Austin Barack

Founder and Managing Partner

2024 - Current

Thesis driven cryptoasset investment fund

Partner, Venture & Liquid Investments

2022 - 2023

Principal, Venture & Liquid Investments

2021 - 2022

Senior Analyst, Venture & Liquid Investments

2020 - 2021

Multi-strategy cryptoasset-focused investment firm founded in 2015 and based in New York.

Vice President Finance

2020 - 2020

Exchange Traded Product Issuer • Finance: Head of all financial responsibilities including capital raising, strategic modeling, financial forecasting, investor relations, and treasury management. • Trading: Drive trading to optimize yield from cash balances. • Legal: Managed redomiciliation process and oversee corporate legal requirements across multiple geographies.

Co-Founder, CFO

2018 - 2020

Founded company providing collateralized lending solutions for blockchain based assets. • Finance/Pricing: Built product adoption, LTV/CAC, and profitability models to inform pricing strategy. • Business Development: Presented at industry conferences (Consensus, Token Summit, Delta Summit). Formed relationships/negotiated terms with key clients. • Legal: Worked closely with our legal partners to comply with regulatory requirements.

Senior Manager Corporate Development and FP&A

2017 - 2018

Worked under CFO to scale early stage payments company to 1,200 employees / 15 global offices / several hundred million annual revenue. • Capital Raising: $31MM Series D (3/14), $50MM Secondary (8/15), $220MM Series E / E-1 (10/16). Organized investor outreach to 30+ VCs. Built all forecasting models and led financial due diligence and data room management. • BD/Strategic Pricing: Led strategic pricing and analysis team. Developed company-wide pricing frameworks by product and market. Structured partnerships with Airbnb, Amazon, & Uber. • Banking Infrastructure: Helped build out global network of payment providers to expand reach and optimize costs. Structured and negotiated deals with Citi, DB, and other payment providers in China, India, Brazil, and South Africa. • Finance/FP&A: Led team of 4 building models for internal forecasting and potential investors. Revenue/earnings consistently within 0.5% of projections. Managed continuous IPO readiness process. • M&A: Directed strategy/research. Managed due diligence for 2016 Armor Payments acquisition. • Accelerated Promotion Track: Promoted 3 times to achieve Sr Manager position. Established and led pricing team. • International: Worked with global cross functional teams in Palo Alto, Tel Aviv, and Hong Kong.

Manager

2016 - 2017

Associate

2015 - 2016

Analyst

2013 - 2015

Investment Banking Summer Analyst

2012 - 2012

• Financial Modeling: Built valuation and forecast models for prospective transactions. • Client Presentations: Created pitch materials to increase deal flow.

FX Sales and Trading Summer Analyst

2010 - 2010

• Worked exclusively with Latin American/Spanish clients. Supported FX sales and wrote research reports. • Hired as only freshman to work in summer analyst program.