Joi Ito is the co-founder of Digital Garage and current President of Chiba Institute of Technology. Ito is an expert in open-source internet projects, previously serving on the board at Mozilla Foundation, Creative Commons, Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC), among others.

Russell Cummer is the founder of Paidy, Japan's leading BNPL service. Paidy partnered with over 700,000 merchants, reaching Unicorn status in 2020 before PayPal acquired it in 2021. Previously, Russell worked on credit and derivatives trading at Goldman Sachs in Tokyo. Russell holds a Master of Science in Financial Mathematics from Stanford University.

Gen Kanai is a blockchain industry investor and open-source internet executive. Kanai currently serves as a Director at Animoca Brands, and previously led the Mozilla Foundation's expansion to Asia. Kanai holds a Bachelor of Arts from Dartmouth College.

Szilvia Kovari-Krecsmary is a visionary business leader with a track record of building, scaling, and transforming products, businesses, and organizations in highly competitive, fast-moving markets across five continents. Most recently she served as CSO at Paidy, overseeing strategy, product and marketing. She holds a BA from Tokyo University and MBA from Hult Ashridge.

Jeff Wentworth is the co-founder of Curvegrid, a Japan-based enterprise blockchain company. Previously, Jeff was Vice President and global product owner of block and object storage at Goldman Sachs. He holds a degree in Computer Engineering from the University of Waterloo.

Shota Matsuzawa is a co-founder of Decima Fund, a crypto-focused venture capital firm. Previously, Matsuzawa served as Deputy Director of the FSA in Japan, with a focus on fintech. Matsuzawa holds a Bachelor of Arts from Waseda University.

Marcus Okuno is a Japan Equity Market specialist and outside director at Tsuraha Holdings (TYO:3319). Previously Okuno was Managing Director of Jefferies & Company at the Tokyo headquarters and a Japan equities specialist at Merrill Lynch.

Masaya Kubota is a venture capitalist and a co-founder of Project Coalis. Kubota was a Partner at WiL, investing in notable Japanese startups, after 16 years in tech-focused investment banking at Lehman and Barclays. Kubota holds a Bachelor  of Economics from Keio University.

Jesper was Chief Economist & Head of Research at JPMorgan and Merrill Lynch and is widely recognized as one of Japan’s leading strategists and economists. He serves on the board of OIST, is the Chairman of the Asia Society policy board, a member of the investment committee of the Japan Catalyst Fund, and has been investing in Japan since 1986.