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Professional meme and user experience connoisseur. Core team of the MetaCartel and Wizard of Dapps. Ecosystem strategy, ethereum, dapps, venture, memes, culture, consumer. Peter Yuan Pan is a partner at 1kx and co-founder of Hydra Ventures and MetaCartel Ventures. He is interested in blockchain ecosystem strategy, Ethereum, DApps, venture capital, and consumer culture, and currently focuses on understanding the shift in user awareness around data ownership and supporting Web 3.0.
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Christopher Heymann
Christopher Heymann is Founding Partner at 1kx, bootstrapping token networks. He was formerly CTO at Daily Ride and MassMatics.
Alex Masmej
Alex Masmej is the Founder of Showtime, part of MetaCartel, founding member Marketing DAO, member Stake Capital DAO. Technologists push mankind forward. Obsessed with helping humanity with crypto & Web 3.0; Business stuff at MetaCartel DAO; living at 42 Silicon Valley.
Terry Chung
Terry Chung is Head of Strategy at Eclipse and was previously a research analyst at 1kx. He holds a bachelor's degree in mathematics from Columbia University.
Bethany D'Sylva
Bethany D'Sylva is a fund operations manager at Point Nine and former head of operations at 1kx.
Lasse Clausen
Lasse Clausen is a founding partner of 1kx, an advisor to Loki, Perlin, Dock, Request Network, and Fund Request, and a skeptical optimist. He enjoys discovering coffee and other things around the world.
Jack Sun
Jack Sun is professionally deeply immersed in the realm of Web3 and beyond. He currently serves as the Head of Crypto at Wonderstruck and holds the position of Venture Partner at Maverick Crypto. Jack is actively involved in multiple Venture DAOs, including GCR, Steel DAO, Hydra Ventures, and Punk DAO. His previous experience encompasses Research & Investment at Steel Perlot, Head of Operations at Overlay Market, and Partnerships Manager at TrustToken (TUSD). Recognized for his contributions, Jack has also built noteworthy projects such as SquadWealth and SmolQuants.
Nichanan Kesonpat
Nichanan Kesonpat works in research at 1kx and was previously Director of the 1kx Platform. Before that, she was Mochi! Smart contract Engineer. She graduated from the University of California, Berkeley.
Wei Dai
Wei Dai focuses on zero-knowledge cryptography and protocol design. Prior to his work as a research partner at 1kx, W. Dai worked as a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto. He also held research positions at NTT Research, the University of Washington, and Visa Research, where he contributed to cutting-edge research in the field of blockchain technology. W. Dai obtained his Ph.D. from UC San Diego and holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the College of Creative Studies at UCSB, as well as a Masters's from UCSB.
Diana Biggs
Diana Biggs is a partner at 1kx and an associate research fellow at Said Business School, University of Oxford. She graduated from McGill University in Canada.
Valeriy Zamaraiev
Valeriy Zamaraiev is the Chief Technology Officer of 1kx and previously served as Head of Distributed Systems Engineering at Zilliqa. He graduated from the National Aeronautical University.