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Mick Hagen is the founder and CEO of Hifi Finance and Hightop. He's also a budding angel investor, having made several investments in startups like MyCrypto and others in recent years. Mick is an entrepreneur, investor and advisor in the startup ecosystem. After dropping out of Princeton University (computer science), Mick founded Zinch, an ed-tech company connecting students globally with opportunities in higher education. Mick helped Zinch grow to an international, 8-figure revenue-run-rate startup that served millions of students and 800+ colleges & universities worldwide. After six years, Zinch was acquired by Chegg (CHGG, NYSE) for $45mm. Mick is currently CEO of Mainframe -- a new decentralized messaging protocol focused on productivity. A few of Mick's notable angel investments include Andela, Kalo, Degreed, Origin, Dice, Weav, and Good Audience. Mick is also a crypto investor and bought his first Bitcoin in 2013. Mick leads a crypto investment syndicate which focuses on early-stage, private pre-sale investments in blockchain projects. Some recent pre-sale investments include Polkadot, ICON, Wanchain, Zilliqa, Aion. Mick's crypto syndicate will invest between to $6-8M per month. Mick has been a speaker at various industry events including Techcrunch Disrupt, Mobile World Congress, Founders Forum, Gartner CIO Forum, InboxLove, TedX, Latitude59 and others. He’s a mentor to various accelerators including Techstars, Ignite, Barclays, StartupWiseGuys and CyLon. His writing has been featured in various newspapers and magazines, including Fortune Magazine and Techcrunch. Mick has been named to the v100 (Top high tech entrepreneurs) and Top 40 business persons under 40 by Utah Business Magazine. Mick's work has been featured in the New York Times, Boston Globe, US News, Washington Post, CNN, and ABC among others. Mick also enjoys philanthropy/charity work and is currently on the Board of an international non-profit, Effect.org.
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Terry Rossi
Terry Rossi is the Co-Founder & CEO at Woah. Previously, he was the investment director of Blockchange Ventures, a founding team member of Tachyon Accelerator, and an investment analyst at ConsenSys. He holds a BA in Computer Science from Princeton University.
Max Branzburg
Max Branzburg is Head of consumer products at Coinbase and a graduate of Princeton University.
Can Sun
Can Sun was previously general counsel at FTX. He is also a J.D. from Yale University.
Shane Molidor
Shane Molidor was CEO of Business Development at AscendEX, former Global Head of FBG One, which is the client-facing trading division of FBG Capital. FBG One operates an over-the-counter (“OTC”) desk to service clients seeking to trade large quantities of crypto assets, as well as a designated market making program to support token projects following issuance. FBG One trades upwards of $1B per month, and the team consists of over 20 professionals across trading, IT, and business development. Prior to joining FBG One, Mr. Molidor worked in business development at Gemini Trust Company, LLC: a fully regulated New York-based cryptocurrency exchange and custodian founded by Cameron and Tyler Winklevoss. Mr. Molidor has worked alongside premiere trading institutions, token projects, and regulators in the cryptocurrency ecosystem since 2015. His experience has equipped him with an intimate understanding of exchange infrastructure, custody solutions, evolving regulation, and marketplace dynamics. Mr. Molidor holds a Bachelor of Arts from Princeton University and also attended The London School of Economics where he studied Economics.
Tim Wagner
Tim Wagner is the Co-founder and CEO of Vendia. He previously served as VP Engineering at Coinbase. Tim Wagner holds a Bachelor's degree from Princeton University in the United States, and a Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley.
Aman Dhesi
Aman Dhesi is a Co-founder and CTO of Stelo Labs. Previously, he was an Investor, exploring, writing, and building projects. He was also a Software Engineer/Tech Lead and Machine Learning specialist at DoorDash, and a Product Manager at Square. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science from Princeton University, and a Bachelor's degree in Electrical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur.
Rick Schonberg
Rick Schonberg is head of custody at Coinbase and was previously Senior managing Director at State Street and head of global product Development at LCH. He holds a Bachelor's degree in economics from Princeton University.
Ash Egan
Ash Egan is the Founder of Archetype and a former Partner and Web3 investor at Accomplice VC, where he focused on investing in blockchain and crypto-enabled protocols, applications, and companies. With a background in venture capital, Ash has held several prominent positions in the industry. He was a founding Principal on the venture team at ConsenSys, where he led investments in BlockFi, Vault, RocketPool, and Quantstamp. Prior to that, he worked at Converge VC, where he focused primarily on blockchain/crypto and machine learning applications, and led the firm's investment in Chainalysis' seed round. Ash received his AB in American Politics from Princeton University, where he captained the Men's Varsity Squash team and played on the National Champion Team in 2012. He is a World Economic Forum Global Shaper and serves as an advisor to university students at Harvard Ventures and uConsortium. Ash has been published in Coindesk, VentureBeat, and the Boston Globe.
Arianne Flemming
Arianne Flemming is Chief Operating Officer of Informal Systems and previously was Managing Director of the Interchain Foundation and Vice President of Finance at Tendermint.
Bart Stephens
Bart Stephens is the Founder and Managing Partner of Blockchain Capital. His career has been focused on emerging technologies. He has founded an internet company, a hedge fund, and a venture capital firm.