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Ann Stefan is the Co-Founder and COO of Cubist. She is an experienced strategic executive who has worked as a COO in the fintech sector for seven years in a high-risk consumer segment. Throughout her career, she has focused on expanding into new markets, developing products, and quickly scaling up early-stage SaaS and fintech companies. She has a broad range of technical and management skills, including risk management, product development, sales, marketing, customer support, and government contracts. Her main expertise is in payment processing, online payments fraud prevention, and anti-money laundering programs, which she has gained through years of building and managing a fintech risk team and product in-house. She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical-Biological Engineering from MIT and is a member of the Board of Directors for First Generation Alumni of MIT.
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Riad Wahby
Riad Wahby is the Co-Founder and CEO of Cubist. Previously, he was a cryptographic researcher at Algorand and spent a decade as an analog and mixed-signal integrated circuit designer at Silicon Labs. He received his SB and MEng in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from MIT and his PhD in Computer Science from Stanford, where he was supported by a Ripple Fellowship.
Alessandro Chiesa
Alessandro Chiesa is the Co-Founder and Chief Scientist at StarkWare, Associate Professor at EPFL .
Arun Devabhaktuni
Arun Devabhaktuni is a professional with a background in systems biology, physics, and biology. He is currently a Lead Researcher at Mirana Ventures and an Angel Investor at Valhalla Capital. He has also served as the Chief Technical Officer and Co-Founder of ZenMaid Software. Arun has received a PhD in Systems Biology from Stanford University School of Medicine and a BS in Physics and Biology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Rodolfo Gonzalez
Rodolfo Gonzalez is the Partner of Foundation Capital. Rodolfo has an MBA from MIT Sloan’s School of Management, with concentrations in finance and entrepreneurship, and degrees in Marketing from ITESM and International Relations from UNAM Mexico.
Dan Elitzer
Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.
Theo Diamandis
Theo is pursuing an Electrical Engineering and Computer Science PhD at MIT, where he works on algorithms for and applications of mathematical optimization. These interests inevitably led to him being nerd sniped by Guillermo into working on crypto. When he’s not working on optimization solvers for DeFi-related applications, Theo can be found backpacking or skiing in the California Sierras.
Justin Jow
Justin Jow is the VP Finance at OpenSea.He is ex Uber, Google. He graduated from Harvard University and MIT-Sloan School.
Nitya Subramanian
Nitya Subramanian is the founder of Capsule. He was the former product lead of Celo. Nitya Subramanian graduated from MIT.
Sam Trabucco
Sam Trabucco is the former Co-CEO at Alameda Research. Previously, he worked as a trader on SIG's bond ETF desk. He graduated from MIT in 2015 with a degree in Math and Computer Science. I chose to pursue Math instead of Sports.
Paul Grewal
Paul Grewal is Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer.