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Kent Lin

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Co-Founder at Optimum
📍 Greater Boston, United States

Kent Lin is the Co-Founder of Optimum, a company building a high-performance memory layer to scale blockchains. A Harvard MBA graduate and former Partner at crypto VC firm GSRV, he has deep expertise in venture capital, crypto research, and startup scaling. He previously founded the McKinsey Crypto DAO.

Originally an aerospace engineer, Kent is fluent in Chinese, English, and Minnan, with a working knowledge of German. He is passionate about building communities in the Web3 space, previously serving as the President of Harvard Blockchain, where he organized major conferences and launched the Harvard Blockchain Council.

He co-founded Optimum with MIT Professor Muriel Médard, the inventor of the companys core technology and a member of the U. S. National Academy of Engineering.

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Experience
5 Years
Current Role
Co-Founder
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Greater Boston, United States
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Blockchain Scaling
His company, Optimum, is dedicated to solving blockchain scalability bottlenecks for L1s and L2s by building a high-performance decentralized memory layer using RLNC technology.
Crypto Infrastructure
His professional focus is on foundational Web3 technology, having previously focused on blockchain infrastructure and strategy while also founding the McKinsey Crypto DAO.
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Career

Work history

4-2024
Co-Founder
Optimum
8-2019
Crypto & Web 3 Committee
Singapore FinTech Association (SFA)
Advisor
Tephra Digital
President
Harvard Blockchain
8-2022 - 8-2023
Partner
GSRV (Crypto arm of GSR Ventures)
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Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard University
Master of Business Administration - MBA
Harvard Business School
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