{"id":"kevin-chan","title":"Kevin Chan","content":"**Kevin Chan** is is a [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain) builder and investor. He is a co-founder of Grove Labs and leads product and engineering for [Grove Protocol](https://iq.wiki/wiki/grove-protocol). He is also the founder of Ampere Labs, a contributor at Steakhouse Financial and a venture partner at Strobe Ventures. Earlier in his career, Chan worked at Deloitte Blockchain Labs and [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital) and co-founded the Web3 startup Wristband. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-gwfVa9eD2i8oMgnc)  [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-gpzbw7AZmxyJz3WH)  [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-Sm6uQ7WX266IjnAR)  [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-L6kgxoZ2URH4zspX) \n\n## Education\n\nChan attended Cornell University from 2013 to 2017, earning a bachelor’s degree in Materials Science and Engineering with a minor in Business. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-5bEThs4IfCWmy2re)  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-gwfVa9eD2i8oMgnc)  He attended the MIT Sloan School of Management as an MBA candidate from 2021 to 2022. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-5bEThs4IfCWmy2re)  [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-gwfVa9eD2i8oMgnc) \n\n## Career\n\n### Deloitte Blockchain Labs and Wristband\n\nChan worked at Deloitte Blockchain Labs from 2017 to 2021 and served as its product lead. In 2021, he became technical co-founder of Wristband, a Web3 startup. His personal career timeline lists his involvement with Wristband through 2022. [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-gwfVa9eD2i8oMgnc)  [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-Sm6uQ7WX266IjnAR) \n\n### BlockTower Capital\n\nChan joined [BlockTower Capital](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blocktower-capital) in 2022 as an investor and vice president. His work at the firm contributed to his experience in digital-asset investing and tokenized credit.\n\n### Steakhouse Financial and Grove Labs\n\nChan is a contributor at Steakhouse Financial, a crypto-native financial advisory group. [\\[4\\]](#cite-id-Sm6uQ7WX266IjnAR)  Grove’s June 2025 launch announcement identified Chan, [Mark Phillips](https://iq.wiki/wiki/mark-phillips) and [Sam Paderewski](https://iq.wiki/wiki/sam-paderewski) as the co-founders of [Grove Labs](https://iq.wiki/wiki/grove-protocol). [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-L6kgxoZ2URH4zspX) \n\nGrove’s official team page lists Chan as “Co-founder, Product & Engineering,” reflecting his responsibility for the protocol’s product and engineering work. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-gpzbw7AZmxyJz3WH)  He has also authored Grove product publications, including the November 2025 announcement of Grove Data, a public dashboard for examining the protocol’s deployments and onchain activity. [\\[6\\]](#cite-id-8KNCvD2RprwunCVH) \n\n### Ampere Labs and Strobe Ventures\n\nChan is the founder of Ampere Labs, a technology company that develops applications using [decentralized finance](https://iq.wiki/wiki/defi) protocols. He also serves as a venture partner at Strobe Ventures. 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