Ciara Sun | Founder & Managing Partner of C² Ventures — Investing in Web3 Founders, Valuations, and Women in Crypto

In this episode of BeaconLayer Podcast, Kenzi Morikawa and Sachi Miyasaki sit down with Ciara Sun, Founder & Managing Partner of C² Ventures, for a candid conversation about investing through market cycles, how valuations actually get shaped in Web3, and what it means to build and lead in crypto as a woman.Before entering Web3, Ciara built her foundation as a management consultant at Boston Consulting Group and Deloitte, then spent years across banking, capital markets, and private equity. Her crypto journey began in New York City in 2017, when the city was becoming a magnet for blockchain builders and investors. Seeing how digital assets and blockchain could unlock a more inclusive global economy, she later joined Huobi, where she worked across international business development, partnerships, and led the global markets institutional business unit.That experience ultimately set the stage for launching C² Ventures — a firm focused on backing the builders behind the next generation of Web3 and metaverse applications, and helping founders turn conviction into durable companies.This episode was supported by Diksha Wells.