Shubham
Bhandari.
Head of Ecosystem · Humanity Protocol
Web3 growth operator. AI-curious. Currently leading ecosystem at Humanity Protocol, building the rails for verifiable human identity in an AI-saturated world. Previously Manta Network, where my team supported 250+ dApps. Angel in 13+ projects. In crypto since 2020. Right now I'm deep in payment rails, building a neobank from scratch, and studying biotech AI on the side.
Five years. Five ecosystems.
- Core decision maker on a $50M ecosystem fund — grants, funding, liquidity, and dev support.
- Grants to 12 projects drove 429M TVL and 210k new wallets.
- Helped launch the token on Binance, Bybit & Upbit; ran market maker and analytics integrations.
- Incubated 5 products with Polygon & Celestia; partners including Stargate, LayerZero & Caldera.
- 50+ keynotes & panels — EthDenver, EthCC, Devcon, Token2049.
- Led 172+ partnership discussions across gaming, DeAI, marketplaces & infra.
- Launched 63 games on testnet, 11 on mainnet (Off The Grid, Big Time).
- Ran the EcoFund with Mirana Ventures; partners including Magic Eden, Ondo & Graph Protocol.
- Secured a $40M seed round — OKX, Galaxy Interactive & Republic Crypto.
- Drove $4.2M in NFT sales to guilds (YGG, IndiGG, Merit Circle).
- Built partnerships with 80+ KOLs across APAC.
- Authored research with the DeFi team (AAVE, Uniswap V3).
- Covered 12 top-tier projects — Quickswap, Decentraland, MINA, Miden.
Projects.
How I work. AI-first.
I run my desk like a product team — a stack of AI agents handles the repetitive work so I can stay on strategy, partnerships, and the next bet.
Let's build something.
Building in identity, AI agents, or onchain consumer? I want to hear from you.