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.

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.

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.