Team
Elliot Chun
Emergents Lead
20+ years across capital markets including Buy-Side, Consulting, and Sell-Side. Understands the importance of positioning at the forefront of innovation and believes emerging technologies must lead the transition to a better world.
Richard Malone
Issuers Lead
5+ years of experience as a technology investor, entrepreneur, and advisor. Richard leads the deal sourcing efforts for Emergents @ Weild & Co.
Michael Klena
FinTech, FS & Impact / ESG
25+ years of managing the disruption of innovation. As senior executive at E*TRADE to building a digital asset creation and trading firm, Michael brings balance of real world operations and bleeding edge strategy.
John Antretter
Managing Director
30+ year career as banker, venture capitalist, and senior leader of several businesses sold to Fortune 100 companies. Substantial business restructuring expertise. Adjunct Professor of Finance at Fordham University. IRONMAN Triathlete. Captain in the United States Army.
Elliot Chun ¶Digital Asset
Seasoned Wall St veteran in global equities including derivatives, prime brokerage, research and capital markets and more recently in emerging technology.
Preeti Adhikary AI & Marketing
Spent the last decade in the startup world, including 3.5 years in the Artificial Intelligence sector. MBA in Finance/Strategy. Passionate about emerging technologies and social impact.
Sandeep Kaur Due Diligence & Research
Involved with emerging tech since 2014 and combines deep understanding of these technologies with practical business knowledge.
Jerry Efremides Data-Related Research
Over 15 years of capital markets experience analyzing and trading listed primary and secondary equity offerings and marketing fixed income derivatives.
Sean Nasiri Capital Formation, Reg A+
Early crowdfunding pioneer, co-founded the first mission-drivenequity crowdfunding platform GenYrator. Launched the first Reg A+ platform as Dir. of Investments at Startengine. Most recently lead Business Development and Operations on the east coast at TokenSoft.
David Weild IV CEO, Weild & Co.
Known as “Father of the JOBS Act”;
Former Vice Chairman of NASDAQ;
Former President of Prudential Securities
Todd White Managing Director
Over 20 years of experience in re/insurance, asset management and capital markets, and has been directly involved with over $1.8 billion in various re/insurance ventures and alternative capital transactions.
Ben Cardinal
Analyst
Undergraduate at the University of Chicago double majoring in Mathematics and Economics. Started his career as a research assistant at the Becker Friedman Institute and worked for Kleiner Perkins as an investment analyst.
Advisors
Olivier Levitte
Energy/Resource Advisor
Over 30 years of investment banking, capital markets, and principal investing experience with a focus on the energy, infrastructure, power and specialty finance sectors.
Paul Johnson
Consulting & Advisory
Former Equity Research Analyst; Buy-Side Investing; Adjunct Professor at Columbia and Fordham Universities focused on Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Valuation.
Ray Kamrath
Advisory
Former Global Head of FX ecommerce at Goldman Sachs, Founder and CEO of Faros Trading, Global Head of FX at Jefferies, and former Board Member FXall.