{"version":1,"id":"cheryl-chan","title":"Cheryl Chan","summary":"Cheryl Chan is a person that works in strategy and growth for Kamino Foundation and participates in panels and presentations on institutional crypto, DeFi, and decentralized AI.","content":"**Cheryl Chan** is an investor and strategy executive with a background spanning private equity, technology investing, [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptopay)-native venture capital, fintech, and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). She is Head of Strategy and Growth at [Kamino](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kamino-finance) and has previously served as a Partner at [Dragonfly](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dragonfly) and Kings Court Capital, as well as an investor at Keenan Capital and Sylebra Capital. [\\[5\\]](#cite-id-0VVLuLOAw3sDTKcS) \n\n## Education\n\nChan earned her BA in Mathematics from Dartmouth College and her MBA from the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. [\\[1\\]](#cite-id-gt6d75ez9k) \n\n## Career\n\nChan began her career at Blackstone, where she worked as an Analyst from June 2010 to June 2012 in Hong Kong, focusing on private equity. From 2014 to 2017, she was an Investor at Sylebra Capital in Hong Kong, a technology-focused investment fund. She then joined Keenan Capital in the San Francisco Bay Area as an Investor from 2017 to 2019, working at the global technology fund. From 2020 to 2022, Chan served as a Partner at Kings Court Capital. In 2023, she joined [Dragonfly](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dragonfly) as a Partner, working at the global [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency)-native investment fund until April 2025. Alongside her investment career, she became an Adjunct Lecturer at Nanyang Technological University Singapore in 2023, teaching fintech and [blockchain](https://iq.wiki/wiki/blockchain). Since June 2025, Chan has served as Head of Strategy and Growth at [Kamino](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kamino-finance). [\\[2\\]](#cite-id-m7pxf4t0uq) \n\n## Presentations\n\n### Institutional Lending Layer\n\nAt the Web3 Forum in Singapore in October 2025, Chan presented on [Solana’s](https://iq.wiki/wiki/solana) development as an institutional settlement and lending layer, describing its expanding role in markets for tokenized equities, bonds, credit, and other assets. She outlined [Kamino’s](https://iq.wiki/wiki/kamino-finance) lending infrastructure, including its isolated markets, V2 risk-management system, yield-optimization vaults, and one-click leverage products, while discussing partnerships and incentive programs designed to attract liquidity and institutional users. Chan also emphasized the protocol’s security measures, including extensive audits, open-source code, and risk dashboards, before discussing plans to develop more institution-focused products such as margin calls, fixed-rate lending, private credit, and qualified custody solutions. [\\[3\\]](#cite-id-26o4rvk4oc) \n\n[YOUTUBE@VID](NFtUR3LvjYI)\n\n## Panels\n\n### Decentralized AI\n\nAt the Open AGI Summit in October 2024, Chan participated in a panel with Joey Krug of Founders Fund and [Dovey Wan](https://iq.wiki/wiki/dovey-wan) of Primitive Ventures, moderated by Sam Lehman of Symbolic Capital, discussing decentralized AI and investment opportunities at the intersection of AI and [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency). The panel examined the challenges and opportunities of open-source AI, including the financial and security considerations involved in developing open platforms, as well as the potential benefits of decentralized infrastructure through local computation, privacy, and user ownership. The panelists also discussed rising valuations across AI and [crypto](https://iq.wiki/wiki/cryptocurrency), the importance of founder experience, and concerns around unrealistic expectations for valuations and [tokenomics](https://iq.wiki/wiki/tokenomics). The conversation concluded with a discussion of promising areas including infrastructure, marketplaces, and consumer applications, while emphasizing the need to distinguish projects with genuine technological and economic value from those driven primarily by hype. 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