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Jacob Kobler is the CEO and Co-Founder of Consola. He was the Group Product Lead for two years and seven months, a Consultant at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Icons - Consulting by Students, and Simon-Kucher & Partners.
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Saaya Nath
Saaya joined Jump Capital in 2020 and leads new venture capital investment opportunities. Prior to joining Jump, Saaya worked as a strategy consultant at Boston Consulting Group, where she spent time in the Private Equity practice and across a variety of strategy and operations projects. Saaya attended the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering. Her areas of interest include the creator economy, the future of work, enterprise education, Web3, and the future of commerce.
Jan-Philip Grabs
Jan-Philip is a founding partner at web3 Studios, an investment banking firm facilitating mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and secondary transactions in the web3 & digital assets space. Previously, JP was a private equity investor at Blackstone and gained experience at Boston Consulting Group and Barclays Investment Bank. He earned his M.A. in Finance from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland.
Shimon Lazarov
As Global Head of Growth at OKX, Shimon Lazarov oversees the company's international user acquisition and retention. He is responsible for a range of marketing channels, including paid, organic, out of home, TV, and affiliates, among others. Prior to OKX, Shimon was Head of Growth at Kraken, CEO of LiveCoach, and a consultant at Boston Consulting Group. He has an MBA from Northwestern University's Kellogg School of Management and a BS in biology and business administration from The Hebrew University of Jerusalem.
Miroslav Byrtus
Miroslav Byrtus is CTO & Co-Founder at Consola since Sep 2022.
Nakul Gupta
Nakul Gupta is the Chief Commercial Officer of Brine Finance, a former product manager at Coinbase and Venmo.
Itamar Lesuisse
Itamar Lesuisse is the co-founder and CEO of Argent. He was formerly the CEO and founder of Peak, and worked at Visa, Amazon, and BCG. He holds four patents related to payments. He has a Master's degree in Computer Science and Electrical Engineering.
Jack Lu
Jack Lu is the Co-Founder and CEO of Magic Eden. He is of Chinese descent and is from Australia.
David Ripley
Dave Ripley is the CEO at Kraken, a digital asset exchange company. Dave was previously a Principal at The Boston Consulting Group from September 2007 to January 2014. There, they advised Fortune 500 executives on key strategic priorities across multiple industries, including technology, healthcare, financial services, and consumer goods. Dave also managed and led direction for several concurrent teams of BCG consultants executing a diverse set of strategy projects. In July 2015, Dave founded Glidera, a company that provides a wallet-to-wallet bitcoin buying experience. Dave was with Techstars from July 2015 to October 2015. Prior to that, they were a product manager at Syclo from July 2000 to August 2005. Dave Ripley has an MBA from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management, with a focus in strategy, marketing, and technology management. Dave also has a BS in electrical engineering from the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign.
Nidhi Shanbhag
Nidhi Shanbhag is the head of partnership and BD at Uniswap and has worked at KKR and Sequoia Capital. She is a graduate of IIT Bombay.
Inmoo Jonathan Hwang
Inmoo Jonathan Hwang is the co-founder and COO of ADDX. He played an important role in the early construction of ADDX and currently oversees the financing and investor relations, ecosystem and partnership development, as well as operations of the ADDX platform. Hwang has over 15 years of experience in corporate development, partnerships, and business strategy. Prior to joining ADDX, he worked as a Project Director for the Boston Consulting Group's Seoul and Singapore offices.