Spencer Gordon-Sand is a co-founder of the Elemints NFT project and a partner at Lofty Ventures, an early stage venture group that supports underrepresented founders through a family of funds including a traditional venture fund, a venture syndicate, and a crypto/NFT token fund. Prior to his role at Lofty, Spencer was an executive at 4 startups, two of which were venture backed, one exited and another raised at a 125$m valuation a year and a half after it’s funding. Outside of the word of tech, Spencer was a photographer for Nike and Redbull and also competed as a World Cup fencer for Team USA. Spencer has a degree in economics and creative writing from the University of Chicago.