ABOUT US
We are a crypto-native investment research team consisting of crypto veterans who are pioneers of the industry, experienced engineers, serial entrepreneurs, and graduates from top research universities and institutions.
MEET THE TEAM
Founder
AMOS ZHANG
As a founder & executive at VC backed startups, Amos worked on public chains, payments network, and SaaS products.
Amos has assumed multiple leadership roles across product, marketing, and sales. Amos has engaged with a dozen Fortune 500 companies, as well as some of the largest crypto organizations in the world.
At NEAR Protocol, Amos was the Global CMO and GM of Asia. Amos earned a BA in Economics and a MS in Engineering from Brown University.
Partner
DANI OSORIO
Dani has spent 15+ years at high-growth startups, enterprises, and blockchain.
Previously, she was the Head of Developer Ecosystem at NEAR Protocol and an Executive Director at Infura & ConsenSys.
Dani is also the Head of Content for EthDenver and a board member of SporkDAO. Dani graduated from Dartmouth College with a BA in Comparative Literature and Sociology.
Principal
VINCENT PUN
Vincent worked in tech investment banking at Citigroup, advising world-leading tech companies in M&A and IPO transactions, and moved to WeBank (the leading digital bank in China) managing capital markets and strategic development responsibilities.
Vincent earned a BA in Applied Mathematics-Economics from Brown University.
Head of Research
STANLEY HE
Stanley is a research analyst and product manager, focusing on economic mechanisms and on-chain data analytics.
He worked as a data scientist and strategy consultant before joining MetaWeb.
Stanley holds Bachelor of Social Science in Politics from the University of Hong Kong and M.Sc. from the University of Chicago.
Head of Growth
ANLING TONG
Anling (Twitter @motherofqianbei) specializes in growth, marketing and business development at MetaWeb.
Previously, Anling co-founded an NFT project, Turtlecase Gang, one of the most well-known NFT projects in Greater China.
Prior to Web3, She worked as a data scientist at Meituan and a venture analyst at Plug and Play. Anling graduated from UC Berkeley with a BA in Economics.
Technical Due Diligence
ROBERT YAN
Robert is a full-stack developer with over 11 years of experience. Before joining NEAR and MetaWeb, Robert worked as an Engineering Director at MicroStrategy, and contributed to open source projects such as Ethereum and Steem.
He graduated from Chu Kochen Honors College, Zhejiang University with a major in Computer Science.
Technical Due Diligence
DANIEL WANG
Daniel has over 5 years of experience developing big data and distributed systems. Previously, Daniel co-founded a VC backed startup as the CTO, and priort to that, he worked as an engineer at Salesforce and Gilt.
He graduated with B.S. in Computer Science from Fudan University and M.Sc in Computer Science from Carnegie Mellon University.
VP of Operations
WILL YOUNG
Will carries a unique blend of experience in legal, finance, and entrepreneurship.
His professional experience included working as a legal associate at a leading U.S. law firm, high-level executive at a world-renowned education and wealth management firm.
Will studied computer science and industrial design at Brown University, and later received his Juris Doctor degree from Rutgers University.
TECHNICAL ADVISORS
Co-Founder of NEAR
ILLIA POLOSUKHIN
Ex-engineering manager @ Google and major TensorFlow contributor
Author of multiple impactful research papers on artificial intelligence and distributed systems
Co-Founder of Keypom
MATT LOCKYER
UX researcher and full-stack developer, Ph.D. computer science lecturer, inventor of the Ethereum ERC-998 standard for composable Tokens
Published in a16z's crypto canon reading list
Co-founder of Proximity Labs
EVGENY KUZYAKOV
Core developer at NEAR
ICPC gold medalist (2008)
Former Google and Facebook engineer
Deep research experience in DeFi, machine learning, and blockchain
Founder and CEO of BlockSec
YAJIN ZHOU
C.S.Professor at Zhejiang University, one of the most quoted researchers in the field of software security, operating systems security, and smart contract security
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