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Larry Florio is the general counsel of 1kx and co-founder of Thing3. He is a graduate of Rutgers University School of Law and Rutgers State University of New Jersey at New Brunswick.
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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.
Bethany D'Sylva
Bethany D'Sylva is a fund operations manager at Point Nine and former head of operations at 1kx.
Gunjan Mehta
Gunjan Mehta is Head of Product and Growth at Lore and previously worked as a Partnerships Analyst at Wyre, a Partnerships and investment Analyst at Hydrogen, and a financial Analyst at Morgan Stanley.
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.
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.
Jake Brukhman
Jake Brukhman is a highly experienced technologist and researcher of crypto economic systems and decentralized networks. As the founder of CoinFund, he has deep technical and financial knowledge in the field of blockchain technologies and decentralized systems. Jake has a background in mathematics and computer science, and his expertise includes distributed systems, web development, product management, private equity research, and startups. Prior to founding CoinFund, Jake served as a Partner and CTO at Triton Research, a technical product manager and engineer at amazon.com, and worked in financial technology in New York City for five years. With his extensive experience and knowledge, Jake is a leading figure in the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry.
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.
Stuart Alderoty
Stuart Alderoty is Chief Legal Officer at Ripple. Stuart brings more than 30 years of legal experience to the role with expertise in financial services and regulatory affairs. He’s been General Counsel and part of the executive leadership teams at CIT Group and HSBC North America Holdings. Stuart also was Managing Counsel at American Express where he served on the leadership team of the President and CEO of American Express’ Consumer Card Business. Stuart began his career in private practice and was a partner with the international law firm of LeBouef, Lamb, Greene and MacRae where he specialized in litigation.
Dmitriy Berenzon
Dmitriy Berenzon is the Partner at Archetype, former Research Partner at 1k(x), where he focuses on Crypto Research, Due Diligence, and Investments. In addition to Research, he spends a significant part of his week working with Portfolio Projects on Fundraising, Business Development, and Token Model Design. He was previously a Research Partner at Bollinger Investment Group, where he led Crypto Research and Investments, and worked with CoinFund, a Crypto-focused Investment Firm. Prior to this, Dmitriy was an Assistant Vice President with Deutsche Bank Labs, where he engaged with Startups, Investors, and Academia to discover, evaluate, and adopt innovative technologies into the Bank.