Ben Sparango
Ben Sparango is the Head of Strategic Business Development at Solana Foundation, and former Head of Business Development and DeFi at Solana, the leading Layer-1 blockchain protocol. At Solana Labs, he focused on DeFi payments, gaming, NFTs and DAOs. He also focused on everything from strategic partnerships, internal project incubation, and Solana Ventures. Prior to Solana, he was an Investment Analyst at Multicoin Capital, a multi-strategy crypto fund.
Ben Sparango Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Head of Strategic Business Development
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Head of Business Development
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Investment Analyst
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Volunteer Analyst
Academic History
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B.S., Mechanical Engineering
EARLY CAREER
Ben was Head of Business Development at Solana Labs, a high-performance smart contracts platform.
He served as an Investment Analyst for Multicoin Capital and a Crypto and Community Lead at Republic Crypto.
He also had experience in Gitcoin Content and Community Management for ConsenSys.
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Ben is an author for TechCrunch.
He has appeared as a guest on Real Vision.