Galaxy, Gradient and Lux VCs will decide the TC Periods: Crypto pitch-off • TechCrunch

One of the crucial common actions at a TechCrunch convention is watching top-notch early-stage founders sq. off in a pitch competitors. Significantly, who doesn’t love a pitch-off? And the Crypto Pitch-off is only one extra compelling purpose to go to TechCrunch Periods: Crypto on November 17 in Miami. Let’s check out the judges our intrepid startups might want to impress.

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The contenders will pitch their tech to this panel of professional VCs: Grace Isford, principal, Lux Capital; Wen-Wen Lam, accomplice, Gradient Ventures; and Will Nuelle, common accomplice, Galaxy Ventures — take a look at their bonafides beneath.

Grace Isford invests on the nexus of web3, knowledge infrastructure and purposes of AI/ML. She focuses on crypto and blockchain infrastructure firms constructing the next-gen web3 stack, in addition to on knowledge and machine-learning startups that hyper-personalize consumer experiences and rework legacy industries.

At Lux, Isford works with firms corresponding to Tactic, Goldsky and RunwayML. Previous to becoming a member of Lux, she labored at Canvas Ventures and Handshake (in product administration), and she or he earned her BS and MS from Stanford College.

Earlier than becoming a member of Gradient Ventures, Wen-Wen Lam was the CEO and co-founder of NexTravel (YCW15), a number one company journey resolution that serviced hundreds of shoppers like Lyft, Twilio and Stripe. She grew the enterprise to over $100 million in annual gross sales earlier than exiting to TravelPerk in 2020.

Previous to founding NexTravel, Lam labored with startups in management roles. She acquired a BA in economics from UC Berkeley and her MBA from the USC Marshall College of Enterprise, and she or he started her profession in tech at LinkedIn.

Will Nuelle focuses on early-stage investments in protocol layer infrastructure, DeFi purposes and software program merchandise. Nuelle began at Galaxy Ventures in analysis, the place he developed quantitative danger software program for buying and selling.

Previous to becoming a member of Galaxy, he constructed incentive simulations for Ethereum protocol FOAM as an intern. He holds BS levels in arithmetic and structure from Stanford College. He’s a board member for Skolem Applied sciences and has led greater than 13 investments for Galaxy.

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