Berkeley

Main links

University in California
Member of Mobility Open Blockchain Initiative (MOBI) through their Blockchain at Berkeley program
Some researchers that work on Unit-e come from this university
One of the founding members (6-6-2019) of the Algorand Foundation’s university program.
Ankr (11-11-2020):

"Ankr has been essential to Blockchain at Berkeley to provide consistent uptime for a variety of nodes and going above and beyond individual support 24/7."

Current employees/professors

Professor Dawn Song; creator (2018) of Oasis Network.

Past employees/graduates

Chris Ballinger (CEO of MOBI)
Ashley Lannquist (Founder of MOBI)
Lane Rettig; studied computer science their
One or more are now working (together with) TrueUSD
Bulavin, Alexey; now chairman Argon Group
Eric Williams; studied particle physics, now Chief Scientist at Solana
IOST claims to have team members who (among many other big name places) come from here.
Gloria Zhao; ex-president of the blockchain club, now Bitcoin Core dev (12-2020).

Other links

Partnered with Rootstok.
Staking provider for NuCypher (9-10-2020).
Amiti Uttarwar; went to its Bitcoin and Blockchain meetups, now Bitcoin Core dev (8-12-2020).
TokenTerminal; they mention this as one of their 'community members' (1-8-2022), however, due to the nature of the ones named, we can assume these are investors.