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Dennis Won

Investor

Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

San Francisco, California, United States

About

Dennis Won is a Technical Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures, where he leads developer relations initiatives, running bootcamps, workshops, and incubation programs for developers in the San Francisco Bay Area and South Korea. He was a founding member and Core Protocol Lead at Harmony Protocol, working on decentralized sharding and consensus mechanisms, and previously conducted zero-knowledge proof and layer 2 rollup research through an Ethereum Protocol Fellowship with the Ethereum Foundation. Earlier in his career he spent four years at Meta leading the Facebook Virtual Reality infrastructure team, and he holds a BS with Honors from Stanford University focused on deep learning and distributed systems.

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The last decade of crypto solved access. It didn't solve why serious capital still hesitates to stay onchain: a smart contract can only enforce what it can already see. It can't see a broken peg, an offchain risk limit, a compliance rule, or a mandate that lives in a PDF. So https://t.co/nIjNWAB7oW

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Invests in

AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3

Experience

  1. Newton LabsCo-Founder & Chief Technology Officercurrent2026 β€” presentSan Francisco, California, United States
  2. L2 Iterative VenturesFounder & Technical Partnercurrent2022 β€” presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  3. Magic LabsHead of Engineering2024 β€” 2026San Francisco, California, United States
  4. AlchemyStaff Software Engineer2023 β€” 2024San Francisco Bay Area
  5. Kaia DLT FoundationProtocol Engineer2022 β€” 2023
  6. TandemFounding Engineer2022San Francisco Bay Area
  7. HarmonyFounding Engineer2018 β€” 2022Palo Alto, California, United States
  8. FacebookStaff Software Engineer2014 β€” 2018Menlo Park, CA
  9. MicrosoftSoftware Engineer2013 β€” 2014Bellevue, WA
  10. Stanford University School of EngineeringDistributed System Engineer2011 β€” 2012Stanford, CA
  11. Stanford Center for Artificial Intelligence in Medicine and Imaging (AIMI)Medical Researcher2011Stanford, CA
  12. Georgetown University Medical CenterMedical Researcher2008 β€” 2010Washington DC-Baltimore Area

Education

  1. Stanford UniversityBachelor's degree, Computer Science2010 β€” 2014
  2. Langley High School2007 β€” 2010

Skills & more

Next.jsRust (Programming Language)BlockchainEthereumSmart Contracts1Solidity1C++9Java11React.jsReact NativeNode.js3JavaScript1
+12 morePythonPHPCRuby on RailsC#DatabasesAndroid SDKApollo GraphQLTEEZero Knowledge ProofDistributed Ledger Technology (DLT)Software Infrastructure

Languages English Β· Korean

From Dennis's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Stanford University1,578

Peter ThielCo-founder & Partner at Founders FundReid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockDavid SacksCo-founder & General Partner at Craft Ventures; former White House AI & Crypto CzarKeith RaboisManaging Director at Khosla VenturesGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorAlfred LinPartner at Sequoia Capital

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Also attended Langley High School5

Leah TarragoInvestment Analyst at Rocana VenturesAmeen DalliVice President at Advance Venture PartnersTuan HoPartner at XfundRachel NelsonInvestor at Unorthodox VenturesOmar AliManaging Partner at Astia

Shared employers

Also worked at Kaia DLT Foundation4

Asher LinAssistant Manager at SGInnovateZachary KeatsInvestor at GS FuturesTimmy Sangwoo HanAssociate at HashedHock Yun KhoongManaging Partner at Tembusu Partners

Also worked at Tandem1

Natalie SandmanGeneral Partner at Spark Capital

Also worked at Microsoft626

Reid HoffmanCo-founder of LinkedIn; Partner at GreylockGarry TanPresident & CEO of Y CombinatorJavier SolteroSenior Venture Partner at Felicis VenturesViviana FagaGeneral Partner at Felicis VenturesQuentin ClarkInvestment Team at General CatalystViswa SankaranarayananVenture Partner at Monta Vista Capital

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Also worked at Stanford University School of Engineering17

John WaleckaCo-Founder at Redpoint VenturesAlejandraChief of Staff, Investment Team at Hummingbird VenturesGil RosenGP at Blockchain BuildersKun PengGP at Blockchain BuildersSteven WillingerGP at Blockchain BuildersTuck Lye KohFounding Partner at Shunwei Capital

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Colleagues at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)

Kevin Lee
Managing Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Kony Kwong
Venture Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Lily Liu
Senior Advisor at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Sunga Sophie Kim
Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Weikeng Chen
Research Partner at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)
Yu Guo
Senior Advisor at L2 Iterative Ventures (L2IV)