Austin Adams
InvestorAdvisor at Variant Fund
About
Austin Adams is an advisor at Variant, focusing on mechanism design for protocols and technical guidance for early-stage builders. He is building Whetstone Research, a mechanism design research firm, and advises Uniswap Labs, having contributed code to Uniswap v4 and written papers on L2 chain design, MEV, and the economics of onchain markets. He previously worked in research at the Federal Reserve.
Invests in
Crypto & Web3
Colleagues at Variant Fund
Alana Levin
Investment Partner at Variant Fund
Caleb Shack
Investment Partner at Variant Fund
Caleb Shough
COO at Variant Fund
Carrie Barker
Director of Talent at Radical Ventures
Chase Almen
CFO at Variant Fund
Cooper Turley
Venture Partner at Variant Fund
Daniel Barabander
Investment Partner & Chief Legal Officer at Variant Fund
Elijah Fox
Investment Partner at Variant Fund
Frequently asked questions
- Who is Austin Adams?
- Austin Adams is an advisor at Variant, focusing on mechanism design for protocols and technical guidance for early-stage builders. He is building Whetstone Research, a mechanism design research firm, and advises Uniswap Labs, having contributed code to Uniswap v4 and written papers on L2 chain design, MEV, and the economics of onchain markets. He previously worked in research at the Federal Reserve.
- Where does Austin Adams work?
- Austin Adams is Advisor at Variant Fund.
- What does Austin Adams invest in?
- Austin Adams invests in Crypto & Web3.