Zile Cao is a Research Engineer Analyst at Blockchain Capital. He joined the firm in June of 2024. As part of the engineering team, Zile experiments with innovative blockchain software, performs technical due diligence, and provides engineering support for portfolio companies.

Prior to joining Blockchain Capital, he was an Analyst on the investment team at Metaversal Ventures, where he led portfolio valuation and contributed to the firm’s Bitcoin Ordinals development. Before that, he was a serial hackathon winner and a Technical PM at Weavechain, focusing on Web3 data and privacy-preserving cryptography.

Zile earned his bachelors degree from the University of Pennsylvania, where he studied economics and computer science. During his time at Penn, he was the Director of Engineering for Penn Blockchain / FranklinDAO and was also a Solana University Ambassador.

In his free time, Zile enjoys lifting at the gym, riding e-bikes in NYC, making indie blockchain games, and tending to his cats and bunny.