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Dave Bean

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Dave Bean is former Chief Operating Officer of Gear and was previously business development manager at Coinbase and Head of business development at Earn.com.

Investments

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Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Layer3 Layer3
Series A -- $ 15 M
Jun 12, 2024

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