Everyone who has spoken, moderated, mentored, or judged at a Funding the Commons gathering since November 2021, with what they work on and the sessions they gave. Search a name, an organization, or a topic.
Global Head of Strategy and Partnerships · Exponential Science
Founder & CEO · Govrn
Head of Marketing · Runner
Head of Security Research · Normalyze (acquired by Proofpoint)
Weaviate
Director, Artificial Intelligence Division · USC Information Sciences Institute
Toucan Protocol
Artist · Independent artist
Steward, Greenpill Network & Dev Guild · Greenpill Network / Green Goods
Fifty Years
Founder, REINCANTAMENTO; Researcher, The Sphere · REINCANTAMENTO / The Sphere
Sovereign Nature Initiative
Sustainability Lead · Cardano Foundation
Researcher/Producer · reclaimed.systems
Director of Fundraising · The Tor Project
Principal Data Scientist · Global Trade Compliance
Telos y Norse Securities
Researcher & Designer · Independent
Co-Founder; Assistant Professor of Law · Sovereign Nature Initiative; University of Amsterdam
CEO & EECS Research Scientist
Researcher · Weizenbaum Institute
rofessor of Anglophone Studies, Johannes Gutenberg Universität Mainz
Web3Citizen
Partner, Ecosystem Strategy and Innovation · Celo
Co-founder, CTO & Chief Scientist · Panther Protocol
Ecosystem Growth Lead · Stellar Development Foundation
Artist; Professor, Photography Dept., HGB Leipzig · HGB Leipzig / independent artist
Funding the Commons
Executive Director · GoodDollar
Senior Partnerships Manager for Aid · Stellar Development Foundation
COO, Xcapit
Design, Onchain Allocation Handbook · Gitcoin
Head of Machine Learning for Art and Creativity · Hugging Face
Founder, Wildchain
U3Tech
Co-founder & Executive Director · Land Core
Latam Director · Gnosis Pay
Mrs kzg.eth Enthusiastic about Ethereum, Breadchain
Senior ML Engineer · Predibase
Blockchain Lead · UNICEF Office of Innovation
Founder · CommunityBuild
Experience Designer, Co-founder · seks.design / the Y radio
Artist, Technologist, Builder
Founder · Unum
Inverter Network
Artist & Curator for Performative Practices · HKW
Professor of Psychology; Director, Cooperation Lab · Arizona State University / Cooperative Futures Institute
Director of Global Strategy (also founder, Amazon Watch) · Amazon Sacred Headwaters Initiative
Co-representative Director; Co-founder of Next Commons Lab and Nishikigoi NFT · Paramita Inc.
Cyber Ambassador; former Digital Minister of Taiwan; co-author of Plurality · Taiwan Cyber Ambassador-at-large; Plurality.net
Former Executive Director, Regen Foundation · River Computer (2026); Board Director, Regen Foundation
BuidlGuidl
Founder · AI & Democracy Foundation
Impact Hub Network
Program Director, Emerging Technologies · The Aspen Institute (Aspen Digital)
Directora Ejecutiva · Mujeres 2000
Co-founder and President · Foundation for Public Code
Strategic Partnerships · FAR.AI (FAR Labs) / Future of Life Institute
Co-founder & Steward · OpenCivics
CMO · Centrifuge
Co-Founder · ReframeIt
Professor of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology; Director, La Kretz Center for California Conservation Science · UCLA
Co-Founder & CEO · Tellor
Founder · BIOCULTIVATION
Chief AI Strategist (per 2024); formerly CTO, OpenSSF · Linux Foundation
Senior Product Manager · A1M Solutions
Co-Founder & COO · Zeom
IPFS Ecosystem Team / CASA
Co-Founder & CFO · Devonian Systems (Cherty)
Founder & CEO · Banyan Collective
President and Co-founder · Plexos Institute
Head of Community / Group Product Manager, Enterprise Engagement · Google
Artist, founder · The Feminist Economics Department (The FED) / The Hologram
Co-Founder · Centrifuge
designer, bread co–op · bread co–op (fka breadchain)
Founder, Digital Crossroads; Visiting Academic, Imperial College London · Digital Crossroads; Imperial College London
Founder · Extra Labs
Community Builder · Funding the Commons
Co-Founder, BrightWorks AI; AI Expert & Senior Advisor, Change Agent AI · BrightWorks AI; Change Agent AI
PhD student, History of Science · UCLA Department of History; Weird Economies
Co-Founder · Afropolitan
Research Lead · Taiwan Labor Front
Senior Developer Advocate / Technical Instructor · Stellar Development Foundation
Head of Product · CharmVerse
Innovation Manager (Digital Public Goods Lead) · UNICEF Office of Innovation
Researcher · UC Davis/Future Human Systems Research
Chief Executive Officer · Limitless
Operations, dOrg & Consultant, ACT3 · dOrg, ACT3
Senior Fintech Researcher / Data Engineer · ITRI
Software Engineer, Celestia · dev
Protocol Labs
Global Senior Advisor - Climate, Technology, Systems and Sustainability Innovation · UNDP
vTaiwan
VP Policy · Spawning
Ethereum Volcano
Tropykus
Product Manager, Blockful
President & Co-Founder · Active Inference Institute
Instigator · RnDAO
Executive Director · UCSF UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health
Founder · Culture (consumer biotech startup)
Programme Director, Safeguarded AI · ARIA (Advanced Research + Invention Agency)
Co-Founder · Glow
Co-Founder · GoodX / Impact Markets
Professor, EECS · UC Berkeley
Founder · CIVICS.com; MIT Computational Law Report
Empathetic AI Institute
Co-Founder · GoodX / Impact Markets
Learning Layer Labs
Fellow & Program Lead · Digital Asia Hub
CGO · mined.fi
Co-Founder & Executive Director · Collective Intelligence Project
Consultant · Pomagam.pl
OrangeDAO
Co-Founder · The Lexicon
Assistant Dean for Student Affairs (Graduate), School of Global Studies, Thammasat University · Thammasat University School of Global Studies
UX Designer, Decent Patterns
Director · Renaissance Philanthropy
Co-Founder & Partner · Fifty Years
Ethereum Foundation
Impact and Learning Expert · Self-employed
Blockstreet Capital (Chainlink Labs?)
Gane
epok.tech
Founder · Edge Society
Student · Waseda University
Co-founder and Research Lead · The Sphere
MindsDB
Owner, Permaculture Artisans
AthenaDAO
CTO · Layer Labs
Executive Director (through 2025); DAWO26 organizer · Metagov
Economist | Founder · CriptoUNAM
Maintainer · Radicle
Research Engineer · Sundial
Advocacy Officer, International Campain to Abolish Nuclear Weapons · ICAN (Internationale Kampagne zur Abschaffung von Atomwaffen)
Co-founder of EUCI · Blockchain Lawyer, Advisor, Board Member
Kyoto University, Beyond2050 Design Office
Co-Founder, Business Development · Entrepreneur
CTO & Co-Founder · Fractional CPTO • Founder mode for hire
RIKEN
Founder / Dr · Unexia
Partner, Blockchain for Good Alliance
Research Lead / Founder · Microsoft Research (Plural Technology Collaboratory); Plurality Institute; RadicalxChange Foundation
Founding Team: Strategy and Operations · Karma3 Labs/OpenRank
Co-founder · Movement Generation
CEO, OnlyDust
Co-Founder/CTO · Matters Lab
Partner · Boost VC
Partner · a16z crypto
Tech Lead · GoodDollar.org
Sustainability Integration Lead, WoodenValley gGmbH · European Commission
Cybozu Labs Inc.
Participant, Editor in chief · g0v.tw
Chief Architect · Bread Cooperative / POA
Design Partner · Funding the Commons
Founder · Future of Life Institute & CSER
Founder · AIME
Community Weaver · Zukunfts (T)Raum & many more
Co-Founder and General Partner · Cerulean Ventures
CTO · Funding the Commons
Founder & Executive Director; 2026 candidate for U.S. Congress · The Society Library
Co-Founder · Edge City
Research Scientist · Dynamical Systems
Founder - CEO · Arize AI
Founder · XRPL Commons & Decentralized Desires
Associate Director · KPMG in Taiwan
expressive freedom worldwide
Creator of Base · Coinbase
Senior Advisor (governance & institution design) · Open Lunar Foundation
Network Tickler & Facilitator · Microsolidarity Network
Deputy Director, RDI · UC Berkeley College of Engineering
Co-Founder · 3Box Labs
Planet Labs
Festival Director; Vice Managing Director, Falling Walls Foundation · Creative Bureaucracy Festival / Falling Walls Foundation
Founder, Astral
Co-founder · Societal Labs
Climate Coordination Network (CCN)
Decoland
Developer Relations Engineer · NEAR AI & NEAR Protocol
Product & Strategy Lead (Public AI); Research Lead (Metagov); BKC Fellow 2026 · Public AI / Metagov
Co-Founder; writer & podcaster · Bread Cooperative / The Blockchain Socialist
Chief Business Officer · Matter
Professor · National Taiwan University
steward of the Human Flourishing floor · Frontier Tower
Founder & CEO (ex-Microsoft Research)
Student Assistant, Weizenbaum Institut
Public Outreach · Basic Income Earth Network, Poetic Technologies
Senior User Researcher & Design Sprint Facilitator · Deep Work Studio
Cryopets
Cybrarian
Founder, Decoland · The Decoland
Chief Business Development & Comms Officer · Swarm
Technical Program Manager
Founder, ethevacuations
Founder · TRANSFER
Core Developer · Hypercerts Foundation / Ma Earth
IT Promotion Agency[IPA], Japan
Fullstack Developer · Debt DAO / Molecule (last known)
CEO and Co-Founder, RISE; Managing Partner, SeaX Ventures · RISE / SeaX Ventures
Chief of Communications · United Nations University
Partner · Funding the Commons
Director, RariLabs
Founder and CEO, RIFFAI
Representative Director · De-Silo, B-Side Incubator
passport
Researcher & Co-Founder · Other Internet
Director of Strategic Partnerships · Fera Zero
Associate · Grace – Accelerate Female Entrepreneurship
Transmedia Artist, Co-Director of The Sphere, The Sphere
Founder, Arkreen
Researcher · Flashbots
Product Manager · Gitcoin Passport
Grants Program Manager, JUST Open Source · Modality
General Counsel · AppWorks Accelerator
Impact producer · KINDA / Connected Differences e.V. / The Palestine Music Space
. · Nodes
assistant professor for philosophy, Humbuldt University Berlin AND Selbstbestimmung Selbst Gemacht · Humbuldt University Berlin AND Selbstbestimmung Selbst Gemacht,
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Operations Lead, ReFi DAO
CEO, Terra Genesis · Origins Co•op
Human Capital Management · Sixth Street
ai & humans
Founder · Karma (Karma GAP)
Senior Organizer · DWeb
Founder · DoinGud; Blockravers
DeepVenture.io
Abogada y Magíster en Magistratura y Gestión Judicial · Juzgado de Paz y Contravencional de Lavalle
Co-Founder (JPG); Director of Growth (Avara) · JPG (Juried Protocol Galleries) / Avara
KlimaDAO
Co-Founder; President, Valora · cLabs (Celo) / Valora
Co-Founder & Executive Director · European Crypto Initiative (EUCI)
Uzawa Kokusai Gakkan
CerebrumDAO
Co-founder, The Wellbeing Protocol · The Wellbeing Protocol (hum.community)
General Counsel · Blockchain Association
Dr. phil. · University of Copenhagen, Denmark
Token Economist · Kaufmann Ulm Lichtwerbung GmbH
Stellar Development Foundation · GIZ
Member, House of Representatives · fmr. Minister for Digital Transformation, Japan
ONGAESHI
Digital Agency, Government of Japan
Harvard Kennedy School
GM / Product - Network Goods · Congrue
Co-Founder · Ma Earth
Head of Research / Research Partner · Pantera Capital
UNICEF Office of Innovation
GreenPill Writers Guild
Executive Director · Linux Foundation
Founding Officer / Co-Founder · Filecoin Foundation
GM · Grants Labs (Gitcoin)
Senior Program Officer · Mozilla
Foragers.io / Web3Privacy / xx.network
Founder & CEO · BlockScience
Deputy Chief of SIIF Impact Economy Lab / Secretariat Lead of GSG Impact JAPAN · SIIF / GSG Impact JAPAN
Abundance Protocol
Code for Japan
The Flourishing Systems Foundation
Directeur commercial chez S.A.D.
Co-CEO and Co-founder · Happy Ground
Protocol Labs
IPFS Fund
Commons Fund, Operations Project Manager
Coordinator · Regenerative Designer
Fractional Product Leader / Startup Advisor · Self-employed
BIO, Head of Growth
Token Engineering
Founder & CEO · The Digital Economist
Researcher & Writer; Head of Research, co-matter · Least Authority / co-matter
Network Tickler & Facilitator · Microsolidarity Network
Honorable Chairperson · Taiwan Association for Blockchain Ecosystem Innovation (TABEI)
VoiceDeck
PhD student · Aithyra
Cybozu Labs Inc. Research Director · Cybozu Labs Inc., Research Director
Founder · OHR
Founder · integrity machines / CyberCat Institute
CEO and Founder · Technologist.
Founder · DeSci Mexico
Founder / Co-owner · Earthseed Farm / Urban Permaculture Institute
Co-Founder · ResearchHub
Associate Professor · McMaster University
Artist, terra0
Decentralized protocols
CPO, Refunite
Founder & Managing Director · ProjectTogether
Co-Founder & Partner · Earth
Founder & CEO · Liker Land
Founder & CEO · Give Zero
Dean of the School of Global Studies, Thammasat University
Head of Research · Alien
Co-founder · Ennovie
WeaveMind
FtC Tokyo EMCEE
Graphic Designer, Breadchain Cooperative
Graphic Designer
Developer at DAOstar
Former Partner · GIS Management Consultant
GravityDAO
Engineer · Kariba Labs / Open Source Observer
Roote
Creative Strategist & Growth Leader · Kairós Creative Strategy
Investor · ANRI
Regional Technology for Development Specialist, UNICEF
Master student · Malmö University
Director · Japan Science and Technology Agency
Filecoin Foundation
CEO · Eigen Foundation
Lead protocol Engineer @Opacity, Tech lead @Breadchain, Opacity/Breadchain
la chama que pinta billetes
UI/UX designer, Breadchain Coop · Breadchain Cooperative
Permaculture Action Network
Coordinator, Zero-knowledge Audiovisual Club
CEO · academist, Inc.
Araya Inc., Ai Alignment Network
Protocol Labs
Ecological Economist and Founder · Finance for Gaia
Regen Network Development PBC
Executive Director · DAOstar
Engineering · Merit Systems
COO, Layer Labs; Founder & Regenerative Design Director, ArtEcology · Layer Labs / ArtEcology
Founder · Mutualist Society
Gitcoin
Tulipan Partners
Aztec Labs
Nummora
Grants Lab · Gitcoin (Grants Lab) / GreenPill Network
Principal Ecosystem Solution Architect · Galaxy
Product · TwelveLabs
Founder & CEO · ixo
ElizaOS
Deputy Secretary-General, Taipei City Government
Co-Founder · Beacon Labs / Imi
Co-founder · Gorilla (UC Berkeley)
Co-founder & CEO · Blocq, Inc.
Chief Economist, Huddle01
Founder · DeCartography / Plurality Tokyo
U3Tech
Program Director, Ma Earth US
Cofounder and Protocol Lead, Hats Protocol · Protocol Engineer → AI Engineer
Product Owner
Artist, Funding the Commons, Zimmerli Architects · Client Account Manager
Founder, Complementary Currency Resource Center
Co-founder · Ethereum Climate Platform
Principal Applied Scientist · Oracle
Incented
AI Engineer, Sci-fi writer, Entrepreneur
Senior Data Analyst
The Dharma Code
Solutions Architect · Noburo
AI Governance Association
CEO & Co-Founder, Noburo
Fundador / Consultor
Founder · MUQA
Research Scientist · https://research.protocol.ai/groups/cryptoeconlab/
CEO · NEORT
United Nations University
Knovel Protocol
Researcher & Philosopher · The Open Machine
Staff Software Engineer · The Aha Company
PhD Candidate · TalTech / RMIT
ETH Kuala Lumpur
Founder · Merklebot
Founding Member · da0
Loqu, Inc.
Vice President and Director of Digital Startup Insitute, Digital Economy Promotion Agency (depa) of Thailand · Technology & Innovation Enthusiast.
Unitary Fund
Secretariat of New Form of Capitalism Realization
Director · Shibuya Startup Support (Shibuya City Government)
CoFounder · Volume DAO
Philanthropy Advisors
Governor of Tokyo
Web3 Foundation, SovAge
Bizdev lead · Informal Systems
Community Researcher · Wyvern Art Fund
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