Amy Wu Martin

@amywumartin82k followers

Consumer Partner @MenloVentures; @sunomusic, @higgsfield_ai, Good Job Games, ShopMy, Alta, @dazechat Previously @Lightspeedvp, @wbd

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1Mar 31, '24My United flight to Denver is currently offering $2,500 vouchers with overnight hotel and we haven’t gotten enough volunteers yet to rebook 🤯205×2.4M11k151421
2Sep 29, '24RIP “real” diamonds77.3×888k3.7k434951
3May 12, '24Heard yesterday from a founder: it costs $200k in salary for an experienced ML eng based in London what it would cost $800k to hire in the Bay64.7×744k2.2k73509
4Apr 24, '23I’ve played @duolingo for 80 days straight. It’s one of the best gamified consumer apps I’ve used. Others agree, Duo has: - 61M MAUs / 16M DAUs (+62% yoy) - $370M in 2022 rev (+47%46.4×534k1.1k85839
5Jun 15, '231/ Sharing a life update: I’m thrilled to join @MenloVentures as their newest GP to lead investments in consumer and gaming32.8×378k1.2k10480
6Nov 8, '25I’ve been chatting with young people trying to break into VC so sharing what I generally advise: - To make the best impression, don’t ask VCs for coffee, send them *good* deal flow32.3×372k46816391
7Jul 31, '24- spends $1.8M of $2.5M raised on its domain name then releases a Black Mirror promo video. Have to hand it to them it’s a bold launch29.9×343k1.1k48372
8Nov 11, '25I’ve long been a DAU on @duolingo (love chess) but it’s been interesting to see their stock battered this year, in part because people worry AI hurts the business both via real-tim21.3×245k33215112
9Apr 28, '23The number of founders I talk to who haven’t been out to mkt this yr to raise yet and don’t realize how hard it is now is scary. If you don’t have the growth numbers (users or $) a20.2×232k42942136
10Jul 28, '23Been having a lot of career convos with young people thinking about next roles, particularly between VC and operating. Having done both myself and made plenty of mistakes, here’s s19.1×220k66366427
11Jul 13, '24The dying art of IRL pickup19×218k1.1k90316
12Nov 10, '25Honestly the best piece I’ve read explaining why young people voted for Mamdani: “I think you can reduce 80 percent of culture wars to questions of economics—like a libertarian or 18.9×218k1.4k113849
13Apr 17, '231/ Have been using the @solana Saga phone all weekend and tl;dr it’s an Android phone that’s finally comparable to (in some specs better than) my iPhone 14 pro max, feels sleek/hig16.9×194k77416331
14Jun 12, '24Was at a VC dinner last night where the main topic was the max divergence of public multiples (now 5.2x fwd EV in software and 15.9x for top cos) vs private VC multiples. In AI lan16.8×193k40141339
16Oct 5, '24Heard from a founder that 40% of his users opted in for gmail sync during onboarding. Seems crazy that many people will let a 3rd party app read their entire gmail?13.9×159k64217205
17Jan 14, '221/ Sharing a life update! I’m thrilled to join @FTX_Official to lead FTX Ventures, gaming, and commercial initiatives reporting to @SBF_FTX, in the company’s next chapter as a lead12.9×03k23089
18Nov 16, '23In this environment, grateful to get to keep supporting amazing founders with our new $1.35B raised. Consumer, gaming, and blockchain founders, excited to talk to you 🚀12.4×142k4081936
19Nov 5, '211/ Excited to announce our $100M joint web3 gaming initiative with @FTX_Official and @Solana Ventures! We’ll be investing in gaming studios, platforms, and infra companies at the i11.6×02.5k353177
21Aug 21, '211/ After speaking with several large game publishers the past wks it’s clear that @AxieInfinity has lit a fire around the adoption of blockchain in gaming ($10M+ rev / day will do 11.5×01.9k463346
22Apr 27, '22Fangirling hard. @CathieDWood’s landed at #cryptobahamas 👸10.4×02.9k7732
23Oct 25, '23I get asked all the time if I’ve stopped investing in crypto companies. On the contrary I’m as excited as ever about applications in blockchain uniquely facilitated by the tech. It10.2×117k54433186
24Jun 23, '24Credit where due, @cdixon published this in 20159.8×113k79554703
25May 24, '231/ “Crypto is dead.” Every other day someone asks me to name 1 blockchain project people actually use. One I often bring up is @AudiusProject, a decentralized music streaming platf9.7×111k2743697
26Mar 31, '25Dartmouth just ran the first clinical trial with a generative AI therapy chatbot—results: depression symptoms dropped 51%, anxiety by 31%, and eating disorders by 19%. “Therabot,” 9.3×107k72849464
27Jun 13, '25Nothing says “written by ChatGPT” more than the em dash —8.3×96k1.1k4362
28Oct 23, '25Most consumer startups need to crack TikTok distribution. A few lessons from founders 💡: - If you don’t natively “get” TikTok, hire someone who does (probably in their early 20s) 8.2×94k30815529
29Apr 15, '25Founder secondaries at the Series A are becoming norm again. We’re back to 2021 fundraise heat7.3×83k43510111
30Apr 25, '25Orange is the new black 🐐7.2×83k1.1k3371
31Jun 23, '22So excited to partner with @solana in their mobile phone launch! @FTX_Official 🚀6.8×01.7k18517
32Jul 7, '211/ @axieinfinity. It took them 3+ yrs to make their first $10M in revenue and 5 days to make their latest $10M. Runrating $1B+/mo of GMV. 350k DAUs. What is going on here…6.7×01.3k284125
33Sep 13, '211/ As a gaming and a crypto investor, I get asked sometimes what’s the bigger opportunity. Well today, there are ~10M active DeFi users, 100-200M cryptocurrency holders. There are 6.4×01.2k205178
34Jul 2, '211/ As a gaming + crypto investor, I’ve been thinking about the intersection of the 2 for months. We’ve yet to see a major game or publisher adopt blockchain tech. Yet it’s really i6.0×0901145206
35Feb 21, '221/ We at @FTX_Official are excited to launch our gaming division, offering FTX-as-a-Service (FaaS) to gaming companies across the world who are innovating in web3.6.0×01.2k21070
36Nov 26, '211/ Have been thinking about the evolution of VC investing in crypto, if we believe it to be as big or bigger than the internet shift of the late 90s and mobile of the 00s. Today, t5.4×0773174281
37Jul 27, '23Devs and VCs who pivoted from crypto to AI just spent the last 12 hrs researching superconductors5.3×61k340267
38Mar 18, '22What a time to be alive in web3 🚀5.1×01.3k1073
39Nov 10, '25This is very top of mind for most investors right now I spoke with a growth-stage CMO last week who’s assessing ripping out several marketing tools to replace with a Gemini + datal5.1×59k26010170
40Aug 9, '221/ Excited to announce our @FTX_Official global partnership with @Reddit today with Reddit Community Points! Users need Eth for gas fees to transact with their Points on-chain, and5.1×095119251
41Jul 2, '24Founders should stress test whether their VCs are working this summer by asking for calls Friday afternoon5.0×58k372832
42Apr 5, '24Just learned that Lisa Su, AMD CEO and Jensen Huang are cousins 🤯5.0×57k246912
43Jun 9, '221/ Just spent a week in Korea and blown away by the innovation in web3 and gaming, and retail enthusiasm for crypto, despite the fallout from Terra. 🇰🇷5.0×01k15370
45Jul 30, '24This woman needs her own supervillain movie4.8×55k317941
46Jan 30, '24Jeff Bezos shared some 🔥 advice in his recent podcast with @lexfridman: “Humans are social animals not truth seeking animals. Important truths can be uncomfortable and make people4.2×48k25429185
47Mar 31, '24My Uber driver today told me he bought @solana at $13 last yr, sold at $200 recently and paid for half his house and a new car for his family. Taking profits and #winning3.9×45k409821
48Jul 14, '211/ After spending more time in the @AxieInfinity ecosystem, I feel that the heart of the play-to-earn (P2E) model lies in the new guild system, like @YieldGuild3.7×0613141115
49Mar 16, '221/ So honored to join the @apecoin DAO board, launched today along with the $APE token!🧵3.6×08477722
50Dec 12, '211/ Have been thinking about the future of web3 gaming after a recent trip to the Nordics (Slush), home to some of the world’s greatest gaming companies (Supercell, King, Minecraft.3.5×0524112140
51Mar 26, '22What actually do people first say on Zoom calls other than “so where are you guys based”?3.4×0693286
52Jul 2, '24Polkadot team signing marketing sponsorships first 6 mos this yr3.2×37k2702215
53Jun 24, '22Last wk ppl told me #NFTNYC would be weird because crypto was dead. Happy to report the opposite happened. 4,000 community members came out to celebrate @BoredApeYC and check out C3.2×09043011
54May 12, '22Step 1 open world lobby, step 2 game studios building player experiences in game, step 3 #BAYC metaverse. Roblox was founded 18 yrs ago. Bullish for the long-term here with this @y3.1×07468810
55Feb 10, '24Happy Chinese New Years 🧧 恭喜发财 😀3.1×36k2574138
56Oct 23, '211/ In a short period of time, *every* gaming pitch I now hear is at minimum crypto-curious. Gaming-native teams know how to design great games; crypto-native teams know how to buil3.0×047988133
57Aug 22, '211/ Play-to-earn in blockchain gaming. Some thoughts on what I think it is, what it is not, and the future3.0×048893133
58Apr 2, '25AI founders: “Our product will enhance employees, not replace them.” Most enterprise buyers I speak with: “I’m trying to reduce headcount with these AI tools”2.9×33k5512687
59Jan 23, '22Instead of checking prices every minute, it’s healthier to go heads down and build.2.7×0662778
60Nov 13, '211/ Yesterday, Discord walked back plans to integrate Eth-based NFTs and Metamask after overwhelmingly negative user feedback, particularly from paid Nitro users. It’s fascinating a2.7×040612068
61Jul 17, '24Met the #GOAT Jensen Huang at @nvidia HQ with @MenloVentures and 10 of our portcos who pitched him and his exec team. Jensen somehow made everyone feel special, remembering first n2.6×30k382628
62Oct 16, '211/ Valve banned blockchain games from Steam yesterday. It’s not surprising. Web2 centralized platforms get a cut of all value generated from its ecosystem. Blockchain circumvents t2.5×048810030
63Aug 1, '21Prediction: NFTs will become mainstream marketing for brands. Eg @Starbucks can drop NFTs to their top customers (meet Howard Schultz… name a coffee after you.. free lifetime coldb2.4×05157720
64Mar 16, '22Hello 🤙. Trying on a new look $APE2.4×0620270
65Sep 8, '221/ FTX Ventures is excited to co-lead the $300M @Mysten_Labs round with @jump_. The talented Sui founders @EvanWeb3, @EmanAbio, @b1ackd0g, @Gdanezis, @kostascrypto created the Move2.4×04417356
66Nov 5, '22First time using an Android phone… Saga @solana phone @ #Breakpoint20222.3×05156410
67Sep 6, '21Anyone else just phase out of using LinkedIn?2.2×0534136
68Dec 30, '211/ What I’m excited about in 2022: ⁃Convergence of consumer tech & web3 ⁃Web3 gaming beyond P2E (👀on Korean teams) ⁃Rise of L2 ecosystems ⁃Eth apps bridge to @solana ⁃Dev ops 2.1×03794592
69Jan 19, '22There are 400M gamers and growing in the $1.8B India gaming market today. Bullish about India and excited to partner with @sandeepnailwal @0xPolygon @gabusch @YieldGuild @shutterbu2.0×0401909
70Mar 24, '22Frens in SF ❤️ @solana @toly @rajgokal1.9×0525196
71Nov 4, '22Checking out the @staratlas alpha at @solana Games Day 🎮 @at_mwagner1.8×0411653
72Sep 14, '211/ .@jeremysliew and I are thrilled to lead the $100M Series A of @Splitgate, the competitive AAA arena shooter that’s taken the gaming world by storm. In 1 month post console laun1.7×04273811
73Mar 2, '221/ We at FTX Gaming are excited to announce our partnership with @YGGIndia today to expand into India gaming! 🎮🚀 @FTX_Official1.7×03336610
74Sep 21, '21New metaverse ID thx to the stunning artwork of the @AuroryProject team. You guys rock. Love this! 🙏🏻1.7×0402424
75Dec 13, '21I’ve been a fangirl of @bankless for so long, it was an honor to chat all things gaming, the latest on Ubisoft, the future of web3 games with @RyanSAdams in their latest episode 🙌1.7×03673141
76Nov 13, '21Who’s building the web3 Discord? Would love to chat.1.7×03421534
77Mar 10, '22It’s cold in Chicago but @FTX_Official: Chicago team is 🔥🔥 @Brett_FTXUS @jackshaftoes1.5×0387253
78Feb 2, '22Excited to judge the next @solana hackathon. $5M of prizes & funding up for grabs across DeFi, web3, gaming, DAO categories:1.4×0343534
79Jan 14, '22Love my new pfp thank you @AuroryProject!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🚀1.4×0384321
80Sep 26, '211/ Have been thinking more about @Jihoz_Axie’s chart that shows @AxieInfinity D30 and D90 retention basically the same. D90 of 50%+ is dope. But the insight is this is the retentio1.4×02594055
81Oct 27, '21The number of web3 gaming submissions to the @solana Ignition hackathon is 🤯1.4×0379226
82Nov 11, '211/ Post-#BreakpointLisbon, some reflections: - Few teams in the world know how to build community like @Solana - From humble roots and perhaps because, comes a great desire to win 1.4×03412823
83Mar 20, '221/ FTX Ventures is excited to co-lead the $25M private token round of @C2X_WORLD, partnered with @Com2uS and @Com2uS_Holdings, publicly-traded gaming co HQ’d in Korea. Web3 gaming 1.4×02655516
84Sep 6, '21Is anyone building a dating app on-chain?1.4×0240119
85Nov 25, '21Ok my takeaway from Chain Runners is VCs are deeply uncool and when we start pumping an NFT, run LOL1.4×03421021
86Nov 1, '22.@MercedesAMGF1 in the house 🏎️@FTX_Official @TotoWolff_ @bringmedabir @vkrussell1.3×03701111
87Jul 31, '21What % of NFT buys right now are for the love of collection vs speculation?1.3×0232175
88Jan 28, '22Who’s going to EthDenver?1.3×028682
89Aug 31, '211/ Today, @ravi_lsvp and I are excited to announce that @lightspeedvp is leading the $100M+ Series B round of @Arbitrum @offchain, leading L2 Ethereum scalability solution and the 1.3×0267509
90Apr 25, '22Our first ever @FTX_Official conference is about to kick off in the Bahamas this wk! 🤩 I’ll be surfing the Bahamar grounds if you’re around and also check out the @solana @Project1.2×0294333
92Mar 22, '221/ We’re thrilled to announce the @FTX_Official acquisition of Good Luck Games, maker of @StorybookBrawl, a beloved card-based autobattler PC game!1.1×0234378
93Nov 3, '21Web3 gaming hang w @Fwiz @Jihoz_Axie @Tocelot 🎮 #NFTNYC1.1×0301211
94Oct 17, '22Who’s heading to @solana #breakpoint this yr?1.1×022770
95Oct 21, '21We are excited at @lightspeedvp to double down on @SBF_FTX and @FTX_Official’s B-1 round. In 2 mos they’ve: - Acquired @ledgerx to pave the way for US futures trading - Launched th1.1×0248330
96Jan 31, '22Thank you to our partners @paradigm, @lightspeedvp, @Temasek++ for continuing to support us at @FTX_Official1.0×0262224
97Jan 12, '2211 days into Jan, back to 10+ zooms / day. So many strong teams raising. Bullish about 20221.0×027782
98Feb 19, '22#yanggang conversions at the @FTX_Official dinner #ethdenver @ilblackdragon @ravi_lsvp @Nikilster @jaesonma @NEARProtocol @0xbabble @ramnikarora @zmanian @sandeepnailwal1.0×0246137
99May 2, '22Til next yr #CryptoBahamas thx to all the old and new friends in industry who joined us this wk! @FTX_Official @zhusu @PrimordialAA0.9×026151
100Sep 15, '22My takeaways from #SALTny: 1. We’re closer to institutional adoption of crypto 2. @Scaramucci ages like Benjamin Button Excited to bridge tradfi x crypto with our @SkyBridge partne0.9×0225136

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