Jesse Walden is an investor, entrepreneur, and artist manager. Jesse is the Founding Partner at ‘Variant’, an early-stage venture firm investing in Crypto. Earlier, he was a Program Director at ‘a16z Crypto’ and the Founder of ‘MediaChain’ (Acquired by Spotify). In the past, he worked as an artist manager at ‘Red Bull Music Academy’ and ‘Boiler Room’, where he managed multiple Grammy-winning artists.