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Han Kao is the founder of Crypto Briefing & Sanctor Capital and has been analyzing and investing in the blockchain space since 2013. He is a serial entrepreneur with international experience, multiple successful exits and 20+ years in IT and media. Han graduated from Columbia University with a B.A. in Economics.
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Jay Putera
Jay Putera is Co-Founder at Strategic Round Capital (SRC) & Sanctor Capital & Partner at Crypto Briefing. He is also an early stage investor in numerous blockchain based companies.
Ilya Abugov
Ilya Abugov is the Partner of Sanctor Capital. Ilya was Head of Research at Crypto Briefing and Lead Analyst at DappRadar. He also has a background in traditional management consulting, IT consulting, and equities, including time at Man Group and Fidelity Investments.
Jason
Jason is the Chief Financial Officer at Nakamoto Finance. He is a Certified Public Accountant and holds an MBA in Finance from Columbia Business School. He previously served as the Finance Director at a leading startup technology company.
Chaosmos
Chaosmos is the Head of Asia at Botanix and previously worked at CoinDesk and NEAR Protocol. He graduated from Columbia Journalism School.
Dan Roberts
Dan is the former Editor in Chief at Variant. He has been writing about crypto since 2011. Prior to joining Variant, Dan was Editor in Chief at crypto news site Decrypt, where he recruited a team of writers and editors, led the site’s news strategy, created and hosted the gm podcast, planned and emceed live events, and moderated panels at conferences around the world. Before that, he spent five years at Yahoo Finance and five years at Fortune. He has written about tech, sports business, and books for a broad range of publications including Sports Illustrated, TIME, Vice, Air Mail, The Guardian, The Paris Review, NPR, Deadspin, Salon, The Daily Beast, The Morning News, and many more. He is the primary author of the 2013 book “Zoom: How to Supercharge Your Career.” He graduated from Middlebury College and the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism.
Kevin Zhang
Kevin has led early-stage investments in financial technology and developer products since joining Bain Capital Ventures in 2017. Prior to Bain Capital, Kevin was the first business hire and Head of Product at Fundera, a lending marketplace acquired by NerdWallet (NASDAQ: NRDS). After hard weeks in the email salt mines, Kevin likes to catch Magic: the Gathering prereleases and watch Team Liquid play Starcraft.
Srini Dhulipala
Srini Dhulipala is a General Partner at New Form managing Liquid Opportunities. He has 20+ years of experience running business verticals in risk management, portfolio construction and trading. Formerly, he was CIO & Founder of Kildonan Castle Asset Management; Head of Proprietary Credit trading and Global Head of Credit trading at Merrill Lynch/Bank of America; Credit Derivatives trader at Morgan Stanley. A former automotive design engineer, Srini holds and MBA from Columbia University and MS (Mech Eng) from Virginia Tech.
Sean Lippel
Sean Lippel is a general partner at FinTech Collective, having previously worked at Salesforce Ventures and Credit Suisse. He graduated from Columbia Business School and the Ross School of Business at the University of Michigan.
Hart Lambur
Hart Lambur is Co-founder of UMA Protocol. He is a believer in Universal Market Access and decentralized finance. Previously, he was the founder of Openfolio, a trader at Goldman Sachs, and a Computer Science graduate from Columbia University.
Max Crown
Max Crown is the Chief Executive Officer of TON Foundation and Co-Founder and Chief Financial Officer of MoonPay Max started his career at Mercedes-Benz McLaren in 2004 and has gained experience in a variety of finance, operations and risk roles in three different countries over more than a decade. On the academic front, Max earned a Bachelor's degree in Business Studies from City University London in 2004, followed by a Master's degree in Finance from London Business School in 2009. He then earned an MBA from Columbia Business School in 2014.
