ZuVillage Made Possible By…

Veronica Schrenk

Burns Schrenk

Giorgi Tushurashvili

• Giorgi Tushurashvili has had the privilege of making significant strides in the digital landscape of the Caucasus region. As the founder of Echolize.com, he took pride in pioneering influencer marketing in the area, successfully raising over $1 million in investments. His dedication at Echolize led to transformative results for Fortune 500 companies, offering them the power of a fully automatized influencer marketing platform. Now, as the co-founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Bitnet, he has the honor of leading the largest crypto exchange in Georgia. He has channeled his passion and expertise into fundraising for Bitnet, driving exponential customer growth, and overseeing product development from the ground up. From ideation to launch, he is committed to introducing products that not only cater to market needs but also shape the future of the crypto industry. Giorgi always welcomes opportunities to collaborate, innovate, and take on new challenges in the digital and tech arena.

• Goodwill is presented on the Georgian market since 2004 and it is one of the biggest and most well known local supermarket chains. Currently it has 7 branches in the biggest Georgian cities - Tbilisi and Batumi. Along with typical grocery items, Goodwill offers its customers a variety of culinary, food production and confectionery goods which represent its distinctive characteristic.

• Alex Varga - Hackathons

• Alessandro Palombo - Network States

• Anna Riedl - (Meta)rationality & Cognitive Sovereignty

• Artem Zhiganov - Decentralized Governance

• Bharat Harbham - Decentralized Science

• Cathy - Housing Coordination

• Chance McAllister - Research

• Christian Betancourt - Legal Engineering

• Freddy Tsao - Cultural Strategy

• Ivan Provilkov - Artificial Intelligence

• Jakub Šimek - Network States

• Kashushu - Art

• Kiba Gateaux - Space Technology

• Kyle Smith - Legal Engineering

• Kyler Wandler - Legal Engineering

• Lisa Neidhardt - Synthetic Biology

• Maja Kaczmarek - Synthetic Biology

• Manuel Olariu - Space Technology

• Niklas Anzinger - Longevity

• Pedro Henrich - Longevity and Pitch Competitions

• QJ Wang - Software Infrastructure

• Shaka Lei Kaumaka - A/V and Live Music

• Simon - Zuzalu.city Product Design

• Sophia Kereselidze - Local Liaison

• Thomas Alexander - Synthetic Biology

• Trace Wax - Space Technology

• Yesh - X-Risks & Techno-Optimism

Partners

• Bitnet.ge

• Blockful

• DeSciLondon

• DeSciWorld

• Ethereum Community Fund

• Frontier University

• GenXT

• George Paliani

• Ixian.tech

• LexDAO

• Logos

• LottoPGF

• MuseMatrix

• Society for Technological Advancement

• Socratic.bot

• Status

• VitaDAO

• Zuzalu.city

Ed Hesse

• Ed holds the position of Co-Founder at DarkForest, a company at the forefront of cryptocurrency market-making. He is also the founding member and current head of the Sovereign Nature Initiative. In addition, Ed provides strategic guidance to Scytale Ventures, thereby influencing investments within the blockchain sector. His prior involvement with Grid Singularity served as a precursor to his current role as the chairman of the Energy Web Foundation, where he fosters advancements at the intersection of energy and blockchain technologies. He spearheads a collective known as Black Swan, which comprises founders and artists working towards autonomy-enhancing solutions. Ed’s professional history includes tenure at Andritz Hydro and ABB, as well as engagements with technology transfer projects in China and the European automotive industry. Ed is a graduate of the University of Konstanz, Germany, holding a diploma in Mechanical Engineering and Project Management. His diverse experience underpins his capacity to offer multifaceted advisory services to startups, merging perspectives from various sectors.

Irakli Alasania

• Irakli Alasania is a Georgian politician, soldier and former diplomat who served as the Minister of Defense of Georgia from 2012 to 2014. He was Georgia's Ambassador to the United Nations from September 11, 2006, until December 4, 2008.

QJ Wang

• QJ Wang is the executive director of the Ethereum Community Fund and the lead coordinator at Zuzalu.city, building the core software infrastructure for the Zuzalu ecosystem.

Nicole Sun

• Nicole Sun is one of the two initiators of Zuzalu and organized HackZuzalu hackathons around the world over the past year.

Matthew Arrow

• Matthew Arrow is the CEO and Co-founder of DarkForest, a global algorithmic trading firm focused on creating liquid and efficient markets for digital assets; offering a wide spectrum of services including: liquidity provisioning, execution services, and risk management. Prior to DarkForest he worked for Fidelity Management and Research as a software engineer building data aggregation and analysis infrastructure to ensure compliance with SEC regulations. He believes in open source, open communication, and open doors.

Lasse Clausen

• Lasse Clausen is the founding partner of 1kx, a crypto investment firm that specializes in ecosystem growth. Before 1kx, Lasse was one of the most active token angel investors in Europe. Prior to that he was the founder and CEO of WeRide in Berlin, a mobility technology company. Lasse was a scholarship recipient at the European Business School in Madrid.

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