Lionel Williams

Light Node Ventures
Vice President
Lionel Williams is a Business Development executive specializing in blockchain, AI, fintech, and emerging technology ecosystems, with a focus on institutional partnerships, capital formation, and revenue growth. As Vice President of Business Development at Light Node Ventures, he leads strategic partnerships, investor relations, and ecosystem expansion across a global Web3 portfolio, contributing to $30M in AUM, a multi-million-dollar partnership pipeline, and over $141M raised. His experience spans enterprise sales, go-to-market strategy, and large-scale partnerships with institutions, investors, sports organizations, and technology platforms, including prior roles in business development and global partnerships where he drove high-impact campaigns, strategic integrations, and multimillion-dollar transaction volume. Lionel is known for translating complex technologies into commercial outcomes and scaling platforms from early traction to institutional adoption.
Other Speakers

Hannah

Laut

Runway Advisory & Consulting
Founder & Advisor

Noah

Jelich

Independent
Security Researcher

Stuti

Pandey

Triton Capital
Partner

Nikita

Varabei

ChainPatrol

Otto

Jacobsson

YAP Global
CFO

Gordon

Liao

Circle
Head of Research/Chief Economist

Alexander

Kim

Aleo
Developer Relations Lead

Jake

Salerno

0G Labs
VP of GTM

Disruption

Joe

Independent
Governance Strategist

Paul

Gebheim

Neuromorphic Labs
Architect

Connor

Spelliscy

Ethereum Foundation
Head of Global Policy Strategy

Evan

Feng

CoinFund
Partner

Nimita

Parekh

Taakat and Shiba Inu
Founder of Taakat and Former Chief Legal Officer of Shiba Inu

Dan

Eskow

Up Top
Founder

Rachael

Sacks

Cue Market
Founding CMO

Chunda

McCain

Paxos Labs
Co-Founder

Travis

Godwin Good

Ambient
CEO

Alisia

Painter

Botanix
COO and Co-Founder

Csaba

Kiraly

Ethereum Foundation
Geth core dev + P2P research

terence

tsao

Ben

Lakoff

Bankless Ventures
GP

Ev

Medvedev

Legion
Head of Operations

Winny

.eth

Cue
Founder

Tanner

Taddeo

Stable Sea
CEO

LVC at the National Western Center