Riley Tran serves a dual role as both a venture investor at GFS Ventures and Country Director for NEAR Vietnam, where she built one of NEAR's most active local ecosystems globally with over 1M active users through education programs, funding, and community initiatives. She co-leads major regional events like NEAR APAC and approaches investing with a focus on real-world use cases and local market fit in Vietnam and Southeast Asia, drawing from her hands-on product and business development background in Web3.