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Oleg Ivanov is Co-Founder & COO at SecondLane, a Web3-native secondary marketplace providing liquidity for VCs, angel investors, advisors, and project founders holding otherwise illiquid SAFTs, SAFEs, equity, and advisory tokens. He has held the role since November 2022, operating primarily from the San Francisco Bay Area and Dubai.
In a June 2025 interview with The Big Whale, Ivanov described how the OTC crypto secondary market has grown more granular, noting the emergence of short-term buyers who systematically hedge token purchases near unlocking dates using derivatives to target predictable returns over three-to-six-month horizons — a segment he described as representing approximately half of current secondary market activity. Beyond SecondLane, Ivanov co-founded Fluenta, an AI-powered platform that helps founders and startup advisors prepare investor-ready companies, covering pitch validation and fundraising workflows. He is also Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Weezi, a DAO asset management tool for multi-wallet, cross-chain operations in DeFi, NFT, and GameFi. He additionally co-founded Kommune.one. Ivanov has made 80+ deep tech blockchain investments across more than a dozen countries. He is also a UBI endorser and is listed as a speaker at an AI conference scheduled for Dubai in November 2026.
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