BCVC Founder Summit 2025
Bloccelerate VC pleased to host our fourth annual BCVC Founder Summit. This event is a forum for builders in the digital asset, web3, and crypto domains to come together and discuss the most challenging, existential problems in our space.
We are bringing together an exclusive, intimate group of 100 leading founders and c-level leaders from important industry participants. Join us at the prestigious Harvard Club of New York City for this day of high-quality discussions and connections.
We have an exciting line-up of speakers joining us for this year’s event including Phong Le, CEO of Microstrategy, Paul Atkins, SEC Chair, Chris Giancarlo, 13th Chairman of CFTC, Michael Shaulov, CEO & Cofounder of Fireblocks, David McClure, Founder of 500 Startups (previously Founders Fund, Paypal, and Facebook), among others.
We will make every effort to accommodate requests, but please note that attendance is not guaranteed.
2024 AGENDA
Capital Markets:
Jack Selby (Co-Founder of Paypal, Managing Director, Thiel Capital)
Michael Loeb (Co-Founder of Priceline.com and Synapse Group)
Cynthia Lo Bessett (Head of Digital Asset Management at Fidelity)
Teddy Fusaro (President at Bitwise Asset Management)
Keith Grossman (President of MoonPay, fmr President of TIME)
Michael Sonnenshein (fmr. CEO at Grayscale Investments)
Steve Kurz (Global Head of Asset Management at Galaxy)
Manoj Vasudevan (Director Digital Assets, KAUST Investment Management)
Abi Subramanian ( Founding Partner, GGA Capital)
Founders/CEOs:
Sreeram Kannan (Founder & CEO, Eigenlayer - virtual)
David Tse (Cofounder at BabylonChain)
Steven Goldfeder (Co-Founder and CEO at Offchain Labs / Arbitrum)
Robert Leshner (Co-founder & CEO at Superstate, Compound)
Muneeb Ali (Co-creator & CEO at Stacks)
Jay Jog (Co-Founder, Sei Labs)
Homme (Co-founder, Berachain)
Willem Schroe (Founder & CEO, Botanix Labs)
Azeem Khan (Co-Founder, Morph L2)
Nass Eddequiouaq (Founder & CEO, Bastion)
Ala Shaabana (Cofounder, Bittensor)
Chi Zheng (Cofounder & CEO, ZettaBlock)
Foobar (Founder, Delegate / Clusters)
Dariya Khojasteh (Cofounder & CEO at Layer3)
Simon Baksys (Cofounder & Vice President of Global Business, LayerZero)
Sishir Varghese (CEO & Cofounder, Spectral)
Jonathan Perkins ( Founder, SuperRare Labs)
David Feinstein (Founder, BOGUS)
Others:
Jon Lenzner (Chief of Staff at FBI)
Faryar Shirzad (Chief Policy Officer at Coinbase)
John D'Agostino (Head of Strategy at Coinbase)
Ari Juels (Professor at Cornell Tech, Co-Director at IC3, and Chief Scientist at Chainlink Labs)
Elad Roisman (fmr. SEC Commissioner; Partner at Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP)
David Packman (Managing Partner, Coinfund)
Joshua Rivera (Operating Partner & General Counsel, Blockchain Capital)
Nicole Valentine (Fintech Director at Milken Institute)
Ben Forman (Founder & Managing Partner, ParaFi)
Jonathan Edwards (Partner at Fenwick & West)
Brad Meliska (US Team Lead, Institutional Coverage, FalconX)
Gary Wachtel (General Council, Offchain Labs)
Greg Xethalis (General Council, Multicoin Capital)
Stephan Dalal (General Council, OpenWorld)
David Alderman ( Digital Assets Research, Franklin Templeton)
Special Guest: Scottie Pippen & The $BALL Team (American former professional basketball player, 6x NBA champion with the Chicago Bulls and seven-time NBA All-Star)