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Adam Karren is the co-founder and CPO of Exchange Art and previously worked at Pricewaterhousecoopers. He graduated from Indiana University.
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Simon Wu
Simon Wu is the co-founder of Meex and formerly served as the chief security officer of Huobi.
Larisa Barbu
Larisa Barbu is the COO of Exchange Art and previously was a technology business analyst at Eurostar. She graduated from Manchester Business School, University of Manchester, UK
Horia Stanciu
Horia Stanciu, co-founder of Exchange Art and Code Canvas, is a graduate of the University of Manchester, UK.
Vanessa Grellet
Vanessa Grellet is a managing partner at Aglaé Ventures and was previously head of portfolio growth at CoinFund and executive director at ConsenSys. Prior to joining ConsenSys, she was the CEO of IIH, an innovative Wealth Management firm, a key member of PwC's global wealth management team, and a Corporate Strategy Executive for the NYSE, focusing on M&A.
Nishanta Dharmaseri
Nishanta Dharmaseri is the co-founder and chief data officer of Flowverse, who also previously worked at PWC. He graduated from the University of Melbourne, Australia.
Lorny Pfeifer
Lorny Pfeifer is the Grants Lead at Safe and was previously the community Manager for NEAR Protocol.
Joe Portela
Joe Portela is the co-founder of Roux. He graduated from the Stern School of Business at New York University.
Zirui Zhang
Rui co-founded gumi Cryptos Capital (gCC) at the beginning of 2018. Through gCC, he invested in the early rounds of companies and protocols, such as OpenSea, Qredo, YGG, 1Inch, Agoric, and Celsius. Recently, he launched the $110 million gCC Fund II, continuously investing in the early-stage blockchain and crypto sector. Before gCC, Rui led the global investment of gumi Group, investing in gaming, social media, VR&AR markets. His successful investments include inXile (acquired by Microsoft), Beat Games (via VR Fund, acquired by Facebook), and Theta Network. Rui also had a successful entrepreneurial experience before entering the VC industry. After around seven years of banking and consulting firm experience in his early career, he co-founded Zenith Group Holdings, which successfully exited via acquisition.
Gala Wen
Gala Wen is Director of Ecosystem Development at BNB Chain and was previously Head of Partnerships at OKX Marketplace, Investment Director at Zonff Partners, and Auditor at PWC. She graduated from the University of Washington.
Robert Materazzi
Robert Materazzi is the CEO of Lukka, the leading provider of enterprise software and data for crypto middle and back office solutions. Robert has extensive experience leading product, customer, risk, marketing, and other teams. Prior to Lukka, he spent six years at PricewaterhouseCoopers leading large-scale risk, cybersecurity, and technology transformations. Before joining PwC, Robert was a Marine AH-1W Super Cobra pilot for nine years.