Jesse Walden
General Partner at Variant
Jesse Walden
General Partner at Variant
United States
Overview
Work Experience
Founder, General Partner
2020 - Current
Program Director, Crypto Startup School
2019 - 2020
Investment Partner, Crypto
2018 - 2019
Product Lead, R&D
2017 - 2017
Founder
2014 - 2017
Mediachain was a media attribution protocol for connecting creators to their audience, directly through their content (acquired by Spotify)
Founder, Artist Manager
2012 - 2015
Managed Grammy-award winning, independent artists including: Solange Knowles, Devonté Hynes (Blood Orange), Majical Cloudz and others.
Founder
2011 - 2014
Facebook app for social contests, giveaways, and events.
Broadcast Director
2012 - 2013
Helped launch the London-based, live-streaming music platform in North America.
Founder
2006 - 2012
Booked, produced, and promoted concerts & parties in a generational music scene in Montreal.
Artist Development
2009 - 2011
Scouted talent for Red Bull Music Academy, an annual series of workshops, festivals, and a platform for those who make a difference in contemporary music.
Education
Latest Articles
Variant | The Next Ten Years of Smart Contract Blockchains
Talks about smart contract blockchains, blockchain commercialization and cryptocurrency market values
Variant | Only with Crypto / Better with Crypto
Talks about crypto applications, only with crypto and better with crypto
Crypto’s Business Model is Familiar. What Isn’t is Who Benefits
Talks about crypto networks, open source code and business models