Kumar Dandapani
Kumar Dandapani is a Managing Partner at Cadenza, having previously founded BitMEX Ventures and worked in data science and trading. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania.
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Career
- Cornerstone Trading Company · quant and derivatives trader
- Evolution Capital Management · quant and derivatives trader
- Norwest Venture Partners · Head of Data Science
- BitMEX Ventures
- Cadenza · Managing PartnerNow
- BitMEX Ventures
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Who is Kumar Dandapani?
Kumar Dandapani is a Managing Partner at Cadenza, having previously founded BitMEX Ventures and worked in data science and trading. He holds degrees from Carnegie Mellon and the University of Pennsylvania.
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What did Kumar Dandapani do before Cadenza Ventures?
quant and derivatives trader at Cornerstone Trading Company; quant and derivatives trader at Evolution Capital Management; Head of Data Science at Norwest Venture Partners; BitMEX Ventures; BitMEX Ventures.
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