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Stephen is the founder and CEO of Web3 Capital and Web3 Ventures. He was involved in projects such as Ethereum, MakerDAO, and Polkadot in the early stages. He is currently promoting collaboration between developers and the community on governance and technology through Web3 Accelerator.
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