Grand Master is a crypto angel investor who founded Principle Ventures and is active in early-stage blockchain investing. Grand Master's Twitter Score is 30 out of 1000 as of October 2026, ranking #32,397 (top 10%) among 498,181 tracked accounts.
Grand Master also goes by Blake Gao and operates a related handle, @BlakeGao, which external communities including Social Graph Ventures and Bitcoin BuildCon use when citing his work. He appeared as a speaker at Bitcoin BuildCon in June 2024, representing Principle Ventures in that capacity. Beyond founding Principle Ventures, Grand Master is a member of Social Graph Ventures and a DAO member of Hydra.
Grand Master describes himself as a lifelong learner and maintains an active presence on X, with posts as recent as mid-2026. His account carries a blue verification badge and links to the Backpack exchange. Grand Master has published 1,515 posts to date and has been mentioned by 2 accounts a total of 2 times. As an angel investor, Grand Master has backed Interface.
Who follows Grand Master on X?
The accounts that follow Grand Master include 128 founders, 50 angel investors, 33 influencers and 11 VCs. Among them are Chris Dixon, Luca Netz, Foobar, mikedemarais.eth, Matthew Graham and Galois Kevin.