its operations, AlphaTON Capital provides public market investors with institutional-grade exposure to the TON ecosystem and Telegram's billion user platform while maintaining the governance standards and reporting transparency of a Nasdaq-listed company.
Community Partners:
Thank you RWA.IO, the Global HUB for Real-World Asset Tokenization, connecting projects & assets with investors in a trusted environment, for your community support!
Thank you Portugal Tech Week and 351 Startup Association for inviting us to host our event at the PTW Palace!