Rui Zhang, CoFounder/Managing Partner gumi Cryptos Capital

Rui Zhang, CFA, CICPA, is the CoFounder/Managing Partner of gumi Cryptos Capital. Mr. Zhang has both Economics and Computer Science educational background, and has two years banking and four years consulting firm experience in his early career. In late 2013, Mr. Zhang co-founded Zenith Group Holdings in Shanghai, China (a virtual idle technology development and operation company), and raised Seed and Series A rounds for the company, which was later successfully acquired by Bilibili. Since May 2016, Mr. Zhang has served as the Vice President of gumi Inc and took charge of all overseas investments of gumi Group, including the gaming investment in US and Europe, VR Fund and the VR/AR incubation programs in Seoul and Helsinki. At the beginning of 2018, he took charge of and succeeded in co-founding and raised gCC Fund I.

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David Orban, Managing Advisor Beyond Enterprizes

David Orban was an early adopter of Bitcoin in 2010 and Ethereum at its launch in 2014. He is the Managing Advisor for the blockchain advisory firm, Beyond Enterprizes. Orban serves on the Faculty of and acts as Advisor to the Singularity University, at the NASA Research Park. He is the author of Something New, on artificial intelligence, available in English, Italian, and Spanish. As a speaker, Orban has given over 100 talks worldwide. He is a mentor for the Thiel Fellowship, a Scientific Advisory Board Member for the Lifeboat Foundation, and an Advisor to the Institute of Ethics and Emergent Technologies. He was the Chairman of the Board, and is an Advisor to Humanity+, promoting scientific advancement and emerging innovation for social impact. David Orban’s personal motto is “What is the question I should be asking?” to help build a better world.

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Pemo Theodore: A Startup’s Guide Learning about Cultural Differences!

Pemo Theodore is a Media Publisher and a great people connector. She was Founder Silicon Valley TV which served the San Francisco Bay Area for 10 years! She has produced Silicon Valley Events for Investors & Startups for 10 years. Pemo loves to video interview venture capitalists & founders to engage the human behind the success stories.. She has been Executive Producer of FinTech Silicon Valley for 6 years, organizing twice monthly FinTech talks & panels in San Francisco & Palo Alto and audio podcasts. She believes in learning through a great discussion with experts in the domains. Pemo has a talent to bring the right people together and is an incredible networker. Pemo’s events have been seen as supporting Venture Capitalists & Angels in sourcing great deal flow from startups who attend her events. Many founders have received funding through meeting investors at her events. Her favored medium is audio & visual media and she has built up a great body of work of videos of panels & interviews and podcasts in Silicon Valley startup ecosystem. She has lived & worked in Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, London, Northern Ireland & Silicon Valley. Bio

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Derek Zanutto General Partner CapitalG on Covid Crisis for Startups

Derek Zanutto General Partner CapitalG where he focuses on investments in enterprise software. Derek has led a number of investments at CapitalG, including Armis, Collibra and Dataiku, and he serves on multiple boards of directors. Prior to joining CapitalG, Derek helped lead technology investments for 10 years at TPG, Hellman & Friedman and GIC, including investments in Uber, Airbnb, Lynda.com and CAA. Derek started his career at Morgan Stanley. Derek holds an AB from Harvard College and an MBA with High Distinction from the Harvard Business School where he graduated as a Baker Scholar.

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