Biography

Jai Massari is Of Counsel with Arktouros, a boutique law firm focused on emerging technologies & digital assets. She is a cofounder of Lightspark, a company building enterprise payment services on Bitcoin.   In addition, Massari is an Operating Advisor of Bessemer Venture Partners; a Lecturer at Stanford Law School, where she teaches a course on Fintech Innovation; and a Fellow at the Berkeley Center for Business and Law.

Previously, Massari was a partner of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP in its Financial Institutions Group and a leader of the firm’s fintech and cryptocurrency practice.  Her practice focused on advising global financial institutions, fintech firms, technology companies, and trade associations on complex and novel regulatory considerations arising from financial regulatory reform, digital assets and fintech payments.

Massari holds a J.D. from Duke University School of Law and a B.A. in Chemistry from Cornell University.