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Dmitriy Berenzon is a Research Partner at 1k(x), where he focuses on Crypto Research, Due Diligence, and Investments. In addition to Research, he spends a significant part of his week working with Portfolio Projects on Fundraising, Business Development, and Token Model Design. He was previously a Research Partner at Bollinger Investment Group, where he led Crypto Research and Investments, and worked with CoinFund, a Crypto-focused Investment Firm. Prior to this, Dmitriy was an Assistant Vice President with Deutsche Bank Labs, where he engaged with Startups, Investors, and Academia to discover, evaluate, and adopt innovative technologies into the Bank.
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Wei Dai
Wei Dai focuses on zero-knowledge cryptography and protocol design. Prior to his work as a research partner at 1kx, W. Dai worked as a research partner at Bain Capital Crypto. He also held research positions at NTT Research, the University of Washington, and Visa Research, where he contributed to cutting-edge research in the field of blockchain technology. W. Dai obtained his Ph.D. from UC San Diego and holds B.S. degrees in Computer Science and Mathematics from the College of Creative Studies at UCSB, as well as a Masters's from UCSB.
Christopher Heymann
Christopher Heymann is Founding Partner at 1kx, bootstrapping token networks. He was formerly CTO at Daily Ride and MassMatics.
Bethany D'Sylva
Bethany D'Sylva is a fund operations manager at Point Nine and former head of operations at 1kx.
Lasse Clausen
Lasse Clausen is a founding partner of 1kx, an advisor to Loki, Perlin, Dock, Request Network, and Fund Request, and a skeptical optimist. He enjoys discovering coffee and other things around the world.
Billy Rennekamp
Billy Rennekamp is the Cosmos Hub Product Lead at the Interchain Foundation. He is the co-founder of Folia, a space for exhibiting and collecting NFTs, and Clovers Network, a game that rewards the creation of scarce art. Projects that he has contributed to include Ethereum, Gnosis, Aragon, and Relevant. He is also a member of Are.na, Guild.is, NewModels.io, and Trust.support.