ALEX IS A CO-FOUNDER AND MANAGING PARTNER AT HACK VC. PRIOR TO HACK VC, ALEX CO-FOUNDED AND WAS THE FIRST MANAGING PARTNER AT DRAGONFLY, A MULTI-BILLION WEB3 INVESTMENT FIRM BASED IN CHINA AND THE US; WAS AN INVESTMENT DIRECTOR AT BAIN CAPITAL, WHERE HE HELPED LAUNCH THE FIRM's WEB3 INVESTMENT PRACTICE; SERVED AS SENIOR ADVISOR TO HUOBI, A LEADING CRYPTO EXCHANGE IN ASIA; AND WAS A PARTNER AT ANGELLIST. HE HAS SEEDED HUNDREDS OF WEB3 STARTUPS.

Ed is a co-founder and Managing Partner at Hack VC. PRIOR TO HACK, ED WAS AN ANGEL-OPERATOR AND SEED VC FOR 10+ YEARS, HAS MADE 250+ INVESTMENTS INTO EARLY-STAGE TECH AND WEB3 STARTUPS. ED IS ALSO A 3X TECH STARTUP FOUNDER WITH 2 EXITS. MOST RECENTLY, HE LED INNOVATION AND SERVED AS A BOARD OBSERVER AT PLURALSIGHT, A DEVELOPER EDUCATION PLATFORM, WHICH ACQUIRED HIS PRIOR STARTUP. A LIFELONG OPEN-SOURCE DEVELOPER, ED HAS AUTHORED A BEST-SELLING BOOK ON SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT.

Rodney is a Partner at Hack VC. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS ON THE VENTURE TEAM AT ANGELLIST AND WAS THE FIRST EMPLOYEE AND OPERATIONS LEAD AT ANGLE HEALTH (YCW20). RODNEY IS AN EXPERIENCED WEB3 ADVISOR AND ANGEL INVESTOR.

Ro is a Partner at Hack VC AND LEADS HACK.LABS(). RO FOCUSES ON DEFI, MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE AND SCALABILITY. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS VP AND HEAD OF DEFI AT GENESIS GLOBAL TRADING AND AN ACTIVE ANGEL INVESTOR IN DOZENS OF WEB3 PROJECTS.

Sean is a Partner at Hack VC. HE FOCUSES ON INFRASTRUCTURE AND MECHANISM DESIGN, PARTICULARLY AROUND CROSS-CHAIN, VERIFIED COMPUTE AND DEFI. PREVIOUSLY, HE LED PRODUCT AT UMA PROTOCOL; WAS A PART OF THE FOUNDING TEAM OF ACROSS PROTOCOL; AND WAS A SENIOR BLOCKCHAIN CONSULTANT AT IBM.

Chris is a Research Partner at Hack VC. HE IS AN EXPERIENCED WEB3 DEV AND MECHANISM RESEARCHER WITH A FOCUS ON BUILDING DECENTRALIZED DERIVATIVES PROTOCOLS, ORACLES, CROSS-CHAIN BRIDGING SOLUTIONS AND MEV. ALONG WITH HIS ROLE AT HACK VC, CHRIS LEADS MECHANISM RESEARCH AT UMA PROTOCOL, WHERE HE FOCUSES ON THE INTERCEPT BETWEEN ORACLES, DEFI AND MEV. PRIOR TO UMA, CHRIS CO-FOUNDED SEVERAL BLOCKCHAIN STARTUPS IN CTO AND CIO ROLES.

Herbie is a Partner at Hack VC. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS THE CO-FOUNDER AND GENERAL PARTNER AT INFINITY VENTURES CRYPTO, THE CRYPTO VENTURE ARM OF THE LARGEST JAPANESE VC FUND (HEADLINE ASIA). BEFORE CO-FOUNDING IVC, HE WAS THE FOUNDING PARTNER OF 8 DECIMAL CAPITAL. HERBIE DROPPED OUT OF MIT TO START 8 DECIMAL CAPITAL.

Shane is a research partner at Hack VC. He also runs his own proprietary trading firm. Previously, he completed his PhD in the Stephen Boyd Convex Optimization Group at Stanford University. Shane has extensive experience in trading, MEV, optimization, and high performance computing, and is also an active angel investor in various web3 companies.

Niraj is a Venture Partner at Hack VC. HE IS ALSO A CO-FOUNDER OF RITUAL, AN AI CO-PROCESSOR FOR BLOCKCHAINS. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS A GENERAL PARTNER AT POLYCHAIN CAPITAL, WHERE HE SPENT SIX YEARS INVESTING IN EARLY STAGE WEB3 COMPANIES. NIRAJ DROPPED OUT OF ILLINOIS URBANA-CHAMPAIGN TO JOIN POLYCHAIN.

Nicole is a Venture Partner at Hack VC. Prior to Hack VC, Nicole organized crypto hacker houses around the world. She also cofounded Zuzalu, an initiative that brings together builders from Crypto, AI, and Biotech.

Daniel is a Partner, GC and COO at Hack VC. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS A PARTNER AND GC AT KLAROS GROUP, WHERE HE REMAINS A SENIOR ADVISOR. PRIOR TO KLAROS, HE WAS AN ATTORNEY AT WACHTELL, LIPTON, ROSEN & KATZ, WHERE HE FOCUSED ON MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND SECURITIES LAW MATTERS; A CONSULTANT AT PROMONTORY FINANCIAL GROUP; AND AN INVESTMENT BANKER AT JPMORGAN. DANIEL HOLDS A JD FROM STANFORD LAW SCHOOL.

Jigar is the VP of Finance at Hack VC. PREVIOUSLY, HE WAS THE ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AT DIGITAL CURRENCY GROUP, A HOLDING COMPANY WITH HUNDREDS OF CRYPTO INVESTMENTS; THE ASSISTANT CONTROLLER AND A DIRECTOR AT BROOKFIELD ASSET MANAGEMENT, WHERE HE WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR LARGEST REAL ESTATE FUND; AND VICE PRESIDENT AT CONIFER FINANCIAL SERVICES. JIGAR HAS ALSO HELD ROLES AT LIGHTFOOT CAPITAL PARTNERS AND IREO.

ALEX IS A PARTNER AND GLOBAL HEAD OF INVESTOR RELATIONS AT HACK VC. PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS THE HEAD OF CLIENT AND PORTFOLIO SOLUTIONS AT RUNA DIGITAL ASSETS, A LIQUID TOKEN INVESTMENT MANAGER. PRIOR TO RUNA, SHE SPENT 8 YEARS IN QUANTITATIVE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, HOLDING PRODUCT SPECIALIST AND BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT ROLES AT TWO SIGMA AND AQR CAPITAL MANAGEMENT. SHE STARTED HER CAREER IN PRIME SERVICES AT BARCLAYS. ALEX HOLDS A BS FROM CORNELL UNIVERSITY.

Peter is a Partner and Global Head of Business Development at Hack VC. Prior to Hack, Peter was the Head of Digital Assets Product and Strategy for Fidelity Asset Management as well as the Chief Strategy Officer for Arca Investment Management, where he helped grow the firm from a $4M hedge fund to a multi-product RIA managing over $600M. Peter has 25+ years of professional experience across investment management, FinTech and Capital Markets. He holds a B.A. from Colby College and an MBA from Vanderbilt University.

Ian is a Senior Quant Trader at Hack VC. He focuses on quantitative market modeling and low latency trading infrastructure. Prior to Hack VC, Ian was a Full-Stack Quant Trading Developer at Five Rings Capital, one of the leading quant prop trading firms.

Chichi is a Partner at Hack VC. PREVIOUSLY, SHE WAS A PARTNER AT A FAMILY OFFICE WITH A FOCUS ON WEB3 INVESTMENTS. SHE IS ALSO THE FOUNDER OF SCALINGX, A WEB3 ACCELERATOR WITH OPERATIONS ACROSS ASIA, AND WAS FEATURED ON THE COVER OF FORBES 30 UNDER 30.

Julian is a Venture Partner at Hack VC. He is an active angel investor in the crypto industry and was previously a product leader at Wormhole and led growth at Nomad. Before that, he was an investor at Two Sigma Ventures.

Hsin-Ju is a Venture Partner at Hack VC. She is also the founder of Dystopia Labs, a web3 events and marketing company. She also serves as a mentor at 500 Startups. Previously, she was the Head of Growth at Solana, one of the largest L-1 blockchains, and at Stellar, an open-source blockchain for payments and asset tokenization.

Min is a Venture Partner at Hack VC. She is also the Head of Ecosystem at Halborn, a blockchain security firm. Min was previously the Chief Marketing Officer at Polygon Technology, a Senior Business Development Lead at TRON Foundation and Director of Marketing, Huobi U.S. at Huobi Global.

Hannah is an Operations Manager at Hack VC. Previously, she held operations roles at several fintech startups, a boutique investment firm and a large U.S. bank.

Katie is an Accounting Analyst at Hack VC. She was previously a Senior Audit Associate at Grant Thornton, where she focused on financial service clients.

Tanner is an Executive Assistant at Hack VC. Previously, he was an Assistant to CEO & Client Operations Associate at Jakett NY.