Pavel Bains is an entrepreneur, futurist, designer and investor in exponential technologies. He is the CEO of Bluzelle Networks, which builds blockchain and distributed ledger solutions for the finance and insurance industries. Bains also provides advisory, M&A and capital raising services for companies in digital media technology. Bains is an investor in fintech startup Bench and virtual reality startup VR Chat. In addition, Bains often speaks on panels and conferences about where digital media, finance and technology are heading.