Highlights
1990
Yale Neuroscience PhD Program
Built 33 parameter back-propagation neural network in C++ on Sun SPARCstation, based on "Learning representations by back-propagating errors" by Rumelhart, Hinton and Williams (Nature, 1986).
1995-2005
Chief Developer Evangelist @ Sun Microsystems
Led Java Programming Language Platform evangelism, fell in love with open source software.
2005-2018
Serial Entrepreneur & Builder
Raised $50M+ in venture capital for dev tools (Gradle) and infrastructure (Hazelcast). Multiple exits: INFRAVIO, webMethods, Db4O.
2018-Present
Managing Partner @ gumi Cryptos Capital
Investing in breakthrough Web3 technologies. Portfolio includes unicorns OpenSea, Yield Guild Games, and emerging leaders in DeFi.
Portfolio { Web3 & Infrastructure }
OpenSea
Exit
NFT Infrastructure
Premier NFT marketplace enabling digital ownership at scale.
React
Ethereum
IPFS
Yield Guild Games
Unicorn
Gaming DAO
Decentralized autonomous organization for blockchain gaming assets.
Solidity
Unity
Polygon
1Inch Network
Active
DeFi Aggregation
DEX aggregation protocol optimizing DeFi trading routes.
Solidity
Node.js
Web3
Ether.Fi
Active
Liquid Staking
Liquid staking protocol for Ethereum 2.0 infrastructure.
Solidity
Ethereum
DeFi
Astar
Active
Multi-chain Platform
Smart contract platform supporting both EVM and WASM.
Rust
Substrate
Polkadot
IntoTheBlock
Board
Analytics & Trading
Algorithmic trading and blockchain analytics platform.
Python
ML
Analytics
01/**
02 * Personal Philosophy & Investment Thesis
03 * @author Miko Matsumura
04 */
05
06function buildBetterWorld() {
07 return {
08 consensus: "more consensual",
09 fairness: "fair & just",
10 nonviolence: "respect for individual sovereignty",
11 transparency: "transparent systems",
12 innovation: "breakthrough technologies"
13 };
14}
15
16// "Open Source infrastructure will make the world
17// more consensual, fair, just, accessible, transparent & innovative."