COO at DXS app

Interested for many years in the idea of settlement as a protocol (bitcoin) with focus on making retail trading platforms efficient, honest and transparent using Web3 tech stack.

Co-founder and CEO at HandCash.

Product designer and serial entrepreneur focused on making new tech accessible and valuable for everyday people

Joe was born and raised in Los Angeles, CA. After spending 4 years playing professional baseball in the Chicago White Sox farm system, he co-founded his first venture, Barpay, in 2015 with Daniel Wagner. The company has since grown to become a leader in contactless solutions for in-venue dining at bars, restaurants, and hotels, with more than 10,000 accounts globally.

In January 2021, along with Wagner, he co-founded Haste, and released the Haste Arcade, the world's first Instant Leaderboard Payout™ (ILP™) arcade. The arcade demonstrates the utility of blockchain technology such as micro payments, tokens, and NFTs, through fun and simple games and experiences. Joe has been a guest panelist and speaker on numerous blockchain podcasts and conventions around the world.

Joshua Henslee is a consultant, developer, writer and educator within the Bitcoin space. After completing degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the University of Georgia, he worked for 7 years as a Technical ERP consultant, helping to deliver full lifecycle software implementations for middle market companies.

Specializing in Retail and credit card implementations, he became fascinated with how Bitcoin can solve the problems his clients often faced with legacy payment systems and decided to leave his position and work full-time in the Bitcoin space in late 2019. He has developed several applications on Bitcoin, written many technical articles, and maintains a YouTube channel publishing videos discussing Bitcoin and web development tutorials.

Andrea is the Co-founder of Lontra Ventures where she invests in early stage deep tech. Aside from enterprise software, security, digital health etc, Andrea has an affinity for the crypto ecosystem. Andrea is always eager to learn and engage.

Co-founder of AssetLayer

AssetLayer is a platform to create & manage digital goods for the open metaverse. Jack is an investor, software developer, pianist/composer, co-founder of poker education company Just Hands Poker. Jack’s eclectic background and penchant for taking on new challenges has led him to the world of blockchain.

Maanit is an entrepreneur reinventing live gaming through hard tech, data, and analytics. He invented a connected poker table that tracks gameplay in real-time. Now his team is building technology to help players improve their game, automate live streams, and build player networks.

Co-founder of AssetLayer

Dave is an investor, entrepreneur, and writer. After completing a degree in Economics from the University of Michigan and working in the film industry for two years, Dave worked on a series of entrepreneurial ventures and then joined Unbounded. He is passionate about leveraging Bitcoin to integrate the wisdom of the past with the technology of the present to innovate the future. He is the author of much of Unbounded’s research and articles including the fund’s first book.

COO of Heathside Ventures

Heathside Ventures, a single family investment office, and the founder and CEO of Salman Solutions, a trusted advisory firm. The firm offers proprietary end-to-end solutions for investors and/or management teams requiring expertise or augmented capabilities to grow their companies and portfolios.

Samira Salman is a globally sought after strategic advisor to family offices, CEOs, and founders. Ms. Salman has a $5.5 billion track record of structuring, funding, growing, and exiting global ventures, both private and institutional.

Ms. Salman has an LL.M. in taxation from the University of Houston, a JD and BS in international trade and finance with a minor in economics from Louisiana State University, and is licensed to practice law in Texas, Louisiana, and before the U.S. Tax Court.

Co-founder & COO of Revere

Chris Shen is an entrepreneur, investor and lawyer. He is the co-founder and COO of Revere, a venture-backed fintech platform that is building the “Morningstar for VC”, empowering investment advisors, family offices and allocators with the tools to build custom venture capital portfolios.

Before starting Revere, Chris co-founded and invested with West 22nd Capital Advisers, a Hong Kong-based single family office and investment firm licensed by the Securities & Futures Commission of Hong Kong (SFC). Among other roles, Chris established the firm’s operations, served on the investment committee, and led venture capital and external asset manager investments. Before moving to the investment world, he was a special counsel with the global law firm Baker McKenzie, focusing on corporate finance and fund formation matters in the Asia-Pacific region.

Chris is a licensed Type 1/4/9 responsible officer under the SFC, is admitted to practice law in the State of Texas, and speaks fluent Mandarin Chinese. Originally from Houston, Chris lived and worked in Beijing, Taipei, and Hong Kong from 2006 to 2019 and now splits his time between Silicon Valley and Hong Kong.

Justin is a venture capital investor in early-stage consumer technology companies. Justin is the co-founder and Managing Partner of Recharge Thematic Ventures, a seed-stage venture capital fund investing on a global scale in emerging consumer trends around financial services, healthcare, and web3. Previously, Justin founded Chaos Ventures and has held investment roles at Tusk Ventures, Argo Ventures, and Providence Equity Partners. Justin began his career in leveraged finance investment banking at Jefferies and financial services at Ernst & Young. He is a licensed CPA