Pronomos Capital

Get oriented to the charter city space with @patrissimo's talk at @thenetworkstate, then dig in by exploring our portfolio companies like @ProsperaGlobal @CityofPraxis @ItanaAfrica @afropolitan @metropolishub and more: pronomos.vc/portfolio youtube.com/watch?v=MSO-ZA…

During my 25 years working on new governance models, the main bottleneck has been finding the incredible founders we need to build something as epic as a charter city. The space is ripe & ready for new companies, and we're assembling an amazing collection of OGs to advise a fascinating collection of new founders at this @Prosperahn event. If you're serious about exploring a concept in the space, please apply! And feel free to DM me to highlight anything about your app: luma.com/founders_acc20…

New Research Raper 🚨 What if choosing your residency or place of business worked like ordering dinner from a delivery app? Scroll menu. Compare jurisdictions. Incorporate. Track automated delivery. I spent the last year researching movements that would allow this: special jurisdictions, charter cities, network states. The catalyst? Realizing Bitcoin answers how to PRESERVE wealth, not how to BUILD it. That requires better rules. This paper is my contribution to the conversation. I'm a policy advisor working at the intersection of blockchain, emerging tech, and regulation. Years on Capitol Hill advocating for blockchain policy. Now exploring how special jurisdictions fit into the Freedom Technology toolkit. I conduct a comparative analysis of the practical implementation of an e-governance marketplace model that connects multiple Digital Free Zones through a single interface, allowing global talent to select the jurisdiction that fits them best. Early-stage case study on @tftcxyz. If you're building in this space (network states, digital free zones, competitive governance), I want to connect. Read → journalofspecialjurisdictions.com/index.php/jsj/… DMs open, I'm friendly (Note: BPI is my previous employer, which is not associated with this paper. I'm independent.)

Super excited for @PronomosVC to be bringing city founders together for the first time on 3/28 @Prosperahn. Creating new societies able to rapidly innovate their regulatory stack is incredibly important & equally hard: which means sharing knowledge both between prospective founders, and those who have been in the trenches is an essential ingredient for success. This is an invite/application-based event, and while others are on the decision committee, what I'm personally looking for is the two archetypes I believe are most likely to succeed: 1) Founders of new communities (ideally with legal autonomy, but not required) with significant traction relative to their age - whether that's govt deals, key partners, paying users, etc. 2) Badass entrepreneurs like @bradfordcross with the track record to show they'd be a huge asset to the movement, who are intrigued by this new space but need to learn more before diving in. The application will pop up when you register on luma (luma.com/founders_acc20…); please spread the word & DM me if you'd like to endorse an applicant. Also be sure to check out the more public event 3/26-27: luma.com/lib_acc2026

"Is it 0% colonialism? No." @patrissimo from @PronomosVC returns for our second podcast. He tells it straight - from the reality of @nayibbukele’s reforms in El Salvador to the friction between wealthy digital nomads and locals. There is no one in the space who speaks to more founders actually building the cities of the future. Listen to the full podcast on our youtube or spotify: @jamesofarc

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Walt Disney pitched EPCOT as a 20,000-resident private city on roughly 40 square miles, with private governance plus its own taxing and bond authority. Disney World now supports about 263,000 Florida jobs, but the original EPCOT plan was bigger than tourism. It was a U.S. SEZ experiment years before Shenzhen or JAFZA launched. We break it down here: alphacity.io/walt-disneys-e…

The legend @patrissimo locked in for 150mins discussing network & city states with me. There are very few people that have worked for as long and as hard as Patri in this space - this discussion highlights what's happening and what matters in this important world. Link below.

🎧 What are charter cities? Is law really just like computer code that can be forked and modified? How do you bootstrap an economy? I talk with @patrissimo youtube.com/watch?v=2rTXPK…

The @patrissimo on the ability of ships to change their flags - and the need for states to compete to win their allegiance Full episode below.

It's out! Network & City States podcast series trailer with: @tomaspueyo @davemcclure @patrissimo @timourxyz @farhaj @lifeoftheshat @vikbharati @artfinch @carvas @JedlickaVit @0xisla @1akob @noma_collective @_Lonis_ @NiklasAnzinger @peerbase_ @bradfordcross Subscribe at the links below. With a few special guests left to announce on my first ever podcast. A joy to record with these awesome folk.

Honored to have been included in all 4 @ns conferences; this year I spoke about the need to focus on the user (not the vision) and build things that people want. youtu.be/HameHFCTdes

"So what's happening with the government in Honduras?" I get that question all the time, here is the answer - and the legal basis for it by @arturozacapa On the ground, nobody left - we've been growing in new residents, companies incorporated etc. In-depth article below 👇

The Network State doubled in size, but the question isn’t how big it got. It’s what was actually built. @balajis put it on the map. The next frontier: builders unbundling sovereignty through tech. A reality check from Singapore by @NiklasAnzinger 👇 infinitacitytimes.com/p/network-stat…

Popups are the new startups. Because we can now populate the land from the cloud. Here's a full conference recap on that exact point. balajis.com/p/popups-are-t…

58 registered already for charter city lunch in Singapore tomorrow - if you're in town join us!

ANN: 2 full-day Network & City State conference at Ârc HQ @thenetworkstate - Oct 4+5. Firesides + deep dives with: @patrissimo @bradfordcross @_Lonis_ @NiklasAnzinger @vikbharati @farhaj @lifeoftheshat @carvas @1akob @0xisla @noma_collective @timourxyz and more. Limited audience. Details below.

If you'll be in SG for @thenetworkstate conference next week, and are into charter cities, I'm hosting an open social lunch again. We got 60+ people last year: luma.com/xay5c03d

TIEBOUT SORTING → NETWORK STATE The mathematical basis for the network state is Tiebout sorting. In 1956, Charles Tiebout proved that if you had: (a) low-cost mobility (b) frictionless discovery (c) no inter-jurisdictional spillover effects, and (d) many possible jurisdictions ...then individuals could vote with their feet by sorting themselves into communities that efficiently matched their preferences for public goods. Those assumptions were theoretical in 1956, but practical by 2026. Thanks to the Internet, mobility is low-cost (due to remote work), discovery of new jurisdictions is inexpensive, and "spillover" is minimal because only SaaS subscribers get the costs and benefits of digitally provided public services. All that remains is to set up many possible jurisdictions...and we're on it. In this fashion, we can build the 1000-community system as the genuinely democratic alternative to the 2-party system. Instead of submitting to gerrymandering, you can instead vote with your feet, your wallet, and your ballot all at once by gaining admission to a new Tiebout jurisdiction and signing the corresponding social smart contract. The Internet can thus make true democracy a reality, by going to its original definition in the sense of the consent of the governed. Pick your country at age 18 instead of picking your college. Apply to the jurisdictions you want to join, and if they admit you, give your voluntary, digitally-signed consent to the corresponding government. Tiebout sorting is thus the basis for 100% democracy: everyone in a Tiebout jurisdiction has voted with their feet for that government.

I think evaluating at the project-level ("How good are the mechanisms for stability in Prospera?"), misses the bigger picture: If we can lower the barrier to entry to start new jurisdictions; and the internet is lowering the cost of switching between them, we will get a more competitive market that serves customers better. Not perfectly, ofc, but better is a huge win! What exact mechanisms will make a particular jurisdiction better, or more stable? Who cares - if they exist, the discovery process of entrepreneurship + customers going where they are best served will find them. Sure, if you are considering moving to a given jurisdiction, then ofc you should evaluate what it's like, and if you feel they'll serve you well, and how easy it will be to leave if things change. But the big picture doesn't depend on any one project getting it right.

1 yr ago, I rescinded my US O1 visa, left my startup, and moved down to Próspera to build a city from scratch. It’s a zone with very special laws, regulations, and taxes. It has raised almost $200M, incl from Coinbase, Peter Thiel, and created 3000+ local jobs 🧵