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Edward Moncada

Founder of Lazo LLC

Santa Barbara, California

Overview 

Edward Moncada is a Co-Founder at Protofund and the Co-Founder and CEO of Zoomie, having previously held the role of Co-Founder and CEO at Blockfolio. His career highlights include founding successful startups in the gaming and cryptocurrency industries, with a focus on early-stage investments in blockchain technologies and web3/crypto sectors. Moncada's expertise lies in game design, social games, and monetization, and he has made significant contributions to the gaming industry through his ventures. Additionally, his involvement in various advisory roles and investments in companies like SIREN and Cozy Finance showcase his strong entrepreneurial spirit and strategic business acumen.

Work Experience 

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - Current

    Zoomie is a social good network for celebrating animals through video.

  • Co-Founder & Managing Partner

    2021

    Protofund is an early-stage venture fund founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. We invest in passionate teams building blockchain/web3 and consumer products.

Protofund is an early-stage venture fund investing in blockchain/web3 and consumer products.

  • Executive Chair

    2021

    The Zoomie Foundation is a non-profit for the benefit and welfare of animals.

  • Co-Founder

    2021

Lazo is a female-focused footwear brand founded by roller-skater and action-sports veterans.

  • Advisor

    2021

Tokensoft Transfer Agent is an SEC-registered transfer agent owned by Tokensoft Inc.

  • Advisor

    2019

    Premier Defi asset management platform with $2B+ TVL. www.instadapp.io

Instadapp is a DeFi middleware for users and developers to easily manage multiple DeFi applications.

Raised $12,400,000.00 from LongHash Ventures, Andre Cronje, DTC Capital, Alliance DAO and Standard Crypto.

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2021

    Acquired for $150M - October 2020.

  • Co-Founder & CEO

    2017 - 2021

    Blockfolio is the market leader in mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Try it and find out why our users love it so much! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blockfolio.blockfolio https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blockfolio-bitcoin-altcoin/id1095564685?mt=8

  • Co-Founder

    2014 - 2017

    Blockfolio is the market leader in mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry. Try it and find out why our users love it so much! https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.blockfolio.blockfolio https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/blockfolio-bitcoin-altcoin/id1095564685?mt=8

Blockfolio offers mobile portfolio tracking and management for the cryptocurrency and blockchain industry.

Raised $15,950,500.00 from John Cynn, Hashkey Exchange, NKB Ventures, Pantera Capital, Toy Ventures, Kaimin Hu, Pathfinder, imToken, COIND and Abstract Ventures.

  • Marketing Strategist

    2020 - 2021

  • DASH Foundation Board Member

    2014 - 2018

    DARKCOIN In Mar 2014 helped organize a team of investors to acquire a considerable stake in Dash (formerly Darkcoin). The subsequent sprout of anon-centric tokens created a need for Darkcoin to differentiate, so we worked to have Darkcoin listed on Bitfinex (at the time the largest exchange having only ever listed BTC & LTC). DARKCOIN FOUNDATION Later in 2014, we reached out to core dev E. Duffield to offer support. We proposed the creation of a foundation to raise dev funds and provide direction to the ecosystem. I'm proud to have been involved in assembling the original board. REBRAND Darkcoin's implementation of Instant X moved it beyond just an anon cryptocurrency. Pushed at the board level for a rebrand to Dash, which is short for Digital Cash. The new brand clearly emphasized its key new feature of instant transactions while moving the anonymous "dark" aspects to the background. - Organized and led initial rebrand discussions - Assembled the team responsible for handling rebrand trademark and IP legal needs - Originated key strategies such as the acquisition of Dashcoin for IP rights to successfully contest a prior trademark application by a B&M financial co. This is the first crypto to crypto M&A deal on record. GOVERNANCE In late 2014 I proposed to Dash core dev E. Duffield that we redirect a portion of the Masternode rewards to fund projects that advanced the Dash ecosystem (an idea that BTCtalk whale Otoh and I dreamed up now referred to as "inflation funding"). Evan loved it and the team ran with it, delivering the 2015 white paper "Decentralized governance by blockchain". This would create an incredible feedback loop that would attract devs, capitalize numerous Dash startups, and drive the market cap from $15M to $1B+. It's been a huge success. https://www.dash.org/ https://www.dashfoundation.io/

Dash is the e-commerce and payments-focused digital currency.

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