Mission

I work with founders to share their products and visions through human interactions and experiences.

If you're interested in working together, please reach out at microglia.eth[at]gmail.com.

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About

Web2: Stanford neurosciences PhD student studying homeostatic regulatory networks in the brain.

  • Experience: cellular and molecular neuroscience, AAV gene therapy, Alzheimer's disease, blood-brain barrier crossing, iron homeostasis, animal model surgeries and necropsy, flow cytometry, optogenetics, histology
  • Interests: glial biology, neurodevelopment, neurodegeneration, hypoxia regulation, circadian rhythms, platform technologies

Web3: Independent consultant specializing in product marketing and community building.

  • Experience: Azuki, Art Gobblers, Asterix Labs, HAPEBEAST, Duper, Sofamon
  • Interests: community building, product development, product marketing, investing, human-human interactions, human-technology interactions, social experiments, storytelling, executive coaching, talent sourcing

Angel Investments

Seed

  • Awaken: crypto taxes for crypto natives.
  • Edenlayer: an open protocol for AI collaboration.
  • Erebor: crypto-focused bank to replace the SVB void.
  • Nozomio: context augmentation for AI agents.
  • Rostra: multi-model AI assistant.
  • Sekai Glory: onchain anime gacha TCG.
  • Sofamon: personal collectible chat stickers.
  • Sorcerer: persistent memory layer for software development.
  • Vigil Labs: applied research lab building proprietary systems for trading.

Series C

  • Cohere: AI platform for enterprise.

Content

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Fave Companies

  • Anduril: software packaged in metal so the government would buy it.
  • Aztec: privacy-first L2 on Ethereum.
  • BYD: powering commute for Bay Area biotech.
  • Denali Therapeutics: blood-brain barrier-crossing therapeutics for neurodegenerative diseases.
  • Digital Biology: tissue-native spatial transcriptomics leveraging Light-Seq for precision medicine and diagnostics.
  • Fauna Bio: AI-driven drug discovery across whole genome alignment of 240 mammals.
  • Hyperliquid: the house of future finance.
  • Kaito: distribution platform for attention, data, and capital onchain.
  • Loyal: extending dog healthspan and lifespan through IGF-1 targeting.
  • New Limit: extending human healthspan through transcription factor-mediated cellular reprogramming.
  • Nudge: focused ultrasound-mediated, non-invasive neuromodulation.
  • Privy: abstracted crypto wallet infrastructure for mass adoption.
  • Ramp: modern finance is wrapped around SF buses.
  • Rostra: going direct.
  • Stan: all-in-one creator store.
  • Stripe: programmable financial APIs.
  • Tempus: data-driven precision medicine.
  • Varda: microgravity-enabled life sciences.