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Oliver Blakey is a co-founder and partner of Paper Ventures, who previously served as a managing partner of Ascensive Assets. He graduated from Yale University.
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Mainak G.
Mainak G. is the head of blockchain strategy at Ironlight. He is a graduate of the MIT Sloan School of Management, Yale University and the Indian Institute of Technology.
Felipe Montealegre
Felipe Montealegre is CIO and co-founder of Theia and previously was Vice President of Declaration Partners. He graduated from Yale University.
Tim Ogilvie
Tim Ogilvie is Head of Staked at Kraken and was previously co-founder and CEO of Staked. He was co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of AdBuyer.com, which was acquired by Mediaocean in 2011. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from Yale University.
Can Sun
Can Sun is co-founder and Head of Legal at Backpack Exchange and was previously General Counsel at FTX. Previously, he was the General Counsel at FTX. Can holds a Juris Doctor (JD) degree from Yale Law School and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University
TuongVy Le
TuongVy Le is a member of the Board of Directors of the Blockchain Association and previously served as General Counsel at Anchorage, Partner and Chief Regulatory and Policy Officer at Bain Capital Crypto, and Associate General Counsel and Compliance Officer at Worldcoin. She is a graduate of the University of California, San Diego and Yale University.
Zeyu Liu
Zeyu Liu is co-founder of Genitive Network. He is a doctoral student at Yale University, holds a master's degree from Columbia University, and a bachelor's degree in computer science and mathematics from UCLA.
Jazear Brooks
Jazear Brooks is the co-founder of Sifchain.
Yuan Xia
Yuan Xia is the Founder & CEO of Secure3. Previously, he worked for GGV Capital, Airbnb, and Facebook. He is also the Founding Director & CSO of CertiK. He graduated from Purdue University and Yale University.
Ben Middleton
Ben Middleton is a founding partner of Ascensive Assets. Ben was a successful high stakes poker player for over 8 years before applying his in-depth knowledge of game theory and risk management at the poker table to cryptocurrency trading. After trading and angel investing in crypto for several years Ben became a member of several prominent investment DAO’s such as Metacartel and ultimately co-founded Ascensive Assets in 2018 where he became an early investor and thought leader in the defi sector.
Jake Schwartz
Jake Schwartz is a Venture Partner at New Form focusing on firm strategy. Formerly Jake was co-founder and CEO of General Assembly, which sold to Adecco Group for over $400M in 2018. He has been actively investing in the blockchain sector since 2014 and is passionate about the technology's potential to challenge the existing structure of internet oligopolies. Jake holds a BA from Yale and an MBA from Wharton.
