Updates from the Meta-Mesh: AUGUST

Catch up on updates from the MESH portfolio.

The MESH network comprises a portfolio of over 190 positions, 250+ founders, and a community of 5,000+ people. With a network of this size, there is always important news to share, so we decided to bring you a digestible monthly recap of our community updates. From portfolio company milestones to new job opportunities to the latest articles from the MESH team, you’ll find it all below…

Portfolio updates:

Content corner:

  • Ryan Shea, crypto economist at portfolio company Trakx, has published a research paper on Maker DAO. The TL;DR - MakerDAO is experiencing an internal tussle over governance as two competing proposals have been put forward by members of the community illustrating the need for efficient decision making even in a decentralized world.
  • Thomas Rush from MESH wrote an article entitled “Creating & Managing your Board of Directors: Best practices & more”. The TL;DR: picking good board members can make or break the long term success of your organization. Source broadly and maintain a rigorous selection process. Send all materials to the board before a board meeting takes place so they can prepare…more helpful tips in the article.
  • The latest MESH investment spotlight was on portfolio company Allinfra. Read it here.
  • MESH reading list. Keeping up with the news in web3 can be challenging, so the MESH team has started pooling their favorite web3 articles, podcasts and newsletters and we wanted to share with you.

Events:

Here are some upcoming conferences we are eyeing:

MESH Portfolio Careers:

  • MESH is looking for freelance technical writers. Description here.
  • Lead DevOps Engineer // 3Labs. 3Box Labs is looking for an Engineer to lead the team in planning, architecting and executing of the implementation of their platform to serve our scaling decentralized data network. Job description here.
  • Rust Team Lead // ChainSafe. ChainSafe is looking for an expert to lead the technical delivery of substrate-related projects and develop crypto-economically sound solutions. Job description here
  • Solidity Developer // Gnosis. Gnosis is looking for a Solidity Developer to create proprietary technology and work with developer communities building on Gnosis. Job description here.