Oliver Blakey

Oliver began his career in the poker industry playing high stakes professionally for nine years. This led to his entrance into the blockchain industry in early 2016 as an angel investor. Since then Oliver has focused the majority of his time on helping guide our portfolio companies to long term success financially to allow for business growth.

"It's nice to be important but it's far more important to be nice."

Max Van Der Mey

Max has spent the last four years investing into blockchain projects by using a distinct method of research and data points which objectively evaluates the team and their projects' possibilities of long term success. Since late 2018 Max has been focused on the proprietary trading side of the firm, after finding significant inefficiencies in the day to day market that have been completely overlooked by other parties.

“If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.”

Ben Middleton

Ben was a successful high stakes poker player for over eight years before turning his hand to the cryptocurrency market. He applied his knowledge of game theory and risk management, which he built from his career in poker, to become a successful cryptocurrency trader and angel investor. More recently, he has been spending his time in the defi sector, in which he is an investor and active participant in numerous DAOs that specialize in defi and web 3 startup investments.

"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says they are, is either a liar or doesn't play poker."

Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee is an early cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur with three successful internet startup exits. He previously worked as a product manager for Inside.com under angel investor Jason Calacanis in San Francisco, and was a product designer at Whisper in Venice. He advises and invests in blockchain startups and is the founder of DAOfi, a decentralized exchange for configurable bonding curves. He also started and manages Karma DAO, a token-permissioned community of DeFi angel investors. Andrew graduated from University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and majored in finance.

"Personal power is the ability to take action"

Oliver Blakey

Oliver began his career in the poker industry playing high stakes professionally for nine years. This led to his entrance into the blockchain industry in early 2016 as an angel investor. Since then Oliver has focused the majority of his time on helping guide our portfolio companies to long term success financially to allow for business growth.

"It's nice to be important but it's far more important to be nice."

Max Van Der Mey

Max has spent the last four years investing into blockchain projects by using a distinct method of research and data points which objectively evaluates the team and their projects' possibilities of long term success. Since late 2018 Max has been focused on the proprietary trading side of the firm, after finding significant inefficiencies in the day to day market that have been completely overlooked by other parties.

“If you only walk on sunny days you'll never reach your destination.”

Ben Middleton

Ben was a successful high stakes poker player for over eight years before turning his hand to the cryptocurrency market. He applied his knowledge of game theory and risk management, which he built from his career in poker, to become a successful cryptocurrency trader and angel investor. More recently, he has been spending his time in the defi sector, in which he is an investor and active participant in numerous DAOs that specialize in defi and web 3 startup investments.

"Nobody is always a winner, and anybody who says they are, is either a liar or doesn't play poker."

Andrew Lee

Andrew Lee is an early cryptocurrency investor and entrepreneur with three successful internet startup exits. He previously worked as a product manager for Inside.com under angel investor Jason Calacanis in San Francisco, and was a product designer at Whisper in Venice. He advises and invests in blockchain startups and is the founder of DAOfi, a decentralized exchange for configurable bonding curves. He also started and manages Karma DAO, a token-permissioned community of DeFi angel investors. Andrew graduated from University of Southern California’s Marshall School of Business and majored in finance.

"Personal power is the ability to take action"