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Kevin Chan is a vice president at BlockTower Capital and was previously the founder of Wristband. He also previously worked at Deloitte. Kevin Chan graduated from Cornell University.
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Omar Kanji
Omar Kanji is a partner at Dragonfly. He is a graduate of Harvard Business School, Cornell University and Upper Canada College.
Alexander Lin
Alexander Lin is a co-founder of Reforge and was previously Head of Research at Shima Capital and a venture partner at Old Fashioned Research. Alex started his career in consulting at Deloitte, and subsequently held roles in engineering and product at Teads (acquired by Altice) and Concertiv (majority acquired by Long Arc Capital). Alex is also the co-founder of Tether Health, an early-stage digital health startup. Alex earned a BS in Applied Mathematics with double minors in Computer Science and Economics from VMI, and received a Technical MBA with a concentration in Computer Engineering from Cornell University.
Jack Gorman
Jack is the data scientist at Variant. In this role, he uses data analytics and modeling to help Variant and its portfolio founders make better data-driven decisions. Prior to Variant, Jack worked at Deloitte Consulting in its AI & Data Engineering practice focusing on big data, cloud computing, and AI applications. Jack has contributed to onchain data analytics and research for various protocols on platforms like Dune Analytics and Flipside Crypto. He is particularly interested in onchain identities and token distribution. Jack holds a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from Georgia Tech. In his free time, Jack enjoys hiking, competing in triathlons, and reading.
Mind Apivessa
Mind Apivessa is the co-founder of Station Labs, previously held positions at Meta and IBM. He graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Conner Symmetry
Conner Symmetry is the co-founder and CTO of Station, and previously he was a protocol architect at Syndicate. He graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
John Wu
John Wu is the President of Ava Labs, a technology company backed by Andresseen Horowitz that is building the next-generation blockchain platform: Avalanche. His mission is to make financial services and products accessible to everyone. He is using his experience of more than 20 years as a fintech executive and technology investor to create a blockchain-based solution for the origination, issuance, and trading of financial assets. Previously, John was the CEO of the SharesPost Digital Assets Group, which enabled compliant token trading of private shares and funds. Before that, he was a technology investor and the founder of Sureview Capital, a hedge fund supported by the Blackstone Group. John began his investment career at Tiger Management, a distinguished hedge fund that had $20 billion in assets under management at its peak. Afterwards, he managed a global technology portfolio at Kingdon Capital. John received his MBA from Harvard University and holds a BS in Economics from Cornell University.
Mike Jones
Mike Jones is a talent partner at Dragonfly, and previously she was head of technical recruiting at OKX. She graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Gengmo Qi
Gengmo Qi is a partner at Dragonfly and was previously a researcher and engineer at Chainlink. He graduated from Cornell University and the University of Chicago.
Robert Bogucki
Robert Bogucki is a portfolio manager at Brevan Howard Digital and previously was a managing director at Galaxy Digital. He graduated from Cornell University in the United States.
Alex Marinier
Alex Marinier is Founder & General Partner at New Form. Previously, Alex was an investor at Sand Hill firm DCM Ventures, where he led the firm's expansion into blockchain investing. Prior to that, Alex worked in private equity at Blackstone in New York underwriting secondary transactions. He's a seed investor in Compound Finance, Blockfolio, and Chia among others. A native New Yorker, Alex holds a BSc from Cornell's SC Johnson College of Business.