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Aber Whitcomb is a seasoned technology executive with over two decades of experience in the tech industry. He is currently CTO and co-founder of Plai Labs, a next-generation social platform powered by web3 and AI. Before this, Whitcomb was CTO and co-founder of Jam City and partner at I/O Ventures. He was also formerly CTO and co-founder of MySpace. Whitcomb is a graduate of the University of Washington, where he earned his BS in Computer Science and Mathematics.
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Chris DeWolfe
Chris DeWolfe is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a successful track record in the mobile entertainment and social networking industries. He is currently the co-founder and CEO of Plai Labs and Jam City, a global leader in mobile entertainment that provides social gaming experiences. Before Jam City, Chris co-founded and served as CEO of MySpace, where he popularized social networking and revolutionized the music industry. In 2015, Chris received Ernst & Young's Entrepreneur of the Year award and the Producers Guild of America's Vanguard award in 2009. He studied finance at the University of Washington and attended the Marshall School of Business at the University of Southern California, which honored him in 2006 with the Alumni Entrepreneur of the Year award. Chris is an advisor at USC's Center for Entrepreneurial Studies and a board member of Uproxx Media Group.
Abhinav Vora
Abhinav Vora is the co-founder and CEO of Hyperline. He was previously the head of engineering at Lyft Pink and a software engineer at Meta and Microsoft. He graduated from RMIT University.
Matt Sorg
Matt Sorg is Vice President of technology at Solana and was previously a data scientist at Riot Games and co-founder of Concha Labs. He graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and the University of Washington.
Haichen Shen
Haichen Shen is the co-founder of Scroll and leads the engineering team. He is also an open-source enthusiast and has contributed to several open-source projects, including zkEVM, Apache TVM, and RAF. He studied at Tsinghua Yaoban for his undergraduate degree and received his Ph.D. from the University of Washington. His research focuses on the field of low-level systems. After graduating, he worked on building machine learning systems at Amazon.
Alex Shin
Alex Shin was previously a co-founder and partner at Hashed, and has also worked at Google and DocuSign.
Daniel Wilpon
Daniel Wilpon is the Head of NFTs at Anagram. He was previously a co-founder and partner of Omnichain Capital. He is a graduate of the Olin School of Business at Washington University in St. Louis.
Mihee Park
Mihee Park has over 30 years of work experience. Mihee began their career in 1991 as an Officer at Kyongnam Bank. In 1998, they became a Consultant at Korea M&A Corporation, where their main responsibilities included M&A Advisory. Mihee then moved on to Arthur Andersen in 1999 as a Senior Consultant. In 2002, they joined C&P Consulting as a Manager. From 2005 to 2018, they worked at Sibelco Group, where they held the roles of Chief Financial Officer - Asia, Vice President Corporate - Asia, Senior Corporate Finance Manager - Asia, Interim General Manager - Korea, and Integration Manager. In 2018, they joined Zilliqa as the Chief Financial Officer, where they worked on a high-performance, high-security blockchain platform for enterprises and next-generation applications. In 2022, they joined Big Time Studios as the Chief Financial Officer. Mihee Park attended the University of Washington from 1994 to 1997, where they obtained a Bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Management. Mihee then attended the Saïd Business School at the University of Oxford from 2017 to 2018, where they obtained a Certificate in Fintech. In March 2018, they also obtained the Oxford Fintech Programme certification from the University of Oxford Saïd Business School.
T.J. Ragsdale
T.J. Ragsdale is the CEO and co-founder of Raad Labs. He previously worked at MakerDAO, where he provided financing for real-world assets such as renewable energy projects and carbon credits.
Colin Butler
Colin Butler is the Global Head of Institutional Capital at Polygon Technology. He has 18 years of experience in the financial markets, including institutional equity sales and trading, private wealth management, and alternatives marketing.
Jeremy Wallis
Jeremy Wallis is an Investment Partner focused on blockchain infrastructure products. Prior to New Form, Jeremy was responsible for blockchain investing at Stonegate Digital. Before that, Jeremy worked on PE transactions at Boston-based Kamylon Holdings and also founded a currency exchange startup. He holds a BSc in economics from George Washington University.