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John Fiorelli is a venture partner at Kenetic and an advisor to Hypernative and Blockdaemon. He was previously the founder and CEO of Cut&Paste.
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Will Wang
Will Wang is a Founding Partner at TKX Capital, a full-service crypto investment bank in primary and secondary markets. Prior to this, he was the Head of Investment and Business Development at Huobi North America, a leading global crypto trading exchange.
Manish Gupta
Manish Gupta previously served as Executive Vice President of Engineering at Coinbase and also served as Vice President of Engineering at Lyft. He is a graduate of the University of Mumbai and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thomas Chippas
Thomas Chippas was previously the CEO of Argo Blockchain and has served as CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ella Qiang
Ella Qiang is Head of BD Asia Pacific at Berachain, an Venture Partner at Crypto.com Capital, and previously Head of Ecosystems & Partnerships at Cronos Labs and Director of Partnerships at Stellar Development Foundation. She has a BS in Finance from Indiana University's Kelley School of Business and an MBA from UCLA's Anderson School of Management.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is CEO of Borderless and previously was co-founder and Chief Technology Officer of Fortress Trust Company and Chief Product Officer of Prime Trust. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Peter Piekarczyk
Peter Piekarczyk is the founding engineer of Backpack. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Nicholas Garcia
Nicholas Garcia is founder and CEO of Fortunafi and founder and partner of Space Whale Capital. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Elliot Feeny
Elliot Feeny is the DeFi partner lead at Fortunafii and previously was Director of business Development at Blockdaemon. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ethan Chan
Ethan Chan is the CEO and co-founder of Allium and previously worked at Microsoft. He is a graduate of Stanford University and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
