Karan Gandhi is a Senior Investment Associate at Cypher Capital – a $100m blockchain-focused venture capital fund based out of Dubai, UAE. Prior to working in Blockchain, Karan worked as a senior venture architect building tech startups for the largest licensing authority in the UAE. He has vast experience scaling startups and has previously advised numerous tech startups in areas related to fundraising, business models, and market strategy. Karan is a crypto evangelist and has been investing in blockchain projects since 2017. Academically, he is CFA charterholder and has over 9 years of experience spread across Private Equity, Venture Capital, and Banking