Viswanadh Akella

Rich has over 25 years in Asia as an entrepreneur, exec, investor, and advisor. As Entrepreneur-in-Residence at Animoca Brands, He works with builders to empower users to own and leverage digital assets across the open metaverse.

Previously Rich also worked with 8 startups as a co-founder or senior executive and with dozens of others as an investor, board member, advisor, or mentor (HAX, Chinaccelerator & 500). Active in the geek-o-system in Asia/globally and a sought-after keynote speaker his entrepreneurial journey in China was profiled in the New York Times and event MC in the tech, startup, and innovation space (NFT.NYC, Web Summit Lisbon & Dublin, TechCrunch Beijing, Rise Hong Kong & TechInAsia Singapore & Jakarta, etc).

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