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Aziz Ali is the Partner & Chief Operating Officer at Cypher Capital. Presively, he worked as Chief Strategy Officer at Phoenix Technology.
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Elaine Liu
Elaine Liu is a Partner at the Cypher Capital Group. Her core responsibilities reside within Cypher’s Investor relations and its Asian ecosystem build-up. Before joining the Cypher Capital Group, Elaine served as an operating partner at Trustbridge Partners, a global growth-oriented PE firm with more than $15bn AUM. Elaine is also one of the major investors in ICB Hiring Platform. Prior to this, Elaine Liu served as the senior vice president of Meituan Dianping.
Farbod Nassiri
Farbod Nassiri is the Finance Manager at Cypher Capital. Having joined the Phoenix Group in 2021 as a Day Trader Farbod’s attention to detail and work ethic quickly saw him promoted to Finance Manager for the newly established Cypher Capital in 2022. With more than 12 years of experience in the field of civil and marine construction along with a history of operational and coordinating excellence Farbod excels in his chosen field. Farbod also has a passion for Blockchain projects and Crypto in general and he lends this expertise to the wider Phoenix Group daily. Holding a bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering, Farbod speaks Farsi and English fluently.
Bill Qian
Bill Qian is the Chairman of Cypher Capital. Prior to joining Cypher Capital, he was the Global Head of Fundraising, Binance Labs, and M&A for Binance. Before that, he was the Head of Investment of Fintech/Tech for JD.COM, an Asian internet giant with an annual e-commerce transaction value of more than $400 billion. Bill has also worked with Trustbridge Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity fund with more than $15 billion in assets under management, and has invested and managed over $20 billion in Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 projects in his career. Bill considers himself a "web-native investor" and is looking for exceptional founders in the Web 3.0 industry.
Bijan Alizadeh
Bijan is a leader within the blockchain ecosystem and has a longstanding track record of spearheading blockchain adoption in the MENA region and globally. In 2015, Bijan co-founded Phoenix (part of the Phoenix Group of companies), which is building one of the largest mining farms in the United Arab Emirates. Bijan also co-founded Phoenix VC, a venture capital firm that has successfully invested $10 million in blockchain startups. Following Phoenix VC’s great success, Bijan established Cypher Capital. It is covering venture capital, public markets, nodes, mining, etc., and is recognized globally with its highly successful track record of investments. Bijan believes in working with visionary innovators and outstanding talent to create a holistic blockchain community, whereby the ecosystem can benefit and grow.
Vineet Budki
Vineet Budki is the Managing Partner & CEO at Cypher Capital. At his previous venture capital fund, Vineet led over 100+ investments in the crypto and blockchain space, investing in blockchain startups like Casper Labs, KILT and Sheesha Finance, among others . Vineet has been building and scaling startups in the tech space for over 15 years across Southeast Asia , China, the Middle East and India . An Alumnus of lE Business School and Cornell University, Vineet has worked in global organizations like Emirates Airlines, TATA Consultancy Services , and Rocket Internet. He created Videocon d2h Online , the biggest DTH e -commerce player in India, and was part of the core team at Paytronic Network before starting Guiddoo World .