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Pete joined Jump Capital in 2016, bringing with him a solid background in commercial strategy and operational leadership. He was previously Principal and Operating Partner at Manasota Capital, having served as CEO and Board Member of one of its portfolio companies, RGB Lights. Before that, he was at RR Donnelley & Sons, where he held various strategic finance positions, such as corporate development, mergers & acquisitions, investor relations, and financial planning & analysis. He also worked at SIRVA, Inc. in operational roles, including product management, project management, six sigma quality, and the SIRVA Leadership Program. Pete holds a B.S. in Mathematics from Purdue University and an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management.
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Kunal Karani
Kunal Karani is the chief Business officer of E Money Network after being the co-founder of Finance Blocks. He also served as CEO and chief strategy officer of Turing Labs. Kunal Karani is a 4-time entrepreneur with over 10 years of technology experience and a deep understanding of multiple sectors. He graduated from Purdue University in the United States.
Jacob McDorman
Jacob McDorman is the co-founder and CTO of Saga and previously was the co-founder of Cellaflora, a software consulting firm. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Purdue University.
Saurabh Sharma
Saurabh Sharma is a General Partner at Jump Crypto, leading crypto and infrastructure investments. He is an ex-operator, ex-quant trader, theatre buff, Booth MBA, and Cornell CS graduate. Areas of interest include: - Blockchain - L1/L2 protocols, Web 3.0 Infrastructure, Decentralized/Open Finance, Scalability & Interoperability, Developer Tools, Digital Asset Management (Trading, Credit, Wealth Management) - Cloud Native IT Infrastructure - Data Management, Cybersecurity, ML powered Intelligent Applications.
Xiahong Lin
Xiahong Lin is the co-founder of Continue Capital, he founded the blockchain prediction market Bodhi, and worked as a Twitter Android developer.
Matt Leisinger
Matt is the CEO and Co-Founder of Alluvial Finance. Alluvial is building the enterprise liquid staking standard. Recently, he was the Head of Liquid Staking Products at Figment, a blockchain infrastructure company focused on building web3. Prior to joining Figment, Matt spent 12 years in the proprietary trading space, leading teams in building high-frequency, algorithmic trading systems. He was a Partner and Managing Director at Transmarket Group. Matt graduated from Purdue University with a degree in Computer Engineering and from the University of Chicago with a Master's in Computer Science.
Yuan Xia
Yuan Xia is the Founder & CEO of Secure3. Previously, he worked for GGV Capital, Airbnb, and Facebook. He is also the Founding Director & CSO of CertiK. He graduated from Purdue University and Yale University.
Mickey Maher
Mickey Maher is currently the Chief Business Officer at Amplica Labs and was previously the SVP of Platform and Blockchain Partnerships at Dapper Labs.
Kristal Gruevski
Kristal Gruevski is the founder and general counsel of Zivoe. He is a graduate of Purdue University and Cooley Law School.
Jiang Xuxian
Jiang Xuxian is the founder of PeckShield, the Chief Scientist of 360, and a professor at the University of North Carolina.
Paul Stahura
Paul Stahura is the Lead Advisory Board member and Co-Founder at D3. He is an influential entrepreneur and visionary in the field of domain names and internet infrastructure. As the co-founder and former CEO of eNom and Donuts Inc, Paul revolutionized the domain name industry by leading the expansion of the internet's domain name system. Under his guidance, Donuts became the world's largest registry of new generic top-level domains (.org, .au, .business, .email, and many others). Beyond his accomplishments at Donuts, Paul has served on the board of directors for the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN). Paul holds a Bachelor of Science and Master’s Degree in Electrical Engineering from Purdue University.