I often get invited to invest into KOL rounds

I often get invited to invest into KOL rounds.

I always reject***, despite possibly missing out on big gains.

The deals always come with conditions to shill with post quota. It's understandable.

But quite a few KOLs I talked to are tired of deals that often end up with broken promises leading to damaged relationships and (more recently) negative PnL.

I believe it's much better to invest in seed/private rounds via @echodotxyz or @legiondotcc or a similar product.

They offer more safeguards, clear terms, transparency, and no conditions to promote. No need for SAFTs or other annoyance.

Just sign with a Passkey and you're in.

New protocols should try to get onboarded on those platforms.

While they aren't strictly "KOL rounds," for both Echo and Legion, your social reputation is needed to access the deals.

I like this new private-public sale meta. Just early to say if profitable.

***Exceptions are Bubble maps and Vertex.