Business Development & Partnerships Manager

Building Web3's bridges between protocols, partners, and people.

Results-driven Web3 BD & Partnerships Manager with 3+ years sourcing, negotiating, and activating ecosystem partnerships across DeFi, RWA, and blockchain infrastructure — from first outreach to on-chain integration.

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3+
Years in Web3 BD
60%+
Integration footprint growth
20+
KOL & influencer partners
5+
Countries activated (Africa)
Daniel Sylvester
About

The bridge between protocol and partner

Daniel is a Web3 Business Development & Partnerships Manager known for bridging technical protocol requirements with commercial partnership outcomes. His work spans sourcing ecosystem partners, negotiating integrations, and activating regional growth across Africa and global markets.

He's built a reputation managing KOL and influencer pipelines, running community programs that consistently grow month over month, and closing multi-protocol integrations that expand what an ecosystem can offer — from real-world asset participation to verifiable on-chain data.

  • 3+ strategic ecosystem partnerships sourced & closed
  • 20+ KOL & influencer relationships managed across Africa
  • Structured pipeline & CRM reporting (HubSpot, Salesforce, Notion)
  • Available for remote Business Development & Partnerships roles
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Tools

What I work with daily

🧭HubSpot CRM
☁️Salesforce CRM
🗂️Notion
📊Google Workspace
📁Microsoft Office
💬Telegram & Discord
Experience

Track record

Jul 2025 — Present Current
BD & Partnerships Manager
Fundi Protocol — Web3 / Tokenized Smart Contracts
  • Sourced, negotiated, and closed 3+ strategic ecosystem partnerships (Renta Network, IXIRPAD, RWA Inc), expanding Fundi's integration footprint by 60%+ within 6 months.
  • Integrated Renta Network into Fundi's infrastructure, enabling verifiable rental payments, impact tracking, and programmable coordination.
  • Onboarded IXIRPAD to leverage Fundi's transparent impact tracking and automated fund routing.
  • Facilitated RWA Inc collaboration (via Fundi Labs) to expand real-world asset participation.
  • Led Africa market expansion through targeted BD outreach and regional ambassador activations across 5+ countries.
  • Ran weekly educational AMAs, achieving consistent 30%+ audience growth month-over-month.
Aug 2025 — Sep 2025
Growth Marketing Associate (Contract)
Maiga AI
  • Produced educational content evaluating and explaining AI-assisted trading tools for non-technical audiences.
  • Promoted AI-powered DeFi trading agents to African crypto communities, contributing to user onboarding during launch phase.
Aug 2024 — Mar 2025
Regional Ambassador & Community Lead
Lumishare ($LUMI)
  • Reviewed and vetted more than 105 partner and KOL relationships against consistent evaluation criteria, supporting community growth of over 750%.
  • Built and maintained relationships with 20+ crypto influencers and KOLs across Africa.
  • Managed day-to-day community moderation across Telegram and Discord.
Sep 2023 — Jan 2024
Community & Partnerships Lead (Contract)
MetaTDex
  • Led a structured market entry assessment for a new region, documenting findings and handing over a fully written program to the internal team.
Sep 2022 — Jun 2023
Content Creator & Ecosystem Contributor
Oasis Protocol, DevopsDAO
  • Produced structured, multi-format educational content requiring research and technical accuracy review across several blockchain sub-domains.
Projects

Partnerships closed

RWA Integration
Renta Network × Fundi
Sourced and negotiated the integration enabling verifiable rental payments, impact tracking, and programmable coordination — opening a new real-world asset vertical for Fundi.
Ecosystem Onboarding
IXIRPAD × Fundi
Onboarded IXIRPAD to leverage Fundi's transparent impact tracking and automated fund routing, directly increasing protocol utility and partner retention.
Institutional Growth
RWA Inc × Fundi Labs
Facilitated the collaboration expanding real-world asset participation and broadening the ecosystem's institutional-grade offering.
Contact

Let's build the next partnership

Open to Business Development, Partnerships, and Ecosystem Growth roles across Web3 and beyond. Reach out directly — I typically respond within 24 hours.

  • 📍 Location: Nigeria (Remote, WAT)
  • 💼 Open to: BD, Partnerships & Ecosystem Growth roles
  • ⏱ Response time: Within 24 hours
LinkedInDaniel Sylvester → EmailDanielsylvester1100@gmail.com → X (Twitter)@Dan_Defi2 → Telegram@Dan_DeFi2 → All linkslinktr.ee/Dan_DeFi →