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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.
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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.
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.
Valeriy Zamaraiev
Valeriy Zamaraiev is the Chief Technology Officer of 1kx and previously served as Head of Distributed Systems Engineering at Zilliqa. He graduated from the National Aeronautical University.
Christopher Heymann
Christopher Heymann is Founding Partner at 1kx, bootstrapping token networks. He was formerly CTO at Daily Ride and MassMatics.
Larry Florio
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.
Bethany D'Sylva
Bethany D'Sylva is a fund operations manager at Point Nine and former head of operations at 1kx.
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.
Henry Brodie
Henry Brodie is the head of operations at 1kx. He graduated from Oxford Brookes University in England.
Peter Yuan Pan
Professional meme and user experience connoisseur. Core team of the MetaCartel and Wizard of Dapps. Ecosystem strategy, ethereum, dapps, venture, memes, culture, consumer. Peter Yuan Pan is a partner at 1kx and co-founder of Hydra Ventures and MetaCartel Ventures. He is interested in blockchain ecosystem strategy, Ethereum, DApps, venture capital, and consumer culture, and currently focuses on understanding the shift in user awareness around data ownership and supporting Web 3.0.