Blockchain Builders Fund | BBF

It was such a treat to teach MS&E 447: Blockchain Technologies & Entrepreneurship at Stanford University for the second year in a row! At Blockchain Builders Fund | BBF and the Stanford Blockchain Accelerator we're on a mission to increase high quality company formation from the Stanford ecosystem and this class is the tip of the spear! We speed run Blockchain and crypto and then bring in apex industry leaders to give our class a view from the top and an insight into the future! Huge thanks to my amazing co-instructors: Kun P. – Your vision and dedication to this space make this class truly special. Gil Rosen – Your deep knowledge and leadership keep pushing the conversation forward. Xochitl Cazador – Your energy and passion for blockchain innovation keep students engaged and inspired. Aaron Greenblatt, PhD – Your hands-on approach and real-world insights make this course that much more valuable. And of course, a huge shoutout to our guest speakers who took time out of their busy schedules to share their expertise with our students: Vitalik Buterin - Co-founder of Ethereum Dan Boneh - Professor of Cryptography Stanford University Anatoly Yakovenko Co founder Solana Labs Illia Polosukhin Co-founder NEAR Protocol Nemil Dalal - Coinbase Dev Plaform and Agentkit at Coinbase Sreeram Kannan - Founder Eigen Labs Karl Floersch - CEO Optimism Foundation Gina Moon and Alexander Grieve General Counsel and Regulatory Affairs at Paradigm Gordon Y. Liao - Chief Economist and Head of Research at Circle Jason Zhao - Co-Founder Story Grateful to be part of a community that’s shaping the future of this industry. Looking forward to doing it all again next year! ??

“People [will be] able to have agency over their data, over their identity, and people are able to trust each other.” Daniel Marin, founder of Nexus, spoke to Forbes’ Steven Bertoni about the goal of his company and how it could impact internet use in the future. Watch more: https://lnkd.in/eqpQWSCk

We're excited to announce a $25M Series A round co-led by Lightspeed and Pantera Capital, with participation from Dragonfly and others to bring zero-knowledge proofs to the fabric of the Internet. Read more at blog.nexus.xyz/series-a/. This follows an initial $2.2 million seed funding, led by Dragonfly in late 2022, with support from Alliance, SV Angel and more. And, we're expanding our San Francisco-based team. If you're excited about being part of a fundamental shift in the field of computation, check out our open listings at nexus.xyz/careers.