Nawaz Ahmed

Stephen McKeon is an Associate Professor of finance at the University of Oregon and a Partner at Collaborative Fund. In both of these roles, Stephen's focus is on crypto assets. McKeon was previously involved with venture-backed software start-ups and spent six years as the CFO of a Napa Valley winery.

Colleen Sullivan is a Partner and CEO of CMT Digital, which is, in turn, a part of the CMT Group. Sullivan is focused on crypto asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal engagement in the crypto asset and blockchain technology industry. Prior to this role Sullivan worked as a lawyer and founded her own startup in the fintech space.

Max Webster is an Investor at Version One VC. Webster is focused on investing in and helping entrepreneurs build an open internet, financial system, and energy grid. Prior to Version One, Webster founded Entiende Bitcoin, a consultancy focused on increasing access to bitcoin and stablecoins in Latin America. Webster was also part of the founding team at Bright, the leading residential solar company in Mexico.

Cédric Waldburger is the Founder and General Partner of Tomahawk.VC, an early-stage venture capital firm investing in global-first companies. Prior to this, he has been an angel investor in a range of companies and has built companies in the agency, consumer and blockchain sectors. Most recently, he co-founded DFINITY, a Silicon Valley unicorn.

Jalak Jobanputra is the Founding Partner of FuturePerfect Ventures. Jalak has been a VC for over two decades. Before founding FuturePerfect Ventures, she was the Director of Mobile Investments at Omidyar Network. Prior to this, she was the Senior Vice President at the New York City Investment Fund, a Principal at New Venture Partners and a member of the Intel Capital investing team.

David Pakman is a Partner at Venrock, one of the oldest venture capital firms in the world. Previously, David was the CEO of eMusic, the world’s leading digital retailer of independent music, second only to iTunes in the number of downloads sold. He was also the co-creator of Apple’s Music Group and a product manager at Apple.