Details
Tommy Chang is the Gaming lead of Spartan Capital, he was the head of research at Red Building Capital, and he also founded Block Panther, an ICO investment platform.
Education Experience
Relevance Person
Thomas Chippas
Thomas Chippas is the CEO of Argo Blockchain. Previously, he was CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni.
Sean Glennan
Sean Glennan is the Chief Financial Officer of Hut 8 Mining and was previously a Managing Director at Citibank. He is a graduate of the University of Notre Dame.
James Kow
James Kow is head of business development at Bitstamp. Before that he was an executive director at State Street Bank. He was also the head of foreign exchange e-commerce sales at Citibank and he worked at Bloomberg. He graduated from the National University of Singapore.
Thomas Scaria
Thomas Scaria is the Co-founder and CEO of Lore. He previously worked at Polychain Capital as an Entrepreneur In Residence. He graduated from the University of Southern California.
Munaf Ali
Munaf Ali is the founder and CEO of Phoenix Group and was previously a vice president at Citigroup.
Chung-Hsun Chang Chien
Chung-Hsun Chang Chien is principal analyst at Sharding Capital and previously a researcher at Red Building Capital. He graduated from Boston University and National Taipei University.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fortress Trust Company. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Peter Piekarczyk
Peter Piekarczyk is the founding engineer of Backpack. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Ian Lee
Ian Lee is the Co-Founder at Syndicate and formerly Managing Director of IDEO CoLab Ventures and General Partner at Digital Asset Investment Company. He focuses on blockchain technology, distributed ledgers, digital currencies, and Bitcoin. Previously, he was the head of Citi's Global Lab Network and led Citi's Blockchain Accelerator. He worked with Citi's innovation labs, venture investing team, business unit executives, and strategic partners to pursue important growth opportunities for Citi that required deep relationships, coordinated investment, and open collaboration. Ian also helped lead Citi's investments and activities in blockchain and distributed ledger technologies. Ian brings more than ten years of experience in strategy, innovation, and entrepreneurship to Citi Ventures. Before joining Citi Ventures in 2014, he helped build the global innovation organization at Deloitte, a $34B professional services firm. He co-founded two startups, including a communications app and social enterprise, and spent more than six years as a management consultant at Monitor-Deloitte. He holds an MBA from UC Berkeley and double bachelor degrees in Design Media Arts and Economics from UCLA.