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Saaya joined Jump Capital in 2020 and leads new venture capital investment opportunities. Prior to joining Jump, Saaya worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group, where she spent time in the Private Equity practice and across a variety of strategy and operations projects. Saaya attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Her areas of interest include the creator economy, the future of work, enterprise education, Web3, and the future of commerce.
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David Ripley
Dave Ripley is the CEO at Kraken, a digital asset exchange company. Dave was previously a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group from September 2007 to January 2014. There, they advised Fortune 500 executives on key strategic priorities across multiple industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer goods. Dave also managed and led direction for several concurrent teams of BCG consultants executing a diverse set of strategy projects. In July 2015, Dave founded Glidera, a company that provides a wallet-to-wallet bitcoin buying experience. Dave was with Techstars from July 2015 to October 2015. Prior to that, they were a product manager at Syclo from July 2000 to August 2005. Dave Ripley has an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, with a focus in strategy, marketing, and technology management. Dave also has a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Will Wang
Will Wang is a Founding Partner at TKX Capital, a full-service crypto investment bank in primary and secondary markets. Prior to this, he was the Head of Investment and Business Development at Huobi North America, a leading global crypto trading exchange.
Manish Gupta
Manish Gupta is the executive vice president of engineering at Coinbase, previously served as vice president of engineering at Lyft. He is a graduate of the University of Bombay and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.
Thomas Chippas
Thomas Chippas is the CEO of Argo Blockchain. Previously, he was CEO of ErisX and COO of Axoni.
Jacob Kobler
Jacob Kobler is the CEO and Co-Founder of Consola. He was the Group Product Lead for two years and seven months, a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Icons - Consulting by Students, and Simon-Kucher & Partners.
York Zhu
Yuhe Zhu is a senior investment analyst at BAI Capital and head of investment at Generative Ventures, and previously worked at Yinuo Angel Fund.
Mohammad Shaikh
Mohammad Shaikh is co-founder and CEO of Aptos and former director of Strategy at ConsenSys. Shaikh has also worked at Meta, The Boston Consulting Group, and BlackRock. Mohammad holds an MBA from the University of Rochester - Simon Business School and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology, Economics, and Accounting from Hunter College.
Nidhi Shanbhag
Nidhi Shanbhag is the head of partnership and BD at Uniswap and has worked at KKR and Sequoia Capital. She is a graduate of IIT Bombay.
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.
Kevin Lehtiniitty
Kevin Lehtiniitty is co-founder and chief technology officer of Fortress Trust Company. He holds a master's degree in computer engineering from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.