Full name & timezone
Thiago Castroneves — UTC-3
https://www.linkedin.com/in/thiagocastroneves/
Relevant experience
- 13 yrs running budgets and strategy. Ex-Head of Innovation & BD (Americas), Enviri Corp.
- Moonbeam Foundation — set up and ran the grants desk and headed all BD initiatives for the Latam region.
- Advisor to Colb Finance, Diode, Carbify (treasury and BD work).
- Founder/CEO, Dooor Labs — raised $650 k pre-seed; manage our own token-based treasury.
Personal track record
- Backed Polkadot from day one; joined the early crowdloans.
- Angel/LP in 10+ DeFi & infra startups — know the good, the bad, and the ugly of funding requests.
- Written treasury playbooks for a few DAOs; mix of speed and openness.
- Stayed solvent through the May-21 and Jun-22 crashes — risk comes first.
Why I’m applying & what I’ll focus on
I want to bring my finance chops to Astar: dig into the new Soneium track, keep treasury numbers in plain sight, tighten proposal quality with simple checklists, and back ideas that actually help builders and users.
Weekly availability
Roughly 8–10 hours, flexible.
On-chain identity
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Conflicts
- Founder of Dooor Labs (no ASTR overlap).
- Advisor to Colb, Diode, Carbify — I’ll step out if any vote touches them.
Commitment
Show up to calls, sign the multisig, post clear monthly notes, and keep the conversation open.
Happy to answer anything else — thanks for reading.
— Thiago