Cristiano Bellavitis is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship at the Whitman School of Management, Syracuse University. His research focuses on entrepreneurial finance, related to established as well as more innovative sources of finance such as ICOs, DAOs, NFTs. He has published in journals such as Org Sc, ETP, SEJ, JBVi, SBE. He is an associate editor for Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice, and co-editor for Venture Capital: An International Journal of Entrepreneurial Finance.