Dan Elitzer

Dan Elitzer is the co-founder of Nascent, a crypto investment firm that backs early-stage protocols and infrastructure, with a portfolio that includes Ethena, Morpho, and Optimism. He previously co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, the design agency IDEO's crypto-focused venture arm, and helped launch the DeFi project YAM Finance in 2020. Elitzer earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and began his career in social enterprise and microfinance.

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