Digital asset infrastructure · capital allocation · onchain markets

Investor. Operator. Researcher.

Investor. Operator. Researcher.

Investor. Operator. Researcher.

I build and allocate capital across digital asset infrastructure — designing capital-efficient vaults, liquidity systems, and on-chain markets.

I build and allocate capital across digital asset infrastructure — designing capital-efficient vaults, liquidity systems, and on-chain markets.

I build and allocate capital across digital asset infrastructure — designing capital-efficient vaults, liquidity systems, and on-chain markets.

$150M+

onchain vaults managed at Tulipa

$2B

TVL protocol strategy experience

$1B+

active liquidity across Ethereum and 9 L2s

$2M+

grant rewards secured and deployed

Current focus

The markets, mechanisms, and primitives occupying my attention now.

The markets, mechanisms, and primitives occupying my attention now.

The markets, mechanisms, and primitives occupying my attention now.

Institutional DeFi

Stablecoin rails

Vault architecture

Capital allocation

On-chain liquidity

Modular finance

Ethereum & L2s

Selected work

Capital deployed. Systems built. Markets scaled.

Capital deployed. Systems built. Markets scaled.

Capital deployed. Systems built. Markets scaled.

Designed delta-neutral vault architecture managing $150M+ across multichain ecosystems.

Helped launch liquidity programs and GTM strategies across 9 Layer 2 networks.

Structured ecosystem proposals and incentive programs securing $2M+ in grants.

Scaled integrations with 50+ DeFi protocols across DEXes, lending, yield, and leverage markets.

Managed treasury and allocation strategy across a $25M portfolio spanning 6 blockchains.

Published finance research on herding in Asian financial markets and price-volume strategy.

Track record across

Tulipa Capital

KelpDAO

Stader Labs

Track record

Roles that shaped the work — not the headline of the site.

Roles that shaped the work — not the headline of the site.

Roles that shaped the work — not the headline of the site.

Chief Vault Strategist

Tulipa Capital

$150M+ onchain managed

July 2025 — Present

Vault curation · Liquidity management · Yield discovery

Core member of the DeFi vaults curation team, managing risk-mitigated delta-neutral vault strategies across multichain ecosystems.

Curates vault strategies across DEX liquidity provisioning, leveraged positions, lending markets, and cross-asset carry yields.

Managed key vaults including cbBTC TAC, Avax USDC & BTC.b, and cbBTC vault strategies with notable ATH TVL.

Co-authored proposals and factsheets for DAOs, ecosystems, and asset issuers while leading institutional and protocol relationships.

Ecosystem Lead — DeFi

KelpDAO

$1B+ active liquidity

October 2023 — May 2025

Partnerships · Growth · Research

Led DeFi strategy for KelpDAO, a liquid restaking protocol with $2B TVL across Ethereum and Layer 2 networks.

Scaled integrations with 50+ DeFi protocols across DEXes, lending, yield optimizers, leverage protocols, and more.

Planned GTM strategies for launches across 9 L2s, helping drive over $100M TVL on Layer 2 networks.

Secured and oversaw $2M+ in grant rewards across Arbitrum, Optimism, and zkSync initiatives.

Founder’s Office Analyst

Stader Labs

$25M treasury portfolio

October 2022 — October 2023

Analytics · Research · Finance

Worked across treasury management, investment strategy, investor relations, and finance operations for a multi-chain staking business.

Led treasury management and investment strategies across 6 blockchains, optimizing allocation and risk management.

Collaborated with DeFi and business teams to increase liquidity pool yield by 10% on average and reduce expenses by 14%.

Partnered with leadership to cut costs by 30% while supporting a net-positive P&L through staking revenue and treasury yield.

Investment themes

Areas of interest.

Areas of interest.

Areas of interest.

Digital asset infrastructure

Market structure, custody-adjacent workflows, asset issuance, and infrastructure that lets capital move with fewer frictions.

Vault systems

Risk-aware yield products, delta-neutral strategies, collateral design, and institutional-grade vault architecture.

Stablecoins & liquidity

Stablecoin rails, liquidity depth, incentive design, and the mechanisms that make on-chain markets sustainable.

DeFi credit & treasuries

Treasury deployment, credit primitives, yield markets, and capital allocation frameworks for DAOs and protocols.

Liquid staking & restaking

Yield-bearing collateral, validator economics, LST/LRT integrations, and capital efficiency after EigenLayer.

Modular finance

Cross-chain ecosystems, Layer 2 markets, new financial primitives, and the connective tissue between protocols.

Writing

Research notes I’m interested in publishing next.

Research notes I’m interested in publishing next.

Research notes I’m interested in publishing next.

Why vault design matters for institutional capital

A note on how vault architecture, risk surfaces, transparency, and allocator trust shape the next stage of on-chain capital formation.

The next evolution of on-chain treasuries

How DAOs and protocols can move from passive treasury holding to systematic allocation, liquidity planning, and risk-aware yield.

What makes sustainable liquidity?

A framework for distinguishing mercenary incentives from durable market depth across DEXes, L2s, and vault-led ecosystems.

Stablecoins as financial infrastructure

Why stablecoins are evolving from a crypto-native unit of account into settlement infrastructure for programmable financial markets.

Open to DeFi strategy, vault, ecosystem, and capital-allocation conversations.

Open to DeFi strategy, vault, ecosystem, and capital-allocation conversations.

Based in India, working remotely across crypto-native teams, protocols, DAOs, and institutional partners.