Thread by @Mosaic_VC

What will matter in 2021? #Decentralization (1/10)

We believe decentralization will be the defining trend in tech this year. Citizens and governments are questioning the centralized web – no surprise after 2021's opening weeks. Across tech, the pendulum is rapidly swinging towards a decentralized future - @brave @signalapp (2/10)

Decentralized organizations are becoming the norm. Post-pandemic, enterprises will settle on a hybrid state of IRL + WFH; collaboration sprawl will endure. This creates the need for a new “WorkOS” - @Qatalog @tray (3/10)

Privacy will reshape the theory and practice of machine learning. Federated learning and other privacy-preserving techniques will become widespread, as enterprises navigate new legal standards and opportunities for symbiosis - @Infosum @openminedorg (4/10)

Ecommerce brands and the passion economy will flourish outside of centralized platforms. The enabling stack (@webflow/@substack/@StackerHQ) + open bazaars connecting the long tail (@etsy/@depop/@Paradeworld_) will capture value as the adtech playing field gets levelled (5/10)

The modularisation of financial services continues. Any company will be able to offer financial services, embedded at the point of user need. Infrastructure providers will capture value, as banks cede control of customer experience - @primerapi /@griffinplatform /@bankable (6/10)

DeFi will reach $100B in TVL. The ecosystem will mature on the demand and supply side: institutional flight to crypto will continue, real-world assets will be tokenised and Eth 2.0 / Layer 2 solutions will address scalability problems – @Centrifuge @blockchain (7/10)

In healthcare, pandemic-enforced adoption of telemedicine, remote monitoring, and at-home testing will endure; these maturing practices will bring siteless and hybrid clinical trial designs to the mainstream - @medableinc @humaforhealth (8/10)

Computation will continue to shift towards field sensors + sources of data, with machine learning applications increasingly happening at the edge – @auterion @getnexar (9/10)

Tech is geopolitics. Europe continues to lead the debate on regulating the platforms that dominate our online lives today – and will produce many of the companies that create our decentralized future (10/10)