Founding Team
KRISTI KLAWITER
Chief of Staff
Kristi Klawiter, Chief Operating Officer and strategic operator for venture-backed startups, specializes in people systems, operational infrastructure, and executive execution.
ALEX VEYTSEL
CSO
Chief Strategy Officer and seasoned advisor. Helped Fortune 500s streamline their IT costs and strategy; ran 100+ business planning projects for Microsoft, Sony, Intel and others.
TONY GREENBERG
CEO
CEO of RampRate, leading technology advisory firm. Investor and advisor to numerous startups focused on maximizing impact in blockchain and emerging markets
ALEX KARELIN
CTO
Experienced CTO and entrepreneur with multiple exits and leading tech roles in enterprises such as Vivendi and MTV networks.
JOSH BYKOWSKI
Director of Business & Legal
Attorney specializing in emerging technologies, M&A advisory, data privacy, and intellectual property. Author in the decentralized governance space and lead voting associate of a DAO with over 250M AUM
KAVON SOLTANI
Head of Product
Blockchain entrepreneur and innovator, expertise in token mechanisms & blockchain-based ethical solutions; co-founder of Aventus Protocol and developer of the Token Curated Registry (TCR) model
KRISTI KLAWITER
Kristi Klawiter, Chief Operating Officer and strategic operator for venture-backed startups, specializes in people systems, operational infrastructure, and executive execution.
Attorney specializing in emerging technologies, M&A advisory, data privacy, and intellectual property. Author in the decentralized governance space and lead voting associate of a DAO with over 250M AUM
TYLER KOLODNY
Director of Corporate Development
Tyler Kolodny is a Strategic Advisor with Impact Soul and RampRate, focused on promoting ethical and sustainable crypto projects by guiding tokenization efforts with strong governance, legal clarity, and social impact.
ADVISORS
WILL POOLE
Will Poole leads Capria and Unitus Ventures to back soonicorns in Global South and scale India’s startups. He is a former Microsoft VP who ran Windows Client and co-led social-impact efforts, he combines strategic expertise to drive profit and purpose.
ANDREW DURGEE
Senior Banker: 35 years of experience in financial advisory services to corporate and private equity clients. Transactions include advising Bank America on $3B investment in China Construction.
GARY SILVERMAN
Gary Silverman is a White & Case partner advising on M&A, joint ventures and private equity across technology. After 18 years building Kirkland & Ellis’s private equity practice and a partnership, he’s famed for his commercial acuity. M&A partner combining strategy, technology, and acumen.
PICO VELASQUEZ
Founder and CEO of VIIRA, she fuses physical and virtual worlds using architecture, generative AI, and DeFi. Her new venture, Arkaleidos, pioneers a tokenized land exchange for urban development assets.
ALAN GINSBERG
Senior Banker: 35 years of experience in financial advisory services to corporate and private equity clients. Transactions include advising Bank America on $3B investment in China Construction.
STUART NEWTON
Former National Business Development Leader, Blockchain and Digital Assets, and Global Head of Business Development for Deloitte. Working through the evolution of the blockchain space and being at the forefront of technology, regulatory, compliance in 50+ countries.
ADVISORS
GARY SILVERMAN
PICO VELASQUEZ
Founder and CEO of VIIRA, a Computational Architect and Innovation Thought Leader driving the integration of physical and virtual worlds through architecture, generative AI, and decentralized finance. Arkaleidos, a new venture, is pioneering a tokenized land exchange platform for urban development assets.