Jasper Wigley

My day starts with a notification reminding me that life is short and I could die tomorrow. This mindset—doing everything with my heart fully in it—has shaped my journey through countless wacky endeavours. Early ventures included a short-lived stint as a streetwear re-seller, sinking 10,000 hours into learning four musical instruments, and becoming a self-taught futures trader. The harder and more outlandish an idea sounded, the more it appealed to me. Whether scuba-diving sub-40m with sharks or risking my spinal integrity for a cheese wheel rolling down a cliff-face, I don't need much convincing. This thread of risk-taking, hard work, and relentless learning weaves through everything I do—with each failure building resilience and breeding a desire to go again.

Professionally, this translated into a love for all things digital and deeply entrepreneurial. As a teenager, I was buried in music production forums at 4am, learning how to get technical fast, build networks, and make something people wanted—in this case electronic music. These forums were full of like-minded, ambitious people across the world working all night, all trying to build something special. It was all-encompassing.

Years later, building in the booming crypto ecosystem, the backdrop was remarkably similar, albeit even crazier. The ups and downs of these defining experiences, combined with an upbringing surrounded by nature, led me to climate VC—the best job in the world. Here, we have the privilege of working alongside truly exceptional people building in the realm of the impossible. These are my people. On weekends, I'm nerding out about compute, space, and always music.