Fireside Chat: Building a Web3 decacorn

Sandeep Nailwal is a co-founder of Polygon, a leading Ethereum scaling and infrastructure platform. Sandeep started his career as a software engineer and, in 2015, launched ScopeWeaver, India's largest marketplace for professional services, where he designed blockchain-based decentralized application architecture. Prior to that, Sandeep led the technology department at Welspun, the largest textile company in Asia, and worked as a consultant at Deloitte. Sandeep co-founded Polygon with Jaynti Kanani and Anurag Arjun in 2017.

Sandeep holds an MBA from the National Institute of Industrial Engineering (Nitie), one of the top schools in India. He is based in Dubai with his 200+ people team distributed across India, Dubai, Asia, the USA, and Europe. His primary responsibilities include spearheading the branding, marketing, adoption, and operations at Polygon as well as partnering with key stakeholders to push forward the vision of Polygon.

Tom is a senior executive in venture and finance. Throughout his career, Tom has built businesses, as an entrepreneur and as an executive in global firms. He has successfully led growth and turn-around businesses in international markets. Tom is a Partner at SoftBank Investment Advisors, working with outstanding entrepreneurs building extraordinary businesses. Previously, Tom was an executive at Deutsche Bank AG, where he led the Structured Finance business in US and Europe. From 2006 to 2010, Tom was based in Asia, where he created DB Principal Investments Asia, and led Distressed Trading in Asia. Prior to joining DB, Tom was a Principal at Insight Partners, the pre-eminent software investing firm in the world. He was also a co-founder of Oakdale Capital Management, a fundamental long/short equity investment firm.