Dan Elitzer is co-founder at Nascent. Previously, Dan co-founded IDEO CoLab Ventures, a crypto-focused venture firm associated with the renowned design agency, IDEO. During that time, he also helped launch YAM Finance. Dan began his career in social enterprise and microfinance, working with both domestic social impact organizations and international development agencies. Dan earned an MBA from MIT Sloan, where he co-founded the MIT Bitcoin Club and MIT FinTech Club, and a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Pomona College.

Theresa Regenstreif leads Finance, Legal, and Operations at Nascent. Previously, Theresa was Head of Finance at an early stage Fintech company that was acquired, with a VC who built and invested in early stage consumer-facing FinTech companies, and worked with an impact investor seeding early stage agribusinesses in sub-Saharan Africa.

Rebecca leads Performance and Culture at Nascent. She has previously held key leadership positions at The Rockefeller Foundation, Rippleworks, and Living Goods. She is interested/obsessed with human motivation and performance and has shared her work at The White House, MIT, Harvard Business School and Oxford University. Rebecca has served as startup advisor at The Unreasonable Institute, The Cordes Fellowship and The GLG Social Impact Fellowship.

Jack supports Nascent’s venture team over the entire deal lifecycle and aids in building internal venture tools to scale discovery and diligence. Before Nascent, Jack worked at Coinbase Ventures, Visa’s crypto team, Bloccelerate VC, and co-founded a crypto-native gaming and betting startup. He graduated from the Foster School of Business and is a crypto degen at heart. Outside of work, he’s into basketball, tennis, skiing, sailing, and is always on the lookout for standout food recs.

Joe is a Quantitative Developer at Nascent, where he builds intelligence systems and tools that amplify our capabilities across the investment pipeline. Prior to Nascent, he developed algorithmic trading systems, smart contracts, and various other software for private clients and his own ventures. He also served as Director of Research at Windermere Key Capital Management while studying at the University of Rochester. As co-president of the university's Quantitative Finance Collective, he organized several international trading competitions and conferences. Joe is obsessed with exploring developments in agentic AI and obscure mathematical fields. Outside of work, he can most likely be found on the golf course.

Peter is a Venture Partner at Nascent, building strong connections across the crypto ecosystem. He previously worked with the venture team at Polychain Capital and prior to that was at Victory Capital. Outside of work, he’s an avid surfer and Straus Chocolate Milk enthusiast.

Brock is a Venture Partner at Nascent. Previously, Brock helped launch YAM Finance, consulted on smart contract engineering, and built Ethereum-focused trading and liquidation systems. Brock has a background in machine learning, smart contract engineering, and finance. Brock attended UPenn’s Wharton Undergrad before dropping out to start a small crypto-focused fund.

Nico is a strategy lead at Nascent. Prior to joining Nascent he held trading and portfolio management roles with several hedge funds with both pure discretionary and market neutral mandates. As a Miami University student he co-founded Block Key Capital, a thesis driven crypto investment fund and was a plankholder of Miami's Blockchain club founded in 2016.

Thor is a Liquid Discretionary Strategist focused on systematic strategies and yield opportunities. Previously, he contributed to venture and liquid crypto investments at Heartcore Capital, a European fund, and has been deeply engaged in the crypto space since 2020. While studying computer science and economics, Thor worked as a crypto researcher and founded On Chain Times, a crypto blog with over 12,000 readers.