Serial Entrepreneur. A Physics graduate, Laura founded LKI Consulting in 2016 and scaled cybersecurity, tech, and Web3 projects for over a decade. Co-founder of Illuminati Capital, a $50M Web3 fund, deploying alongside Pantera, Polychain, Jump, and Coinbase Ventures. Ex-Chief Global Ecosystem Officer at Gate.com, a top-tier exchange, and Principal at Gate Ventures. 40+ investments at the earliest stages with portfolio markups including 18x (Humanity Protocol), 17x (Sapien), and 11x (Pixelverse).

Award-winning Web3 marketing executive trusted to drive the growth of the world’s largest institutions and Fortune 500 companies. Under Maryna’s leadership, LKI has worked with tier-1 industry players including Bybit, Multibank, KuCoin, Mantle, Transak, and Cardano Group. Scaled a Baltics SaaS leader from seed to $100M, where she developed custom solutions for NATO, the U.S. Department of State, the European Parliament, the European Commission, Google, and Mastercard at a rare cross-sector insight across enterprise, government, and Web3.

A decade across IBM, Tencent, and JPMorgan, where he built the bank's first commercialized blockchain products, shipped to 400+ institutions including Visa, Mastercard, Deutsche Bank, S&P, and SWIFT. He has incubated four companies that closed partnerships with Franklin Templeton, Citadel, Standard Chartered, and Copper in under twelve months. He consults our clients with financial products on complex product & GTM decisions. He understands how institutions buy because he sold to them - and built the products they bought.

20+ years in data analytics, research, and growth across Asia-Pacific, the Middle East, and Europe. Sarunas led business expansion initiatives for some of the region's largest retailers and consumer brands, including FairPrice, Mannings, Makro C&C, Big C, Tops, Alfamart, Coca-Cola, Tamimi, Maxima, and Casino. He has successfully delivered 50+ projects spanning blockchain, fintech, and customer loyalty. He advises clients on market expansion strategies, combining regional operating experience with a practical understanding of how large enterprises evaluate, adopt, and scale innovation.

Web3 and fintech designer with 4+ years building brands across crypto, DeFi, and early-stage startups with work spanning Input Output, NATIX Network, Currency.com, and Valereum PLC across regulated and emerging market players. Notable collaborations include an Awwwards jury member on high-level creative work and a former Lithuanian Member of Parliament, a combination of design excellence and institutional reach. Published design author and guest lecturer at Vilnius University, bringing both practitioner depth and academic perspective to every engagement.