다이스케 이와세는 KLKTN의 대표로, KLKTN은 그의 두 번째 스타트업 회사입니다. 그는 디지털 업계의 선구자로, 일본의 혁신적 핀테크 벤처기업인 라이프넷(Lifenet)을 공동설립하여 IPO를 달성했습니다. 다이스케는 하버드 경영대학을 졸업했으며, 세계경제포럼의 차세대 글로벌 리더로 활동했습니다. 홍콩에 기반을 두고 활동 중인 그는 열정적인 재즈 피아니스트이기도 합니다.

Jeff is the visionary and mastermind behind KLKTN. An iconic Japanese-Korean record producer and songwriter, he has produced over 260 J-POP / K-POP and international artists globally, amassing over 40 million copies in physical and digital sales contributing to the countless accolades synchronous with his name.

Fabiano is a veteran in the NFT industry. As one of the early employees with Dapper Labs, he led the creation of Crypto Kitties as their Lead Blockchain Engineer, and worked on the development of the FLOW blockchain as the distributed systems researcher. He and his technology team are based in Vancouver.

Andrew is a young entrepreneurial product executive with a passion for all things anime, web3 & gaming. He has been active in the crypto space since 2017 and has successfully launched products on FLOW Blockchain through Flunks & ZEERO a fee-less NFT marketplace. His experience along with his nativeness to our users help the team navigate the newly emerging landscape of digital collectibles.

Julien Beaupré Ste-Marie is Managing Director at MMBP & Associates, a creative consultancy that imbues brands with cultural capital. Beaupré Ste-Marie has led teams in North America and Europe for editorial and commercial clients in the fashion, cultural, automotive, and hospitality industries. Prior to launching MMBP & Associates, Beaupré Ste-Marie was the Head of Creative Production and Art Buying at Winkreative and Monocle Studios.

Hank Park is the Artistic Director of MMBP & Associates. He has engineered defining work for leading brands like Adidas, Converse, Hermès, Nike, Moncler, Dsquared2 and Maison Martin Margiela. Prior to co-founding MMBP, Park oversaw creative work as Design Director at Winkreative and Monocle Studios. His work as an art director in the fashion and lifestyle industries has taken him around the world.

Fabien is an entrepreneur, manager and software engineer at heart. He has been leading web and mobile engineering teams for two decades, both for large corporations and brand new startups including Dònde, where he served as CTO and co-founder. He thrives in a fast-paced environment while exploring new complex technical challenges.

Naoki Matsuo joins KLKTN from BEENOS, our lead investor, heading business development. Having started his career as an account executive with an ad agency in Tokyo, he relocated to Singapore where he learned to code and began a new career as a web developer. After his return to Tokyo, he joined BEENOS as a web developer, eventually building and running new products and services.

Shinae Kim is the founder and former CEO of 8D Creative, which she founded as a food and beverage service company and later diversified into the entertainment industry. She is based in Seoul, South Korea and is Kollektion's Director of Strategy & Operations for the region.

Joichi "Joi" Ito is a venture capitalist, entrepreneur, writer, and scholar focusing on the transformation of society and technology. Ito is the director of the Center for Radical Transformation at the Chiba Institute of Technology. He served as director of the MIT Media Lab from 2011 to 2019. Ito was previously the chief executive of Creative Commons and a board member at The New York Times, Sony, the Knight Foundation, the MacArthur Foundation, ICANN, and The Mozilla Foundation.

Benny is a founding team member of Dapper Labs. He currently leads one of the product teams behind NBA Top Shot. Bringing digital collectibles to the mainstream has been the vision since day one of launching CryptoKitties. He has been pivotal in establishing early communities around blockchain games, crypto art, digital fashion, and more.

Dubbed “The Coolest Art World Lawyer” by TheArtGorgeous, Yayoi has worked as General Counsel and Head of Asia Strategy at Artsy, Associate General Counsel for Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, and Legal Advisor for Takashi Murakami. She currently serves as Executive Director of the Estate of Chris Burden and Nancy Rubin Studio, as well as U.S. Alliance Partner for City Law Firm in Tokyo.