About Bill Qian

Bill Qian overviews the investments and operations for Cypher Capital. Before joining Cypher Capital, Bill was the Global Head of Fundraising, Binance Labs, and M&A for Binance ‒ the largest global crypto platform holding 55% of the global market share, with $34 trillion transactions in 2021. Before this, Bill was the Head of Investment of Fintech/Tech for JD.COM ‒ an Asian internet tycoon with more than $400 billion in annual e-commerce transactions. Bill has also worked with Trustbridge Partners, a leading technology-focused private equity fund with more than $15 billion in assets under management, and has deployed and managed over $20 billion across Web 1.0, Web 2.0, and Web 3.0 projects in his career. Bill sees himself as a “web-native investor”, looking for phenomenal founders in the Web 3.0 industry. Having completed his Bachelor of Engineering at Shanghai Jiao Tong University, he was elected as Vice President of the student union with the highest voting rate ever recorded. He also holds an MSc in Finance from Nanyang Technological University and an MBA from the University of Toronto. Alongside his main roles, Bill serves on the executive committee of the Hillhouse Value Investing Institution.