Tegan Kline Head Int Bus Dev & Investor Relations Orchid. At Orchid, they are creating tools and protocols for users to obtain digital freedom and an open and accessible internet. Prior to Orchid, Tegan was a blockchain technology consultant, helping leaders and innovators connect more deeply with stakeholders across the blockchain ecosystem. Tegan’s professional experience has been with Fortune 500’s and startups, most recently as Executive VP of a patent marketplace powered by blockchain, analyzed by AI. She began her career in Investment Banking at BAML and, prior to discovering blockchain, worked in Sales and Trading at Barclays. Tegan is working to redistribute resources and income using blockchain and AI with Nature 2.0, Co-Founder of Blockchain Code of Ethics, Head of the U.S. for Triangles, a group that supports female founders and Ambassador to Buckminster Fuller Institute, helping to make the world work for 100% of us.
Interviews
Andrea Lo Head Business Development Harbor #stateoftokens
Andrea Lo Head Bus DevHarbor Andrea heads business development at Harbor. Prior to Harbor, Andrea was in early stage venture capital in London and Silicon Valley helping founders at the earliest stages of the startup life cycle while helping VC funds raise capital from LPs. Andrea also spent 4 years as the CEO and founder of a VC-backed fundraising platform for students, leading it from concept and financing to exit. Andrea is a TEDx speaker, alumni of UC Berkeley and University of Oxford, and San Francisco-born Silicon Valley native.
Arjuna Costa Managing Partner Flourish Ventures #fintechinvesting
Arjuna Costa Managing Partner Flourish Ventures Arjuna is driven by a deep compassion for vulnerable populations across the globe, and partners with entrepreneurs using innovative technologies to enhance their customers’ financial well-being. As a managing partner, he co-manages Flourish, with a primary focus on venture investing across emerging markets in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Before Flourish, Arjuna was a partner at Omidyar Network, where he built a global portfolio of early-stage, inclusive fintech companies. Prior to that, Arjuna developed a deep understanding of the potential to radically alter traditional “brick-and-mortar” economics through mobile money solutions for the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Before that, he invested equity and debt in consumer finance companies in emerging markets at The Rohatyn Group, a multi-billion dollar emerging markets investment firm. In 2003, Arjuna cofounded a $120-million private equity fund focused on the turnaround of distressed commercial banks in Africa. The fund grew out of advising governments on the restructuring and privatization of its banking sector. Arjuna began his career at Lehman Brothers, where he spent five years financing power plants and airports globally. Arjuna earned an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BA in computer science from Columbia University.
Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner Strive Capital #fintechinvesting
Nuno Goncalves Pedro Founder/Managing Partner Strive Capital Nuno is Grishin Robotics’ Venture Partner. Grishin Robotics is a series A and B Sand Hill Rd firm focused on Smart Hardware with investments in companies such as Zume Pizza, Starship, Zipline, Spin, Yellow, Ring, eero and others. He is also the Managing Partner & Founder of Strive Capital, the San Francisco Bay area’s first quant micro-VC firm, now focused on “deep” AI and Blockchain, with investments in companies like AppAnnie, KeepSafe, Gusto and Rubrik. He has had a 22 year career in Tech as a Product Manager, Operator, Investor and Board member in the Bay area, Europe and Asia, and was previously a Senior Expert and member of the Asia-Pacific leadership team at McKinsey & Co, based in Beijing.