Our Partners
Gil Rosen, Managing Partner
Gil Rosen, Managing Partner of the Blockchain Builders Fund, is also President of the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator, co-teacher of CEE246A Blockchain Entrepreneurship, and co-lead of the Blockchain Applications Stanford Summit.
A prolific angel investor in data driven disruption (50+ ventures) and serial exited founder, Gil’s ventures won Forbes top 50 places to work and his team of 100 in NY, London, and Mumbai, built data infrastructure for the IRS, Veteran Affairs, Franklin Templeton, JPMorgan, BP, and VW among others.
Gil graduated as a Sloan Fellow in Stanford GSB’s MSx program in 2016, and is completing his Masters in Public Policy. He’s been an active investor, advisor, miner, yield farmer, and everything crypto since 2016.
Kun Peng, Founding Partner
Kun Peng, founding Partner of the Blockchain Builders Fund, also founded the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator in January 2022, to build community for crypto native founders at Stanford.
A prolific interviewer of Blockchain’s thought leaders who helped revive the Stanford Blockchain Club in 2021, Kun also spearheaded the CEE246 Blockchain Entrepreneurship course, and is the architect behind the Blockchain Applications Stanford Summit.
A Co-Founder and former VP of Product at Convex Labs, Kun is completing his master’s degree Management Science & Engineering at Stanford. Kun previously worked on a decentralized crypto index management platform, launched several NFT projects, and worked as a part-time product manager in Layer 1 projects in 2018.
Kun was born in China and raised in Argentina. He is knowledgeable and well-connected in both the Latin American and Asian crypto ecosystems.
Steven Willinger, Founding Partner
Steven Willinger, founding Partner of the Blockchain Builders Fund, is also a co-lead of the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator.
Prior to joining, Steven led investments at Coinbase Ventures where he had deep exposure into all aspect of the crypto ecosystem and supported hundreds of founders.
Steven was also an investor at Capital One, Product Manager at Blockstream, and wore many hats during his time at Google. Steven is a prolific investor, advisor, miner, yield farmer, and everything else crypto.
He received his MBA from Stanford GSB in 2017, where he also founded the GSB Crypto Trading club.
Our Venture Partners
Vadim Telyatnikov, Venture Partner at Blockchain Builders Fund, is a veteran blockchain founder and investor since 2015.
A 3x exited founder, Vadim is also the Cofounder, CEO, and Chairmain of Alphapoint, a while label crypto exchange with 150 customers in over 35 countries; including El Salvador’s Chivo wallet.
Prior to Alphapoint Vadim cofounded Weave Markets, a $30M neutral crypto hedge fund, invested in Lightning labs, and has been a longstanding member of theLao.
Jason Ben Yair, Venture Partner at Blockchain Builders Fund, is a veteran blockchain founder and investor since 2013.
Jason cofounded a Swiss Blockchain VC fund in 2019 who’s $20MM AUM represented a 7.5x MOIC. Prior, Jason founded Carbyne Capital in 2016, one of the largest private crypto-mining operations in the US with over $70MM AUM, as well as Communisea, a global think tank comprised of blockchain thought leaders focused on positive systemic change.
As a partner in Starlight Real Estate Advisors, Jason is working with one of the largest global REITs to incorporate blockchain technologies.