The world's defining minds dedicated to growth
As technologists, entrepreneurs, investors, academics, and lawyers. Proven individuals with elite specialisms in blockchain, finance, theory, and enterprise software providing the widest collective advantage. We’re more than capital. We’re builders and a close partner to teams at every stage from startup to prosperous launch.
Lior Messika
Founder, Managing Partner



Lior Messika
Founder, Managing Partner
Lior spent his entire career at the intersection of investments, entrepreneurship, and frontier technologies. Before Eden Block, Lior scaled companies and led investments at Messika Holdings, as CEO of the group. At Eden Block, Lior works with the investment team & portfolio founders to solve problems, and refine the firm's investment theses. In his work, Lior is passionate about web3 infrastructure and decentralized value systems. Lior is an active contributor to a number of decentralized organizations, and is the Founder of the Mutant Cartel, one of the fastest-growing communities in the BAYC universe. Outside of Eden Block, Lior is an active philanthropist and co-founder of the Seadragon Foundation, a social enterprise dedicated to environmental conservation and social impact. Lior has been recognized by Forbes Europe's 30 under 30 list of 2021 for his work as an investor and entrepreneur.
Yoann Douieb
Co-founding Partner & COO



Yoann Douieb
Co-founding Partner & COO
For close to 20 years, Yoann has been managing various multi-assets investment vehicles, including at hedge fund EnTrustPermal, investment bank Natixis’s trading unit and holding company Temple Stone. He has also contributed to the UN’s international trade missions through business and financial consulting roles. At Eden Block, Yoann is responsible for all cross-functional aspects of the company’s operations. In addition to his primary job functions, Yoann is an angel investor with a core focus in impact, most specifically sustainable urban development, waste management and health.
Rami Beracha
General Partner



Rami Beracha
General Partner
Venture capitalist. Served as managing partner of Pitango, named the largest venture capital fund in Israel. Founder and chairman of Sosa TLV, which creates links between cities and global players, and Israeli start-ups.
Orit Freedman Weissman
General Partner



Orit Freedman Weissman
General Partner
Orit Freedman Weissman is an investment banker and private investor. She is a retired Goldman Sachs partner where she served for over 20 years in Investment Banking in New York. During her years at Goldman she specialized in M&A transactions, financings and investments in private companies. She was founder and regional CEO for Goldman Sachs Israel and also served on the firm’s International Board of Advisors. Orit is a co-founder of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel and Residences in Tel Aviv. She has been a passionate investor in web 3 through funds and direct investments.
Nelson Ryan
Investment Partner



Nelson Ryan
Investment Partner
Having spent his career focused on investment research, for the past five years Nelson has focused exclusively on the crypto markets. At The Reserve Ventures he worked closely with crypto founders and at Livepeer Grants lead public goods funding for the Livepeer Network. Nelson leads Eden's investment team on deal flow, due diligence, and market research to shape the firms investment theses and drive investment decisions. Outside of Eden Block, Nelson is a director at the Pocket Network Foundation, focusing on core protocol funding, while ensuring the Pocket Network remains an open credibly neutral platform for developers.


Writing his first program at five years old, he's never ceased to nurture his passion and love for tech and programming. Starting as a software developer, his entrepreneurial nature led him to co-found several startups, building a large part of the product whilst leading teams. His journey with blockchain started in 2017 by building an Ethereum analytics platform which fed an appetite for infosec that he'd held from a young age. His hacker mindset benefited the new career turn of conducting security audits with ConsenSys Diligence. Allowing him to do research in the security space and present findings at conferences around the world. At Eden Block, he is responsible for understanding the business's technical parts and providing support to the portfolio. He still loves to code and often contributes to open-source projects, advises companies, analyses exploits and vulnerabilities, and writes about all of this on Twitter.
Sergey Vartanov Khachaturyan
Operations & Research



Sergey Vartanov Khachaturyan
Operations & Research
A background in traditional Venture Capital with focus on research, operations, dealflow and fundraising at Eden Block. Outside of Eden Block, he supports his family's single-family office on the investment side and is an active contributor within the BAYC ecosystem, hosting daily show on Twitter spaces around NFTs. Sergey earned a BSc at University College London and an MSc at London Business School.
Ian Plunkett
Venture Partner



Ian Plunkett
Venture Partner
Ian has spent his career at the intersection of policy, strategy, and communications. After scaling Twitter’s policy communications team around the world from 2015-2021, Ian recently joined Coinbase as Director of Global Policy Communications. Previous to Twitter, he worked for Tech City UK. He is a former UN Fellow and recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship. Ian supports portfolio companies on their mission, values, and culture.
Yoel Cheshin
Venture Partner



Yoel Cheshin
Venture Partner
Founder and Chairman of 2B-Group, a private family office investment fund with over $60M under management. Founded in 2009, 2B-Angels is a seed-stage technology venture fund with over 40 companies in its portfolio. Yoel works with Eden Block on social-impact focused opportunities in Israel and globally.
Ben Messika
Investor Relations



Ben Messika
Investor Relations
COO at Messika Holdings and investment committee member at Capital Three Global.
Holdings – a multi-family office focused on Web 3.0 and capital markets. Ben has over five years of expansive experience in blockchain, cryptocurrency, and alternative investments. Ben is also an ex special-ops soldier in the IDF
Ollie Blears
Legal & Regulatory Advisor



Ollie Blears
Legal & Regulatory Advisor
Ollie is a partner at RW Blears and was previously at Allen & Overy and Bridgepoint. He has a number of years experience working with a range of market participants building and investing in web 3.0 infrastructure. Ollie advises Eden Block on legal and regulatory matters across the fund and its portfolio.
5+ YEARS
In the blockchain industry
25+ YEARS
Of investment experience
$500m+
Cumulative capital deployed
$10bn+
Cumulative exit valuations
20+ EXITS
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