Meet Our Advisors & Sponsors
Randi Zuckerberg — Founder of Zuckerberg Media, former Facebook executive, author, host, speaker, and supporter of entrepreneurship. Pledgecamp is Randi’s first engagement with a blockchain company. She also serves as an advisor to Huobi Chain.
Matt Curcio — VP of Data at Ripple. Matt is a technical advisor focused on the implementation of the Pledgecamp platform. Neither Matt nor Ripple are directly involved with the sale or endorsement of cryptocurrencies.
Keith Teare — Executive Chairman at Accelerated Digital Ventures, founding shareholder of TechCrunch, active blockchain advisor (ICOBOX, Crypterium, Energimine, FluxFlux, Patron).
Jim Augustine — COO at Zuckerberg Media, Managing Director at First Act Ventures, screenwriter, producer, NYU and Harvard alum.
Ryan Scott — CEO of ICO Advisory Group (AKOIN, BlockRX, LoyalCoin, STEAMRole, Elige.re, Guardian Circle), angel investor (Lottery.com, Tesla, Earth Class Mail). Founder of CauseCast.
Prince Abdullah Bin Bandar Bin Abdulaziz Al Saud — Member of the Saudi Royal Family with extensive knowledge in blockchain and entrepreneurship and interest in advancing the Saudi entrepreneurial community. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Jorge Rodriguez — Ethical hacker and hands-on technical advisor assisting with security audits and smart contract design. Early team member and developer of Ethereum, advisor on notable projects such as Patron, Cedex, Bitfinex, Coinbase, Ebitcoin.org, and more.
Christian Sullivan — Super angel investor and entrepreneur with multiple billion-dollar exits (Cruise, Yandex), advisor at Republic.co and LP investor at Polychain Capital. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Edward Kim — VP of Business Development at GameFlip, General Partner at Cryptolux Capital, a cryptocurrency and digital assets hedge fund of funds.
Dr. SungJae Hwang — CEO of Foundation X, investor in EOS, NEO, Medibloc, Play2Live, PhD School of Culture Technology, KAIST, with 300 patents filed and issued. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Dr. Ryu Jung Hee — CEO of FuturePlay, CEO and founder of Olaworks (acquired by Intel), PhD, MS, and BS in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from KAIST, Adjunct Professor at GSCT and KSIM — KAIST, owner of 100 patents in the US and South Korea. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Alan Chang — Lead of Operations, Human, at Airbnb. Led Hong Kong and Northeast Asia expansion since 2012, currently managing an operations team at SF headquarters. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Reshma Sohoni — Founding partner of Seedcamp, a London-based VC firm with investments in Transferwise, Codacy, Erply, Fishbrain, Codility, Winnow, Try.com, and more.
Patrick Yang — Founder and Managing Partner of Amity Ventures, former VP at Highland Capital, major investor in Monero and Tari.
Yuri Rabniovich — Founder of Monthly Ventures, active angel investor in over ten startups, active syndicator.
Joe Wyatt — Partner at Wilmer Hale, among the most prestigious law firms in Silicon Valley, located on Sand Hill Road.
Carlos Gotlib — Investor. CEO of Dreambits Labs and son of Adela Micha (Mexican journalist and TV news anchor and personality) with an extensive business network in Mexico.
Alvaro Garnero— Considered the “Mark Cuban” of Brazil, Alvaro has nearly 4 million followers between Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter. Alvaro’s TV reality show, “50 Por 1 Destinos Espetaculares,” boasts the second largest audience in Brazil. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Won Chang Yeon (KoreanRe) —Member of the founding, owning, and managing family of Korean Reinsurance Company, the largest reinsurance company based in Seoul, South Korea with shares listed on the Korea Stock Exchange. World’s 10th largest reinsurer in gross written premiums as of 2016. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Foundation X —Top advisory fund in Korea and sister company to renowned Korean venture capital firm, FuturePlay. Providing key services such as white paper review, marketing, and endorsement to the Korean blockchain community. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
LD Capital — Top advisory fund and early investor in ETH, Binance, NEO, Qtum, Eos, Vechain. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Link VC — Top advisory fund and early investor in Blockv, Tezos, QuarkChain, Quoine, Fantom. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
DU Capital — Top advisory fund and early investor in IOTA, BAT, Tezos. Founded by Peter Du (Dulinxu). Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
Autark Ventures — Top advisory fund and investor in ICON, Wanchain, Hedera Hashgraph, Phantasma, Fantom, Nucleus Vision. Advisor and investor to Pledgecamp.
National Science Foundation (Bay Area Innovation Corps) — A US government-funded, Stanford University and UC Berkeley-sponsored training program and curriculum for entrepreneurs. The program “prepares scientists and engineers to extend their focus beyond the university laboratory, and accelerates the economic and societal benefits of NSF-funded, basic-research projects that are ready to move toward commercialization.”
Additional Investors —ATH Capital, Blockground Capital, Blockmon, Circuit Capital, C&S Investment, Mars Capital, Nomad Capital, Origin Capital, Zorax Capital.
