Danielius Stasiulis is a co-founder and CEO of Learnoverse and BitDegree as well as one of the leading thinkers in crypto-native and metaverse-based education. Learnoverse is the first-ever learning metaverse with a decentralized content body that is powered by the learn & earn token economy and uses NFTs for social status. Learnoverse is being built on top of BitDegree, which is a web3-enabled learning platform with 1.2 million learners globally. Both companies focus on crypto / web3 / metaverse education. Founded in 2017, BitDegree is recognized as one of the leading EdTech innovators globally through numerous awards and is a co-founder at EdTech Lithuania and a member at N8 – Nordic EdTech Forum.

Prior to launching BitDegree, Danielius has spent 10+ years in Emerging Europe’s leading consultancy covering 15 countries with 350+ consultants, where he served as a Partner and a Board member developing the Startups and Innovation stream. For his work in building the European startup ecosystems and personal entrepreneurial example, Danielius has been awarded the prestigious Junior Achievement Europe FERD’s List honouree title and was named as one of the 5 exemplary Junior Achievement Lithuania alumni from over the last 25 years. Danielius has earned a BSc in Economics and Business from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga and has been a visiting scholar to UC Berkeley at Skydeck accelerator. In his free time, Danielius is an ultra trail runner and a proud husband and father.