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Nicole Zahrah Civitello is Head of Investor Relations at Polychain Capital and was previously Head of Investor Relations at Hack VC and Head of Capital Strategy at Anchorage Digital.
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Katie Biber
Katie Biber is the Chief Legal Officer at Paradigm, leading the firm's legal, regulatory, compliance and policy functions. Previously, she was Chief Legal Officer of Brex, a fintech startup reimagining financial systems for growing companies. Before Brex, Katie was General Counsel of Anchorage, a digital asset bank and platform, and she has also held leadership roles as General Counsel of Thumbtack and Senior Counsel at Airbnb. Additionally, Katie serves on the boards of directors of Anchorage, Code for America and Protocol Labs. She is a veteran of political campaigns, having served as General Counsel to Romney for President in 2012. Katie holds a J.D. from Harvard Law School and a B.A. from George Washington University.
TuongVy Le
TuongVy Le is Anchorage's general counsel and was previously a partner and head of policy at Bain Capital Crypto, where he advised portfolios on crypto regulatory issues. Vy has over a decade of experience as a financial regulatory and enforcement lawyer, advising companies in both the traditional finance and crypto industries. At the SEC, Vy served as Senior Counsel in the Division of Enforcement, where she worked on some of the agency’s first investigations involving digital assets, and as Chief Counsel of the Office of Legislative and Intergovernmental Affairs, where she engaged with Congress, the Treasury Department, and other federal and state entities on capital markets policy, including the regulation of digital assets. More recently, Vy oversaw financial regulatory strategy as Deputy General Counsel and Compliance Officer at Worldcoin. She began her legal career at the law firm WilmerHale, where she counseled clients on everything from the securities laws to AML compliance.
Christina Kallitsantsi
Christina Kallitsantsi is head of operations at Anagram and previously served as chief of staff at Polychain Capital. She graduated from Tufts University.
Jacob Phillips
Jacob Phillips is Perennial's head of operations and previously worked as a cryptocurrency researcher at Polychain Capital. He is a graduate of Case Western Reserve University.
Luke Pearson
Luke Pearson is a research cryptographer at Polychain Capital, specializing in blockchain protocols. He works on the technical aspects of projects and protocols related to the next generation of technology, with expertise in ECC, protocol design, smart contract development, decentralized finance, and more. Previously, he worked as a cryptographer at the Dusk Foundation, researching decentralized communication technology. He received his education in Applied Mathematics from the University of Groningen.
Caoimh Conway
Caoimh Conway is a Research Data Engineer at Polychain Capital and graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a degree in Data Science. Caoimh previously worked as an Emergency Medical Technician for Falcon Ambulance.
Alexa Beaver Smith
Alexa Smith is currently the Beacon Fund Manager at Polychain Capital, where she supports web3 founders and manages the Beacon Fund, which focuses on the Internet Computer ecosystem. Prior to this role, she was the Developer Partnerships Lead at DFINITY and held various other positions in the blockchain and chemical engineering industries. Alexa received her Bachelor of Science in Chemical Engineering and Spanish from Carnegie Mellon University.
Julian Rachman
Julian Rachman is the Venture Partner at Hack VC and former Growth Lead at Nomad. Formerly, Founder & CEO at Ripplink, Data Science Engineer at Pollenly and MediaHound.
Niraj Pant
Niraj Pant is the Co-Founder at Ritual. Presively he was a General Partner at Polychain Capital, where he invests in early-stage cryptocurrency projects. Prior to this role, he researched privacy in the Decentralized Systems Lab at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Niraj has also served as a Member of the Board of Directors for CoinDCX, an Ambassador for Sequoia Capital, and Co-Founder and CTO of Source Networks. He holds a Bachelor's degree in Computer Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Julie Muroff
Julie Muroff is senior vice president of events at Blockworks and previously served as the company's chief operating officer. She is a graduate of the George Washington University School of Business.