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Kevin Lu is the co-founder and CEO of Friendzone and the co-founder of Scalene. Kevin Lu, who also previously served as Head of Growth for Band Protocol, has over 6 years of experience in the Web3 space. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
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Sasha MacKinnon
Sasha MacKinnon is the founder of Mino Games. She graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, founded Bit Battalion, and worked as a Technical Assistant to the CEO at Zynga.
Marcus Lim
Marcus Lim is the founder and CEO of PEXX and was previously the founder and CEO of Zipmex. He is a graduate of the University of New South Wales in Sydney and McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University.
Jake Fitzgerald
Jake Fitzgerald is the co-founder and Head of Product at Lyra, having previously worked at AirTree Ventures and Meta. He graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney and New York University in the United States.
William Wu
William Wu is the Co-CEO of Catheon Gaming. Previously, he was an investment professional at Oaktree Capital Management in Hong Kong, focusing on special situations and distressed private equity opportunities, as well as a consultant at McKinsey & Co.
Ru Chiang
Ru Chiang is the CTO of Candy Shop. He began his career directly in the cryptocurrency industry, and has created solutions for various areas, including cryptocurrency exchanges, custodians, and web3 native applications. He oversaw the development of the custody product at Hex Trust, a licensed Hong Kong digital asset custodian, and helped to build the exchange/internal custody product at Crypto.com. He was also a participant of the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park incubation program, where he developed a platform for sharing community goods to reduce food waste. Before founding Candy Shop, he headed a team that built an NFT fractionalization product, which won first place in the Serum and Wormhole hackathon.
Vincent Shang
Vincent Shang is a Partner at AC Capital where he has extensive experience in project incubation, community marketing and business development and compliance. Vincent Shang graduated from the University of New South Wales in Sydney.
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.
Andy Chen Fang
Andy Chen Fang is the Co-Founder at Scalene and formerly Lead Governance Architect at Synthetix, Technical Advisor at Forefront News. Start-up fanatic, designer, and front-end developer that loves every stage of the product cycle. Particularly interested in modern products that compete against legacy financial products.
Tascha Punyaneramitdee
Tascha Panpan is the founder and CEO of INIT Capital, as well as the founder and advisor of Stella, and previously was Head of strategy for Band Protocol. She is a graduate of Harvard Business School and the University of California, Berkeley.
Anouska Streets
Anouska is the V.P. of Engineering at Chainalysis. With over 20 years of experience across diverse industries such as banking, crypto, government, telecoms, and insurance, Anouska has demonstrated expertise in building high-performing teams and leveraging cutting-edge technologies. Her focus on fostering a culture of continuous improvement and collaboration empowers engineers to deliver their best work and explore innovative ideas.