Cryptocurrency 101 with Coinbase #crypto101

Verity Coltman, Business Development Coinbase As a member of the Business Development team at Coinbase, Verity is responsible for forging new industry partnerships that extend the Coinbase vision of creating an open financial system for the world. Prior to joining Coinbase, Verity worked as a consultant in financial services for 6 years, her clients include some of the world’s largest banks and insurers both in the USA and Australia. She is passionate about cryptocurrency, the financial services ecosystem and technology.

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Larry Li, Managing Partner Amino Capital: Predictions for Crypto/Blockchain 2018 #blockchaintech

Larry Li, Managing Partner Amino Capital Larry founded Amino Capital (Formerly known as zPark Capital) in 2012, and he also co-founded TEEC Angel Fund in 2010 (portfolio including ZOOM). His passion is helping entrepreneurs build disruptive products in big data, consumer electronics, drones, enterprise services and et.al. He led investment on fast growing companies, such as Human Longevity Inc., Ozlo, Orah4i, Assemblage (acquired by Cisco – NYSE: CSCO), Orbeus (acquired by Amazon – NYSE: AMZN), Skycatch, and Trustlook among over 100 early stage startups. Larry got his B.E degree from Tsinghua University and M.E degree at University of Florida. Being a successful investor Larry has also been actively giving back to the societies, contributing to many nonprofit communities. He is a board member of UCAHP, a founding contributor of Tsinghua 100 Education Fund, Vice Chairman of TEEC North America, and Vice President of Tsinghua Business School Alumni Association at US West. Larry is a frequent speaker at international investment conferences, and mentor for Stanford incubator programs.

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Jack Saba, CoFounder Day One Investments: Predictions for Crypto/Blockchain 2018 #blockchaintech

Jack Saba, CoFounder Day One Investments and Day One Consulting to aid international economic development by bringing the Blockchain to emerging markets. Day One Investments is an emerging Seed and Series A fund that is sector agnostic and Blockchain specific. At Draper University, he worked with over 200 entrepreneurs from more than 50 countries as they navigated business development, leadership, and fundraising challenges.

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