Derek Edward Schloss is a web3 art collector, investor, and co-founder of a DAO. He was a pioneer in advocating for the economy that has developed around the collecting of digital art. He is the co-founder of Collab+Currency, a crypto-focused venture fund that made early investments in companies such as SuperRare, Art Blocks, Async Art, Metaversal, Rarible, and PROOF. Additionally, he is a co-founder of the ultra-exclusive crypto-art-collecting Flamingo DAO, which holds the world's most valuable collection of NFTs.