🏠Our Team & Socials

Shogo Ishida - https://www.linkedin.com/in/shogo-mubarak-oluwasegun/

Co-Founder

Shogo is a blockchain leader with over 20 years experience, having previously spoken at World Economic Forum (WEF) 2023 in Davos and was appointed as a researcher at Keio University’s Center for Research on International Business Creation in March 2023.

Sowmya Raghavan - https://www.linkedin.com/in/sowmya-raghavan

Co-Founder

With 5 years of experience in product management, technical execution, and delivery, Sowmya has a proven track record of driving successful end-to-end product planning and execution. As one of the founding members of NODO, she has led the development and launch of the MVP social media and AI-driven content feed product that generated 50,000 users in 6 months. She has also secured over 150 business development interviews and 20 key partnership agreements, driving client retention and brand awareness.

Vincent Li - https://www.linkedin.com/in/vincent1110

Co-Founder

Vincent is a product leader, seasoned entrepreneur, venture builder and investor. He has more than a decade's experience of tech product management, successfully founded products including VIBRA, Cassava Network, and IPO’d one of China’s first news aggregators in NASDAQ. Vincent also serves as the managing partner of major WEB3 VC, Adaverse. With Adaverse, Vincent invested and accelerated dozens of tech startups with expertise in running incubator, accelerator and venture capital.

Ellena Ki - https://www.linkedin.com/in/ellena-ki-28b727161

Head of Global Partnerships

Ellena spent over 15 years in traditional finance in Hong Kong & Japan before joining the blockchain and cryptocurrency industry. Today, she leads the NODO project partnerships strategy to establish brand partnerships and drive partnership projects from concept to execution through implementation of strategic initiatives. She has previously led the partnership strategy and operations for Web3 projects including Infinito, Moonstake, Infinity Blockchain Ventures.

Chidubem Emelumadu - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chidubememelumadu

Senior Operations Manager

Prior to working at NODO, Chidubem led communications and media relations at Binance, the leading blockchain ecosystem behind the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, across multiple frontier markets. Here, she played a pivotal role in growing the user base and awareness on the continent, as well as driving blockchain adoption. Chidubem is passionate about empowering emerging communities through education and financial inclusion, leveraging blockchain technology as a tool.