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Larry Cermak

President at The Block

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Larry Cermak is President of The Block and previously served as CEO, Director of Research, and was responsible for a 30-person research team that provided insights to institutional clients. Prior to that, he worked as an analyst at Diar, and his other experience includes Ernst & Young, Google, Microsoft, and Vodafone.

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Investments

Project
Round
Valuation
Amount
Date
Fogo Fogo
Community $ 100 M $ 8 M
Jan 24, 2025
Infinex Infinex
-- -- $ 65.3 M
Sep 25, 2024
Agent Exchange Agent Exchange
-- -- $ 1 M
Jul 29, 2024
ZAP ZAP
-- -- $ 15 M
Jul 12, 2024
Blast Blast
-- -- $ 20 M
Nov 21, 2023
Contango Contango
Seed $ 45 M $ 4 M
Jul 14, 2022
Flip Flip
Seed -- $ 6.5 M
Jan 11, 2022
Timeswap Timeswap
Seed -- --
Oct 22, 2021
Kresko Kresko
Seed -- $ 2.35 M
Oct 6, 2021
ClayStack ClayStack
Seed -- $ 5.2 M
Jul 13, 2021
Holograph Holograph
Pre-Seed -- $ 1.7 M
Jul 13, 2021
Everclear Everclear
Series A -- $ 12 M
Jul 13, 2021
Impossible Finance Impossible Finance
Strategic $ 60 M $ 7 M
Jun 4, 2021

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Total rounds

13

Portfolio Numbers

13

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