Special Council Bios

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Alexis Ohanian

Alexis Ohanion is a technology entrepreneur and investor. He currently serves as General


Partner and Founder of Seven Seven Six, a software-enabled venture firm focused on people,
culture, and community. Previously Alexis co-founded Initialized, an early stage venture capital
firm, and Reddit, the social news aggregation, web content rating, and discussion website. He’s
also written a national bestselling book, Without Their Permission.

Amy Wu
Amy Wu is Head of Ventures & Gaming at FTX Ventures, where she leads ventures, gaming,
M&A and commercial initiatives for FTX’s $2 billion venture capital fund. Before joining FTX
Ventures, Amy was a partner at Lightspeed Venture Partners, a multi-stage venture fund, where
she led crypto and gaming investments, including the fund's investment in FTX. She was
previously an executive at Discovery, Inc., a global media company, where she led operations
and finance across Asian markets, digital businesses, and sports.

Maaria Bajwa
Maaria Bajwa, Principal at Sound Ventures, is an early stage venture investor in companies
across crypto, fintech, retail, consumer and healthcare. Prior to joining Sound Ventures, Maaria
spent 5 years at LA-based investment advisor, ICG Advisors, where she sourced and diligenced
opportunities across all different alternative asset classes, including venture capital.

Yat Siu
Yat Siu is Co-founder & Chairman of Animoca Brands, a game software and venture capital
company. A leader in digital entertainment, blockchain, and gamification, Animoca Brands has a
portfolio of more than 150 investments in NFT-related companies and decentralized projects
that are contributing to building the open metaverse. Before co-founding Animoca Brands, Yat
founded Outblaze, a technology company that delivers digital entertainment, smartphone apps
& games, and Web 2.0 products. Prior to starting Outblaze, Yat set up Hong Kong Cybercity, the
first free web page and email provider in Asia.

Dean Steinbeck
Dean Steinbeck is President & General Counsel at Horizen Labs, a leading blockchain
development company that specializes in web3 tools and services. Dean has over a decade of
experience representing traditional VC-backed software development companies, most recently
serving as General Counsel to TigerConnect, a secure and regulatory compliant communication
platform used in over 4,000 healthcare facilities.

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