At Discovery Engine (acquired by Twitter), he engineered machine learning and AI systems across a proprietary distributed computing framework to build web scale-ranking algorithms. Prior to VC, Zavain was a founder and computer scientist. Zavain drafted the firm's theses in Genetics, Synthetic Biology, and the Blockchain. There he sourced and led the firm's investments in early stage technology companies including Zymergen and BlockStream. Previously Zavain was an investor at Eric Schmidt's Innovation Endeavors. Zavain has led Lux's investments in Primer, a machine intelligence startup Clarifai, which democratizes cutting edge deep neural networks Auransa, which is developing novel medicines based on computational insight applied to genomic data Recursion which uses automation and deep learning to develop drugs for rare diseases Tempo Automation, which applies software and automation to electronics manufacturing Rigetti Computing, which is fabricating some of the fastest quantum chips in the world Visla, which is bringing AI to medical diagnostics Visor, which aims to simplify tax preparation Computable Labs, which is building a decentralized data marketplace Blockstack, which builds architectures to decentralize current winner-take-all centralized web components and Runway, which is putting machine learning tools into the hands of creators. He looks for entrepreneurs that can use software and data to hone a philosophical position on where the world is, and how to direct it for the better. He invests in companies that are using machine learning and AI to augment or replace physical-world functions including biology, language, manufacturing and analysis. Zavain is driven by smart software, leveraging data and machine intelligence to scale, augment, and balance human intelligence. Meltem teaches at her alma mater MIT as well as Oxford, and is passionate about privacy and civil rights. She is a founding member and co-chair of the World Economic Forum Cryptocurrency Council and testified before the House Financial Services Committee on the importance of bitcoin. Meltem has been recognized for her personal contributions to the industry and serves as an outspoken advocate. Before she was bitten by the bitcoin bug, Meltem worked in the Oil & Gas industry in trading, corporate treasury, and M&A roles. Prior to joining CoinShares, Meltem helped build and grow Digital Currency Group, raising capital from the world’s largest corporations and managing a portfolio of 120 companies and 4 subsidiaries. Meltem Demirors is Chief Strategy Officer of CoinShares, a digital asset investment firm that manages $4B in assets on behalf of a global client base, and serves as a trusted partner to investors and entrepreneurs navigating the digital asset ecosystem.Īn established veteran of digital asset investing, Meltem draws on her substantial experience and widespread influence to accelerate growth and acceptance of the asset class.
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