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Sanat Rao is a former general Partner at BlockTower Capital.
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Avi Felman
Avi Felman is a former general partner at GoldenChain and head of digital asset trading at Goldentree, and previously worked at BlockTower Capital, Wave Financial, and was co-founder of Ledger Capital.
Kevin Chan
Kevin Chan is a vice president at BlockTower Capital and was previously the founder of Wristband. He also previously worked at Deloitte. Kevin Chan graduated from Cornell University.
Blake Richardson
Blake Richardson is a co-founder of Superform and was previously Head of DeFi at BlockTower Capital. He graduated from George Washington University with a degree in economics.
Vivek Girotra
Vivek Girotra is Vice President of Growth Marketing at Abound. He holds an MBA from the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley and a BS in Electrical Engineering from the University of Mumbai.
Vikram Arun
Vikram Arun is a co-founder of Superform and was previously an investor at BlockTower Capital and co-founder of Ledger Group. He is a graduate of Washington University in St. Louis.
Siddharth Menon
Siddharth Menon is co-founder of Tegro & WazirX and previously co-founder of Crowdfire. He graduated from the University of Bombay.
Michael Bucella
Michael Bucella is the Co-Founder & Managing Partner at Neoclassic Capital. He presively was the General Partner at BlockTower Capital, and Securities Division at Goldman Sachs.
Ryan Silva
Ryan Silva is the Head of Trading at BlockTower Capital. Previously, he was a Senior Portfolio Manager at Celsius, where he led global CeFi Trading and Market Insights teams. Before entering the digital asset space, Ryan was a Portfolio Manager at KLS Diversified, a multi-billion-dollar global macro and fixed income relative value hedge fund in NYC. Ryan has extensive experience in traditional capital markets, having worked at RBS Greenwich Capital and Merrill Lynch & Co. Ryan is a CFA Charterholder, holds a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University, and is an advocate for empowering people with disabilities to participate in athletics.
Jack Carlisle
Jack Carlisle is the Director of Credit at BlockTower Capital's Credit Fund, where he co-leads the firm's investment activities. Jack is focused on specialty finance solutions for non-traditional lenders and loan purchase agreements. Previously, Jack worked at Hildene Capital Management, where he was a Senior Investment Analyst. At Hildene, Jack covered primary and secondary trading for the firm's positions in asset-backed securities, legacy collateralized debt obligations, and mortgage-backed securities.
Aahana Somani
Aahana Somani is the Head of Business Development and Investment at Exceed. She was previously the Head of Ecosystem Growth and Partnerships at Router Protocol.She also previously worked at NEAR Protocol. Aahana Somani graduated from Kishinchandh Cheralam College and holds a Master's degree in Philosophy from the University of Mumbai.