Tekin Salimi

Angel

Overview

Gender
male
Investor Type
Angel

Tekin Salimi is the founder of dao5, a $125 million experimental cryptocurrency venture fund that will convert into a decentralized autonomous organization. Prior to founding dao5, Tekin was a general partner at Polychain Capital where he focused on research and early-stage venture investments in emergent cryptocurrency protocols and companies. Tekin also previously co-founded and advised the Blockchain Association, the preeminent lobbyist group advocating the policy interests of the blockchain industry within the U.S. Prior to entering the crypto word, Tekin was a lawyer at Torys LLP with a focus in public and private M&A, securities and debt financing. He holds a JD from Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto.

Personal Investments

Number of Investments
3
Tekin Salimi has made 3 investments. Their most recent investment was on Jul 4, 2022, when AltLayer raised $7.20M.
Date Company Name Round Money Raised Industry
Jul 17, 2022 Empiric Network Seed $7M Blockchain Detail
Jul 4, 2022 AltLayer Seed $7.20M Blockchain Detail
Mar 9, 2022 EthSign Seed $12M Blockchain Detail

Jobs

Number of Current Jobs
1
Tekin Salimi has 1 current jobs including Associate at Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) , .
Organization Name Title At Company Start Date End Date
Creative Destruction Lab (CDL) Associate Detail