Meet Our Team

Chris Horn

Managing Partner

Chris is responsible for Market Analysis and Trade Execution.

He has nine years of experience operating in decentralized finance and seven years of technical execution across blockchain-based financial applications for DAOs and financial firms.

Chris holds an engineering degree from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign.

Corinne Powers, PhD

Managing Partner

Corinne is responsible for Portfolio Design and Risk Management.

She holds a PhD in Engineering from Stanford and dual bachelor's degrees in Engineering and Mathematics from Duke.

She brings ten years of experience developing data-driven intelligence systems across four AI and ML companies.

Her expertise includes advanced mathematical modeling with a focus on convex optimization and applied risk management.

Technical Expertise

We offer access to protocol-layer strategies that are unique to DeFi.

We design specialized models that seek minimal risk for a target return.

Simple Services

Our mission is to grow capital with integrity in a decentralized economy.

As a small team, we focus on core admin services and prioritize returns.

Driven by Ownership

We founded Gadget Capital in 2021 to manage our capital in DeFi together.

Through Gadget Fund I, we advance an economy free from reliance on centralized trust.

About the Fund