# 👥 Team & Backers

### **🚀 Team & Advisory Powering Klink**:

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### **Co-Founders:**

* [**Chris James Murphy** ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrismurphylinkedin/)– *Growth & Commercial Lead*

  Chris has scaled multiple tech companies into new markets. He has built and exited a company in the US and brings cross-functional expertise in commercial development, digital strategy, partnerships, and capital raising.

* [**Philip Jonitz**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipjonitz/) – *Operational & Financial Lead*\
  Philip’s experience spans multinational venture building and venture capital, from idea to pre-IPO. He brings 9 years experience in crypto and has worked with startups, investors, and corporations in the financial industry, including Techstars and Deutsche Börse.

### **Core Team:**

* [**Gasper Stih**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/gasperstih/) – *Growth | Head of Growth*\
  Gasper has seven years of experience leading growth teams in Web3, taking IDO startups to market and driving Europe's biggest crypto IPO campaigns.<br>
* [**Avinash Buddana**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/avinashbuddana/) – Tech *| Head of Engineering* \
  Avinash is a blockchain lead architect with extensive experience in Web3, leading teams to build blockchain and financial infrastructure for B2B and B2C use cases.<br>
* [**Irfan Akarsu** ](https://www.linkedin.com/in/irfanakarsu/)– Product / Head of Product\
  With 6+ years in Web3, Irfan excels in project management, product delivery, and leading cross-functional teams, specializing in roadmap strategy and decentralized infrastructure.<br>
* **+10 Tech & Growth Team Members**\
  The tech team consists of front-end, full-stack, DevOps, QA, social media, community and design professionals ensuring seamless development and innovation across Klink’s platform.

### **Advisory Team:**

* [**Tomer Warschauer Nuni**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/tomernuni/) – *Listing Strategy & Go-to-Market Expert*
* [**Yavuz Saglam**](https://x.com/sidrevocx) – *Tokenomics & Partnership Expert*
* [**Nick van der Kolk**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/nickvanderkolk/) – *Web3 Ad Network Expert*
* [**Warren Lorenz**](https://www.linkedin.com/in/warrenlorenz/) – *Crypto Treasury Expert*
* [***Aneri Merchant***](https://www.linkedin.com/in/anerimerchant/) *-* Institutional Partnerships Expert&#x20;