Kurapika, Founder & CEO of [Factor](https://factor.fi/), has been channeling his passion into changing the way we view on-chain asset management. Under his leadership, Factor is realizing his vision by abstracting complexities to simplify sophisticated DeFi strategies for the Web3 world. With a career spanning over a decade in fintech and crypto, Kurapika’s expertise includes developing ML-based analysis solutions for stock exchanges, hedge funds, government agencies and other financial institutions. In 2017, he launched a pioneering crypto analysis platform. Kurapika is also an advisory to several prominent Web3 protocols.