Serge Kassardjian (6th Man Ventures)
From Inside the Hutt by Hutt Capital
August 6, 2025 · 42 min · Season 1 · Episode 32
About this episode
Brooke Pollack interviews Serge Kassardjian about his journey in the crypto investment space and insights on market trends.
In this episode of Inside the Hutt, Brooke Pollack interviews Serge Kassardjian, co-founder of Sixth Man Ventures. Serge recounts his journey from early stints at Google and Sony to founding StayTuned and later co-launching Sixth Man Ventures. He discusses the firm’s investment focus on crypto applications, their early conviction in NFTs and Solana, and how the team approaches building with founders. Serge also unpacks market trends, token and equity dynamics, and the evolving sophistication of crypto founders, while offering insight into standout portfolio companies like Pump.fun and Sleepagotchi. Key Points From This Episode: Serge Kassardjian’s background and path from Google and Sony to founding StayTuned and Sixth Man Ventures. How Sixth Man Ventures began with NFT trading and a small experimental wallet fund. The firm’s focus on application-layer investments in both consumer and enterprise crypto use cases. Why Sixth Man Ventures is chain-agnostic, despite early success in the Solana ecosystem. Strategy around liquid token investments and preference for long-term theses over short-term trading.  …
People in this episode
Host: Brooke Pollack
Guest: Serge Kassardjian
Topics covered
- crypto investments
- NFTs
- venture capital
- market trends
- founder dynamics
- application-layer investments
Keywords
- crypto
- NFTs
- venture capital
- investment strategies
- Solana
- Pump.fun
- Sleepagotchi
- founders
- market trends
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Sixth Man Ventures, Google, Sony, StayTuned, Pump.fun, Sleepagotchi, Solana
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