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Michael Kraines was the Chief Financial Officer of the Digital Currency Group.
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Cameron Winklevoss
Cameron Winklevoss is the Co-founder and President of Gemini, a next-generation Bitcoin exchange. He graduated from Harvard University with a degree in Economics and earned an MBA from Oxford University. In 2008, he represented the United States at the Olympics Games in Beijing, China, where he placed 6th. Since 2003, Cameron has been an angel investor and entrepreneur in emerging technologies. He began participating in the Bitcoin economy through direct investment in 2012.
Amar Kuchinad
Amar Kuchinad is the CEO of Copper. He has over 20 years of experience in financial markets, having served as Chief Strategy Officer at Trumid, CEO of Electronifie (a corporate bond trading platform acquired by Trumid in May 2017). Prior to founding Electronifie in 2014, Amar served as Senior Policy Advisor in the Trading and Markets Division at the SEC. Previously, he led multiple equity options, emerging markets, and credit trading businesses at Goldman Sachs and Credit Suisse. Amar graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University and was a member of the track and field team.
Geoff Hamilton
Geoff is an Investment Research Partner at Variant, where he focuses primarily on DeFi. Prior to joining Variant, Geoff spent 15 years investing in private and public companies. During that time, helped start and grow five investment firms, including Askesis Capital, Dayah Capital, Sachem Head Capital Management, and Conatus Capital. Before that, Geoff worked at Bain Capital and Bain & Company and studied Economics at Harvard.
James Hutchins
James is the Co-founder and Managing Partner at NIV. He leads the firm’s research efforts, and is passionate about leveraging data to uncover new trends, inform investment decisions, and support portfolio companies. James has been a full-time crypto investor since 2018, and was previously Head of Research at Coatue Management. He holds an AB in Economics from Harvard.
Travis Scher
Travis is co-founder and Managing Partner at NIV. Prior to founding NIV, he led investments at Digital Currency Group from 2015-2019, during which time he invested in over 100 crypto startups and protocols across dozens of countries. Travis started his career as an M&A attorney at Skadden Arps. He holds a BBA from Emory University’s Goizueta Business School, and a JD from the University of Michigan Law School.
David Bonanno
David Bonanno is CFOat Bullish and was previously chief financial officer at Far Peak Acquisition Corp. He holds a BA in psychology from Harvard University.
Cully Cavness
Cully Cavness is the Co-Founder, President, and COO of Crusoe Energy. He was educated at Harvard Business School Executive Education.
Glenn Hutchins
Glenn is co-founder and Chairman at NIV. Previously, he co-founded the private equity firm Silver Lake. He is currently a director of AT&T, Co-Chair of the Brookings Institution, Chair of CARE, and Vice Chair of the Obama Foundation. He was a Director and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York from 2011-2020. Glenn founded the Hutchins Family Foundation which has created the Hutchins Center for African & African American Research at Harvard University and the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy at The Brookings Institution. He holds an AB from Harvard College, a JD from Harvard Law School, and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Li Jin
Li Jin is the co-founder of Variant Fund and the founder of Atelier Ventures. Prior to that, Li Jin was a partner at Andreessen Horowitz (a16z).
Will Roller
Will Roller is Head of Growth at Hyperline and was previously Head of Product at Multiplyr and a member of the founding team at Affine DeFi. He graduated from Harvard University.