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THE ONCHAIN SILICON VALLEY

We fund based builders

Epoch Island is a community-owned economy of crypto builders, investors, and projects

MEET THE ELDERS

Together, we fund and fuel based builders accelerating the world of onchain innovation.

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Epoch Islanders use their Passports to vote on which innovative projects to fund

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In return, Islanders receive ownership, access, and upside from the innovation they support

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We believe Epoch Island has the ability to create an economy larger than Silicon Valley

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As we scale, our endgame vision is to expand into a Network State for builders and startups

ABOUT NETWORK STATES
Delegate

Foobar

Elder #008

Foobar is the CEO and Founder of Delegate.xyz, a product that secures over $800 million across 50,000 wallets
Balancer Labs

Fernando

Elder #005

CEO and Co-Founder of Balancer Labs
The Daily Gwei

0xSassal

Elder #012

Anthony is an independent Ethereum educator, angel investor, advisor, and founder of @thedailygwei ⛽
The Defiant

Camila Russo

Elder #009

Chiefess at @DefiantNews. Author of The Infinite Machine, exec. producer of @ETHmovie. Previously at Bloomberg
@business in NYC, Madrid & Buenos Aires. Chilena.
4th Revolution Capital

Nomatic

Elder #006

Investing @4RCapital and Co-Host of @edge_pod with @DeFi_Dad
Moai Labs

Zachary Dash

Elder #001

Co-Founder and CEO of Moai Labs
MetaCartel

Yalor Mewn

Elder #007

Serial contributor to many projects including @meta_cartel, @MCON_world, @JoinETHos, @nowdaoit, and
@DebtDAO.
Delphi Labs

Kevin Simback

Elder #024

Kevin is the COO at Delphi Labs
Shapeshift

Willy

Elder #004

Willy is Head of Decentralization at the Fox Foundation (supporting ShapeShift DAO). Previously he co-founded Bitfract (acquired by ShapeShift) and JustLegal (acquired by DigitalTown) and was Principal Product Manager at ShapeShift
Sablier

Paul Perg

Elder #011

Paul is the Co-Founder of @Sablier which has facilitated over $1B+ of volume through 42,000+ streams.
Pendle

RightSide

Elder #023

Pao (Rightside) is on the growth team at @pendle_fi
Layer3

Dariya

Elder #022

Dariya is the CEO and Co-Founder of @layer3xyz, a platform that helps crypto projects reach, acquire, and retain users with powerful interactive experiences.
Coordinape

Zakku

Elder #021

Zakku is the Co-Founder of @coordinape, a collaboration tool helping teams build connections, ownership, and reputation in the digital economy.
MakerDAO

Mariano

Elder #019

Ethereum minimalist 🧉🐔
Shapeshift

Jon

Elder #018

Jon is the Co-Founder of @ShapeShift
Gnosis Guild + GroundsDAO

Auryn

Elder #017

Auryn is a DAO-obsessed solidity engineer and the founder of @GnosisGuild, @clrfund, and @GroundsDAO
ThirdWed

Jason

Elder #016

Jason is the Head of Ecosystem for @thirdweb and founder of @fourmoonsllc
Zapper

Seb

Elder #015

Seb is the Co-Founder of @zapper_fi
Intuition

Billy

Elder #014

Involved with @Ethereum since 2014, Billy is currently building @0xIntuition (the trust protocol)
Solodit

Hans Friese

Elder #013

In addition to auditing Epoch Island, Hans is the founder of @SoloditOfficial, co-founder of @CyfrinAudits, and top warden of 2023 at @code4rena
Steak Capital

Jeff

Elder #020

Jeff previously worked at @TheSpartanGroup and is now Chef @SteakCapital, a marketing and advisory firm for high-quality protocols
Velodrome

Tao

Elder #010

Tao is part of the @VelodromeFi original core team and assisted Epoch Island on many of the early conversations around veTokenomics.
Moai Labs

Steve.ETH

Elder #003

COO at Moai Labs
Moai Labs

Umar

Elder #002

CTO at Moai Labs