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About
Samiz Bayan is a partner at Draper Dragon, an early-stage venture fund operating between Silicon Valley and Asia, where the focus is on Web3, blockchain, and emerging technology investments, including Coinbase, Ledger, Gemini, CoinDCX, Coinflow, and Ether.fi. Bayan leads the firm's partnership with the Cardano Ecosystem on the $80M Orion Fund, a 2026 ecosystem fund focused on real-world asset tokenization and institutional DeFi. Prior to Draper Dragon, Bayan co-founded a real-world asset platform for on-chain diversified assets and held positions at Bank of America and the Estée Lauder Companies.
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Experience
- VedaInvestorcurrent2025 — present
- OpenTradeInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- ether.fiInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- CoinflowInvestorcurrent2024 — present
- Draper DragonPartnercurrent2023 — presentSan Mateo, CA
- mogulInvestorcurrent2023 — present
- CrashrCo-Founder2020 — 2023Los Angeles, California, United States
- Bank of AmericaAssociate2018 — 2022
- The Estée Lauder Companies Inc.Product Consultant2018 — 2019
Skills & more
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Samiz Bayan?
- Samiz Bayan is a partner at Draper Dragon, an early-stage venture fund operating between Silicon Valley and Asia, where the focus is on Web3, blockchain, and emerging technology investments, including Coinbase, Ledger, Gemini, CoinDCX, Coinflow, and Ether.fi. Bayan leads the firm's partnership with the Cardano Ecosystem on the $80M Orion Fund, a 2026 ecosystem fund focused on real-world asset tokenization and institutional DeFi. Prior to Draper Dragon, Bayan co-founded a real-world asset platform for on-chain diversified assets and held positions at Bank of America and the Estée Lauder Companies.
- Where does Samiz Bayan work?
- Samiz Bayan is Partner at Draper Dragon.
- Where did Samiz Bayan go to school?
- Samiz Bayan studied at USC Marshall School of Business (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Finance); University of Southern California (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA); University High School.
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