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Brock Elmore is Lead Architect of Nascent, Co-Founder of Topo Finance, Founder of Block Torch Capital, maximizing your open finance experience.
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Grace Wang
Grace Wang is a senior software engineer at World. He studied at the University of Pennsylvania and later worked in software development before cofounding Salsa in 2022.
Dan Elitzer
Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.
Ankit Wadhwa
Ankit Wadhwa is the Co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of Rario. He holds an MBA from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.
Yuan Han Li
Yuan Han Li is a Principal at Blockchain Capital. He joined the firm in March of 2021. Yuan conducts investment diligence and also supports portfolio companies and DAOs. Prior to Blockchain Capital, Yuan was the Co-President of Penn Blockchain—one of the world’s largest student-run blockchain organizations. While there, Yuan led all of Penn Blockchain’s governance activities in addition to overseeing recruiting and business development. Yuan studied Computer Science and Philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, where he chose to withdraw in his final year to commit his time fully to crypto. In his spare time, Yuan enjoys cooking, skiing, playing strategy games, and listening to classical music.
Josh Felker
Josh Felker is co-founder of Nascent. Previously, he founded Vigilant Global Trading in Montreal, which was acquired by DRW Trading in 2012, where he spent five years as a partner overseeing liquidity provision, risk/directional trading, venture capital, cryptocurrency trading, and more. Josh holds a Bachelor's degree in Genetics from Western University.
Theresa Regenstreif
Theresa Regenstreif leads Finance, Operations, and People at Nascent. Previously, Theresa was Head of Finance at an early stage Fintech company that was acquired, with a VC who built and invested in early stage consumer facing Fintech companies, and worked with an impact investor seeding early stage agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa. Theresa holds a graduate degree in Accountancy from John Molson School of Business, Concordia University.
Alfredo Terrero
Alfredo Terrero is the Co-Founder and COO of IntoTheBlock. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School.
Alejo Pinto
Alejo Pinto is the founder of Pontem Network and previously worked at BlockFi. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania.
Katherine Minarik
Katherine Minarik is chief legal officer at Uniswap, and previously she was vice President of Legal at Coinbase. She graduated from the University of Pennsylvania and the London School of Economics and Political Science.
Yelena Cavanaugh
Yelena Cavanaugh is general counsel of the Solana Foundation and previously worked at Cooley LLP. He is a Juris Doctor from the University of California, Berkeley School of Law.