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Prior to founding Castle Island Ventures, Matt was a Vice President at Fidelity Investments where he led a number of the firm’s blockchain / cryptoasset initiatives. While at Fidelity, he led the creation, operationalization, and the investment strategy of a private fund focused exclusively on the cryptoasset sector. Matt holds a BS in Business Administration from Babson College and an MBA from Duke University’s Fuqua School of Business.
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Jurrien Timmer
Jurrien Timmer is the Director of Global Macro at Fidelity Investments. He is part of Fidelity's Global Asset Allocation group, where he specializes in asset allocation and global macro strategy. Jurrien has been at Fidelity for 27 years and has close to four decades of experience in the industry. Prior to assuming his current position in 2005, Mr. Timmer held various other roles within Fidelity, including director of market research and technical research analyst. He also co-managed Fidelity Global. Jurrien earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Finance from Babson College. He was born and raised a Dutch citizen in Aruba and has been living in the United States all of his adult life. He became a US citizen in 2002.
Fabio Berger
Fabio Berger is the Co-founder and CEO of BlowfishXYZ. He has a Duke Computer Science degree, is a Full Stack Engineer, and co-founded WealthLift.com and ShelfRelief.
Richard Sgalardi
Rich Sgalardi is the Venture Partner at Castle Island Ventures.
Giovanni Vignone
Giovanni Vignone is the CEO of Octane and prior to that he was a Blockchain and Full Stack Engineer at Mural. Giovanni Vignone attended Duke University.
Joe Gerber
Joe Gerber is the founder of IDEO CoLab Ventures and was previously a senior Product Manager at Fidelity Investments.
Jesse Rosenblatt
Jesse Rosenblatt is currently the Co-Founder at Asula.Previously he worked at Endaoment. He graduated from Duke University.
Olly Wilson
Olly Wilson is the Co-Founder & CEO at SimpleHash. He presively worked at McKinsey & Company. Olly Wilson graduated from Duke University and Harvard Business School.
Jon Charbonneau
Jon Charbonneau is the co-founder and general partner of DBA. He also co-hosts the Uncommon Core 2.0 podcast. Previously he was Head of L1, L2 and MEV Research at Delphi Digital. Prior to entering the cryptocurrency industry, he worked as a structured credit banker at Deutsche Bank in New York.Jon holds a B.A. in Economics from Duke University.
Nicholas Zaldastani
Nicholas Zaldastani is the chairman, co-founder and head of marketing of CESS. He is a graduate of Duke University and Harvard Business School.
David Kinitsky
David Kinitsky is currently the Chief Executive Officer at Everstake.Previously he worked at Kraken and Circle. He graduated from Cardoso Law School and the University of California, Berkeley.
