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Yao Marian Tong is the co-founder and managing partner of Syntax Capital.
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Max Li
Max (Chong) Li is the founder and CEO of Oort, a venture partner at Aves Lair and an adjunct associate professor at Columbia University. Prior to that, he worked at Qualcomm Research on 4G LTE and 5G system design. He is a senior member of the IEEE.
Michael A. Robinson
Michael A. Robinson is the Foundation chairman of Oort and co-founder and managing partner of Aves Lair. He graduated from Virginia Tech.
Marian Yao Tong
Marian Yao Tong is a managing partner at Aves Lair and former president of Lair East. She graduated from Huazhong University of Science and Technology and New York University.
Francis Berwa
Francis Berwa is co-founder and managing partner of Aves Lair and partner of zkPass. He is a graduate of Wright State University.
Kevin Valentine
Kevin Valentine is the Partner at Aves Lair. He also is the Managing Partner at Alisio Ventures. Advisor at Osiri University.
Elena Obukhova
Elena Obukhova, the founder of Supermoon, previously served as the co-founder and CEO of FlashBack, and she also worked at Aves Lair. An entrepreneur, business strategist, cryptocurrency and NFT enthusiast, she joined the Web3 space in 2014 and has published more than 30 articles in the field. Elena Obukhova has repeatedly been named one of the most influential women in the blockchain space.
Sean (Sichao) Yang
Sean (Sichao) Yang is Head of technology at Oort and a managing partner at Aves Lair. He graduated from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Shanghai Jiao Tong University.