Meet the 50+ Mentors of IDEO CoLab’s Blockchain Startup Studio
Last week, IDEO CoLab announced the launch of its new Startup Studio program to help accelerate the world’s best blockchain entrepreneurs and startups, in partnership with over 20 leading organizations and protocols. Today, meet the 50+ Startup Studio mentors for 2019.
Since the beginning of IDEO CoLab in 2015, we’ve lived by the mantra: “we can do more together than alone.” This has guided the design of our lab, blockchain investing program, and now our blockchain Startup Studio.
Last week you met our blockchain Startup Studio’s 20+ partner organizations (covered in CoinDesk and The Block), but today we’re excited to share the humans behind them—and many more—who deeply care about the blockchain community and helping entrepreneurs and developers in it succeed.
We’re honored to be joined by our friends who are some of the best in the world. We’ve known and had the privilege to work with many of them for years. They will be helping advise, mentor, and coach startups that participate in the Startup Studio in 2019.
Apply to our free blockchain Startup Studio programs here, and reach out about our Mentor program here.
2019 Startup Studio Mentors
Adam Lukasik
Designer
IDEO CoLab
@AdamDoesAThing
Alexis Gauba
Co-Founder & Executive Director
she256
@alexisgauba
Alex Skidanov
CEO
NEAR Inc
@alexskidanov
Ali Cottong
Marketing Strategist
IDEO CoLab
@alicottong
Alison Mangiero
President & Founder
TQ Tezos
@amangiero
Andy Bromberg
Co-founder and President
CoinList
@andy_bromberg
Arianna Simpson
Managing Director
ASP
@ariannasimpson
Avichal Garg
Managing Partner
Electric Capital
@avichal
Brad Holden
Angel/Seed Business Development
Amazon Web Services
@holdenbrad
Brayton Williams
Co-Founder & Partner
BoostVC
@braytonkey
Chris Lawlor
Strategy
TQ Tezos
Dan Elitzer
Investor
IDEO CoLab Ventures & Startup Studio
@delitzer
Dawn Song
Founder & CEO
Oasis Labs
@dawnsongtweets
Denelle Dixon
CEO
Stellar Development Foundation
@DenelleDixon
Eric Meltzer
Co-Founder
Primitive Ventures
@wheatpond
Fred Ehrsam
Co-Founder
Paradigm
@fehrsam
Gavin McDermott
Research, Engineering & Investing
IDEO CoLab Ventures
@GavinMcDermott
Ian Lee
Managing Director
IDEO CoLab Ventures & Startup Studio
@ianjohnlee
Illia Polosukhin
CTO
NEAR Protocol
@ilblackdragon
Jill Carlson
Principal
Slow Ventures
@jillruthcarlson
Jacob Waites
Visual & Interaction Designer
IDEO CoLab
@imjacobwaites
Joe Gerber
Managing Director
IDEO CoLab
@Joe__Gerber
Joey Krug
Co-Chief Investment Officer
Pantera Capital
@joeykrug
Justin Pirzadeh
Director
Silicon Valley Bank
Kartik Talwar
Co-founder of ETHGlobal
ETHGlobal
@TheRealKartik
Katherine Wu
Investor
@katherineykwu
Katie Chase
Head of Strategy & Blockchain Incubator
Fidelity Center for Applied Technology
Larissa Rocha
First Employee at Brex
Brex
@brexhq
Lily Liu
Angel Investor
@calilyliu
Linda Xie
Co-Founder & Managing Director
Scalar Capital
@ljxie
Lowell Ness
Partner
Perkins Coie LLP
@LowellDNess
Maria Shen
Investor
Electric Capital
@MariaShen
Matt Weiss
Managing Director
IDEO CoLab
@mattwww
Meltem Demirors
Chief Strategy Officer
CoinShares
@Melt_Dem
Nic Carter
Partner
Castle Island Ventures
@nic__carter
Nick Grossman
Partner
Union Square Ventures
@nickgrossman
Nick Tomaino
General Partner
1confirmation
@ntmoney
Paul Veradittakit
Partner
Pantera Capital
@veradittakit
Robbie Bent
Ecosystem Support
Ethereum Foundation
@robbiebent1
Rob Massey
Global Tax Leader — Blockchain and Cryptocurrency
Deloitte
@masseyrl
Ross Rarbash
Founder & Head, Fintech and Blockchain
Atrium
@barbash
Ryan Selkis
Co-Founder & CEO
Messari
@twobitidiot
Saroj Chintakrindi
President
Blockchain at Berkeley
@sarojchin
Sasha Hudzilin
Head of BD
NEAR Protocol
@AliaksandrH
Shuya Gong
Venture Designer
IDEO CoLab
@ohmygong
Spencer Bogart
General Partner
Blockchain Capital
@CremeDeLaCrypto
Spencer Noon
Investment Manager
Doggie Tail Crypto Capital, LLC
@spencernoon
Steve Bernardez
Partner
Avanta Ventures
@sbernardez
Susan O’Malley
Director of Talent
IDEO CoLab
@suzisch
Taehong Huh
Director of Investment & Biz Development
GS Group
Tara Tan
Venture Design & Investing
IDEO CoLab Ventures
@taratan
Teck Chia
Head of Binance X
Binance
@hiteck
Tomer Weller
Head of Integration
Stellar Development Foundation
@tomerweller
