Rayo Capital | Icebreaker

Rayo Capital | Icebreaker

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Passionate about innovation and emerging technologies (blockchain/crypto, artificial intelligence, virtual/augmented reality). I want to help build technology-centric companies that improve the status quo by delivering better solutions. Skilled in quantitative investment and risk management, equity and credit analysis, macroeconomic analysis, corporate FP&A/operations, product development, product management, business/finance consulting. A few things about myself: - Endlessly curious, pragmatically focused - Strategic ideator: macro to micro, and vice versa - Self-starter, results-oriented - Resourceful and proactive - Gathering data and subject matter expertise = better decision making - Team collaboration is key, winning together amplifies joy and results - Integrity and accountability, the buck stops with me - Constantly learning, never settle - When faced with adversity, stop, take a deep breath, remain calm, and consider all alternatives "Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution." - Albert Einstein

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Mel Vera is a Colombia native raised in New York City. After graduating from Babson College, her degree in Environmental Economics inspired her to start Atlus, a nonprofit based in Medellin focused on reducing youth violence and unemployment through blockchain, AI, and ecology education. After serving as Executive VP for the Blockchain Education Network and aiding Business Development at Injection Protocol, Mel began directing Ecosystem & Education and later became director of Community & Communications at DoinGud, an NFT platform empowering creators and social impact organizations. While her time at DoinGud Mel founded NFTclassroom.org a non-profit focused on reducing the socio-economic gap by teaching minority students about NFTs, art, and financial literacy. Mel currently sits as an advisor for RealItems.io, blockchainedu.org, Infuence.io and other emerging companies in the Web 3.0 space. Mel has spoken at the EY Strategic Growth Conference, 2021 Harvard & MIT National Colombian conference, Virtual Growth Conference 2020, The NFTE gala, EthDenver2020, EthBoston, Futurists Conf, La Conexión Medellin, La Conexión Argentina. She was a Forbes 30 under 30 fellows two years in a row.

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Managing Director at ENYA Ventures | Pre-seed, AI-native founders in Spanish-speaking LatAm | Company builder

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Community Coordinator @ Stand With Crypto

Christian Narvaez

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Founder & CEO, Rayo Capital Group | President, Stand With Crypto Alliance NY | Bridging Capital, Innovation & Policy Across U.S. & Latin America

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Unlocking credit for the agent economy I DeFi I Stablecoins I RWA I Agentic finance