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Partners & Speakers

The banks, funds, protocols and speakers behind every BackersStage room.

State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
UBS
DBS
Nasdaq
Grayscale
HSBC
Standard Chartered
BitGo
Fireblocks
Ledger
State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
UBS
DBS
Nasdaq
Grayscale
HSBC
Standard Chartered
BitGo
Fireblocks
Ledger
Tether
HashKey
Chainalysis
Wintermute
Spartan Group
Animoca Brands
Jump Crypto
OKX Ventures
Hack VC
DFG
Foresight Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Tether
HashKey
Chainalysis
Wintermute
Spartan Group
Animoca Brands
Jump Crypto
OKX Ventures
Hack VC
DFG
Foresight Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Chainlink
NEAR
Solana
Wormhole
Arbitrum
Aptos
Sui
Somnia
Bybit
KuCoin
AWS
Bitcoin.com
Chainlink
NEAR
Solana
Wormhole
Arbitrum
Aptos
Sui
Somnia
Bybit
KuCoin
AWS
Bitcoin.com

Investors & Institutions

VCs & Institutions at Our Events

State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
HSBC
UBS
Nasdaq
Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered
Société Générale
Nomura
DBS
Grayscale
WisdomTree
State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
HSBC
UBS
Nasdaq
Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered
Société Générale
Nomura
DBS
Grayscale
WisdomTree
State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
HSBC
UBS
Nasdaq
Deutsche Bank
Standard Chartered
Société Générale
Nomura
DBS
Grayscale
WisdomTree
Spartan Group
Animoca Brands
Jump Crypto
OKX Ventures
Kraken Ventures
KuCoin Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Hack VC
CMT Digital
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DWF Labs
HashKey
Spartan Group
Animoca Brands
Jump Crypto
OKX Ventures
Kraken Ventures
KuCoin Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Hack VC
CMT Digital
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DWF Labs
HashKey
Spartan Group
Animoca Brands
Jump Crypto
OKX Ventures
Kraken Ventures
KuCoin Ventures
Delphi Ventures
Hack VC
CMT Digital
Placeholder
DWF Labs
HashKey
Foresight Ventures
Fenbushi Capital
IOSG Ventures
Outlier Ventures
KOL Capital
Superscrypt
DFG
JSquare
Cicada Capital
Kosmos Ventures
Contribution Capital
Funders VC
Foresight Ventures
Fenbushi Capital
IOSG Ventures
Outlier Ventures
KOL Capital
Superscrypt
DFG
JSquare
Cicada Capital
Kosmos Ventures
Contribution Capital
Funders VC
Foresight Ventures
Fenbushi Capital
IOSG Ventures
Outlier Ventures
KOL Capital
Superscrypt
DFG
JSquare
Cicada Capital
Kosmos Ventures
Contribution Capital
Funders VC
100+
VCs
50+
Partners
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Previous partners & speakers

Our Partners & Speakers

57 organisations we have partnered with or hosted on stage, from State Street to the founders building next.

Global institutions & co-host

State Street
Franklin Templeton
Robinhood
AWS

Tier-1 crypto & leading funds

Chainlink Labs
Animoca Brands
Spartan Group
Wormhole
NEAR
Bitcoin.com
CMT Digital
1inch

Funds, exchanges & protocols

GCEX
Dash
ZetaChain
Somnia
Venom
Manta Network
Camp Network
WEEX
KOL Capital
DFG
Kosmos Ventures
JSquare
Cicada Capital
Funders VC
Contribution Capital
ChainGPT
Aleph Cloud

Partners & builders

WizzHQ
Inspira Labs
ETHGas
Glemo
Coincashy
Travls
MENA Blockchain Week
Gosai Law
Blocksquare
ChainGPT Pad
TimeSoul
Obitus Games
Wisdora
OzakAI
Fambam
Akindo
Sobro
BlockHunters
OrbitX
0xTeam Space
HerDAO
Bhopal DAO

Media & community

Yellow Media
CoinEasy
BlockTempo
CoinGabbar
Cryptonite
CoinRank
On stage

Speakers, moderators & judges

39 people across every edition, from global institutions to the founders building next.

Speakers by edition

Global institutions

Zahid Mustafa, MD, Head of Digital Custody & Cash, State Street

Zahid Mustafa

MD, Head of Digital Custody & Cash

State Street
Chetan Karkhanis, SVP, Digital Assets, Franklin Templeton

Chetan Karkhanis

SVP, Digital Assets

Franklin Templeton
Nicola White, VP, Institutional Crypto & GM, Bitstamp, Robinhood

Nicola White

VP, Institutional Crypto & GM, Bitstamp

Robinhood

Tier-1 crypto & leading funds

Melody He, Co-Founder & Partner, Spartan Group

Melody He

Co-Founder & Partner

Spartan Group
Adrian Lai, Chief Creative Officer, Spartan Group

Adrian Lai

Chief Creative Officer

Spartan Group
Andrew McCormick, Head of Institutional & Market Development, Chainlink Labs

Andrew McCormick

Head of Institutional & Market Development

Chainlink Labs
Augie Ilag, Partner, Head of Asia, CMT Digital

Augie Ilag

Partner, Head of Asia

CMT Digital
Rachit Agrawal, Head of Global Expansion, Wormhole

Rachit Agrawal

Head of Global Expansion

Wormhole
Irena Timofeeva, Head of BD, 1inch

Irena Timofeeva

Head of BD

1inch
Mackenzie Chng, Portfolio Manager, Animoca Brands

Mackenzie Chng

Portfolio Manager

Animoca Brands
Alun Stern, Retention Lead, Bitcoin.com

Alun Stern

Retention Lead

Bitcoin.com
Ster, Ecosystem Partner Manager, Near Foundation

Ster

Ecosystem Partner Manager

Near Foundation

Funds, exchanges & protocols

Carmen Tan, Managing Director, GCEX

Carmen Tan

Managing Director

GCEX
Evan Luthra, General Partner, KOL Capital

Evan Luthra

General Partner

KOL Capital
Jonathan Schemoul, Founder, LibertAI & Aleph Cloud, LibertAI & Aleph Cloud

Jonathan Schemoul

Founder, LibertAI & Aleph Cloud

LibertAI & Aleph Cloud
Lachlan Breakey, Managing Partner, Kosmos Ventures

Lachlan Breakey

Managing Partner

Kosmos Ventures
Louis Tsu, CEO, Venom Foundation

Louis Tsu

CEO

Venom Foundation
Nirav Murty, Co-Founder, Camp Network

Nirav Murty

Co-Founder

Camp Network
Aleksandr Nechaev, Partner & Head of DeFi, Funders VC

Aleksandr Nechaev

Partner & Head of DeFi

Funders VC
Roman Evdokimov, Partner, Contribution Capital

Roman Evdokimov

Partner

Contribution Capital
Daniel, Director, BD, Cicada Capital

Daniel

Director, BD

Cicada Capital
Daria Chernozub, Global Adoption Lead, Dash

Daria Chernozub

Global Adoption Lead

Dash
Amr, Head of Events, Somnia Network

Amr

Head of Events

Somnia Network
Neon, Head of Research & DealFlow, ChainGPT

Neon

Head of Research & DealFlow

ChainGPT
Shubham Bhandari, Head of Ecosystem, Manta Network

Shubham Bhandari

Head of Ecosystem

Manta Network
Noah Frankel, Investor, JSquare

Noah Frankel

Investor

JSquare
Mike Jin, APAC, Camp Network

Mike Jin

APAC

Camp Network

Founders & builders

Bobur Muydinov, Founder & CEO, Inspira Labs

Bobur Muydinov

Founder & CEO

Inspira Labs
Gleisson Herit, Founder & CEO, Glemo

Gleisson Herit

Founder & CEO

Glemo
Kevin Lepsoe, Founder, ETHGas

Kevin Lepsoe

Founder

ETHGas
Krish Gosai, Managing Partner, Gosai Law

Krish Gosai

Managing Partner

Gosai Law
Sumit, Co-founder, WizzHQ

Sumit

Co-founder

WizzHQ
Lia, Founding Partner, BitGPT

Lia

Founding Partner

BitGPT

Luis Correa, CEO, Obitus Games

Luis Correa

CEO

Obitus Games
Serge Belan, Founder, TimeSoul

Serge Belan

Founder

TimeSoul
Vincent, Founder, DataStream

Vincent

Founder

DataStream

Julia, CMO, Blocksquare

Julia

CMO

Blocksquare
Artak Seyranyan, Deal Flow Manager, ChainGPT Pad

Artak Seyranyan

Deal Flow Manager

ChainGPT Pad

Host

Atharv Shrivastava, Founder, BackersStage

Atharv Shrivastava

Founder

BackersStage