Episode 6: Prashanth Swaminathan

Episode 6: Prashanth Swaminathan

Prashanth is Partner and Fund Manager with Woodstock Fund, a global web 3 VC fund and one of the largest in Asia. Prior to Woodstock, Prashanth was an entrepreneur in Web 3 for a couple of years and before that he was an investment banker with Morgan Stanley in London for 10+ years.  In addition, Prashanth advises BCG India, sits on the Governing Council of India’s first regulatory Web 3 sandbox, mentors start-ups within renowned accelerators such as Brinc (by Animoca), and also hosts a weekly podcast focused on Web 3.

Episode 5: Don Thibeau

Don Thibeau is the Chief Product Officer for NFT.com [http://nft.com/], a community direct NFT marketplace and social platform supporting communites in the NFT space. Prior to NFT.com [http://nft.com/], Don co-founded the HBAR Foundation, a $2B ecosystem fund supporting projects building in the crypto space. He was also formerly the Director of Product for Hedera Hashgraph, an enterprise-focused L1 governed by Google, LG, IBM, and more. Don sees the promise of crypturrency as empowering individuals to build open and efficient economies by controlling their assets, identities, and data.

Episode 4: Jeff Park

Jeff Park is the Head of Alpha Strategies and Portfolio Manager at Bitwise Asset Management, the world’s largest provider of cryptocurrency index funds. Prior to Bitwise, he was a Partner at Corbin Capital Partners, a multi-billion alternative asset management firm that specializes in multi-strategy hedge fund and opportunistic credit investing, where he led the firm’s digital asset investing efforts. Before Corbin, Jeff was a Senior Associate at the Harvard Management Company focused on US Corporate Credit, and before that, was an Exotic Equity Derivatives trader at Morgan Stanley in New York. He is a graduate of Stanford University with a B.A.

Episode 3: Maika Isogawa

Maika is the CEO of Webacy - the protection layer for self-custody. Webacy develops tools and services to make self-custody safer and easier. Webacy is strictly non-custodial and no-access (no seed phrases, private keys, or passwords). Webacy is hella venture-backed. Maika is also a former professional acrobat and performer for the Cirque Du Soleil brand of shows. She attended Stanford University and specialized in Artificial Intelligence. Maika was most recently a Cybersecurity Engineer for Microsoft. She is a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister.

Episode 2: Ilya Abugov

Ilya is one of the co-founders and partners at Sanctor Capital. He was head of research at Crypto Briefing and lead analyst at DappRadar. He also has a background in traditional management consulting, IT consulting, and equities, including time at Man Group and Fidelity Investments.