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Empowering Financial Freedom with Innovation and Simplicity

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Our Vision
Defi Made Simple

Flashy is an ecosystem of consumer-facing products and embedded financial infrastructure, designed to bring Decentralized Finance (DeFi) into culture and everyday life. Through our DeFi-as-a-Service (DFaaS) layer, we empower platforms to offer powerful financial tools natively, while making DeFi intuitive and accessible for mainstream users.

Our mission is to make decentralized finance frictionless and fun, by combining the simplicity of username-based wallets, the flexibility of multi-chain support, and the power of a unified, gamified DeFi experience, seamlessly integrated into internet culture people love.

Our team

Leadership

We’re a cross-disciplinary team that loves to create great experiences for our customers. Select a member to learn more.

Michael Gord

CEO

Michael is the Co-Founder and CEO of Flashy Finance and the GDA Group of Companies. With over a decade of experience at the forefront of digital assets and Web3 innovation, he has built and led ventures, from inception to exit, across capital markets, tokenization, NFTs, and DeFi infrastructure.

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Eric Benz

CSO

Eric is an industry pioneer in crypto, web3, financial technology, payments, gaming, fashion and the arts. Eric has helped create some of the largest brands throughout the past 10+ years.

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Chris Papathanasiou

CTO

Chris is an experienced entrepreneur with a background of a C-Level positions in such companies as: Careem, DarkMatter, Misys, Citi Bank and more.

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Aleks Nowak

COO

Aleks is a world class blockchain expert with more than 12 years specific experience in blockchain and over 23 years of leadership experience across Fintech, Blockchain, Military and Maritime Security sectors with a proven track record in high-pressure operational environments

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David Lucatch

Chief Investment Officer

David has over 40 years of experience inventing technology and business solutions in international marketing, with 30+ years developing Internet and mobile platforms across Web1.0, 2.0, and 3.0. He has held senior roles in media and technology firms and is recognized globally for his fundraising and community service efforts.

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Alex Filatov

Chief Architect

Alexander Filatov is the Co-Founder and CEO of EverX, the core developer of the Everscale Network blockchain. With 25 years of experience, he began his career at Procter & Gamble, later holding executive roles in strategy, investment banking, and as CEO of several manufacturing companies. Since 2015, he has focused on venture capital and exponential technologies, co-founding TON Labs (now EverX) in 2018.

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Patrick Andras

Founding Partner

Patrick Andras has a Business degree from Louisiana State University. Patrick started in the digital asset space in 2017. During this time Patrick advised numerous top crypto currency projects. He has one of the most successful Crypto Twitter accounts @woofBIGDAWG BigDawgCrypto. The success of the Twitter analysis on the crypto markets led to the Big Dawg Crypto Podcast. CZ Binance was the guest on the first episode which led to some of the biggest names in the crypto currency space appearing on the podcast. In 2021 Patrick founded the Life Defi Wallet and in 2022 GDA Capital acquired the Life DeFi Wallet and Patrick joined GDA as a managing partner.

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Joaquim Miro

Growth

Joaquim Miro is a founding partner of MLG Blockchain, and has global experience working with companies in the blockchain industry. In 2018 he became the youngest person in history to be inducted to the Canadian Marketing Association MarTech Council. He serves as an advisor to the Holt Accelerator, and many blockchain projects. His work has been featured on BNN and other major publications.

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Jacob Jepson

Design

Jacob is the co-founder & CEO of Nova Ventures, which is a design venture studio focused on Web 3.0 projects. Jacob has led the product UI/UX and brand design for exploding venture funded companies across gameFi, AI, DeFi, among others.

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Seva Palazhchenko

UX Designer

Seva has 20 years of experience in web project management and 8 years of experience as a product manager in the fintech field. Has extensive UX expertise.

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Gabriel Barbera

Web Developer

Gabriel is a Front-End Developer and Graphic Designer with over 20 years of experience in web design, development, and branding.

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Max Tortola

Community

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Michael Van De Velde

Finance

Michael Van De Velde is a CPA,CA who leads the Finance and treasury management division at GDA Capital. Michael came to GDA Capital from Deloitte and KPMG Canada where he gained profound accounting and finance experience working as a manager in the private enterprise audit and tax department. At KPMG, Mike was responsible for audits, reviews, NTR’s within the following industries manufacturing, education, retail, construction, and not for profit. He worked alongside colleagues and worked with CFOs and controllers at various businesses where he gained valuation financial education that he applies today at GDA Capital.

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