Jahed Momand

Co-Founder and General Partner

2021 - Current

Cerulean is investing to create Energy and Nature Markets for planetary-scale regeneration and climate impact. We invest in pre-seed and seed stage open source software companies, blockchain protocols and networks, and B2B SaaS marketplaces and platforms building technologies to scale climate impact in this decade. We’re investing to build the nature- and climate-positive economy, with a focus on climate fintech, blockchain networks and protocols, and digital infrastructure for valuing nature’s ecosystem services, and scaling renewable energy for supply-side decarbonization.

Limited Partner

2024

Co-founder, Host

2021

Co-host of the podcast that explores the people and ideas that are utilizing technology, economics, and the law to re-imagine how the economy can work for everyone. Here we connect with the entrepreneurs, investors, thought-leaders, academics, and politicians that are constructing a better economy, one based on broad-based ownership and democratic governance. Hosted by Martin Smith and Jahed Momand, two investors and operators who use the platform to showcase the people and ideas that will shape more inclusive economies.

Investor and Advisor

2014

I help crypto protocols, DAOs, and teams with community engagement, governance design and tokenomics, and product. - Elio (2024) - Anadro (2024) - Meta Pool (2024) -Jokerace (2023) - X2 (2023) - Trust Exchange (2023) - Fence Finance (2023) - Eden Protocol (2023) - Don’t wait to do what you love. - Cheq Labs (2023) - Secure, flexible crypto payments for freelancers. Co-invest with UpFront - ContextDAO (2022) - data standards as public goods. - MintStars (2022) - A subscription-based NFT platform that empowers creators to take control of their content and earnings - Polymer Labs (2022) - universal IBC for all chains with zk proofs - Odsy Network (2022) - multi-party computation appchain - Molecule (2022) - decentralized marketplace enabling sub-billion dollar innovations outside of the pharma-industrial complex to produce IP for those whose needs are not met by the current medical system - Entropy.xyz (2022) - multi-party computation powering trustless and secure crypto decentralized custody for all. Not your keys, not your crypto. - Libation Labs (2022) - making wine an infinite game - Plastiks.io (2021) - building markets around plastic reclamation, connecting the world's largest recyclers with the world's largest plastic waste producers with NFTs - PopcornDAO (2021) - Treasury management for DAOs, with 20%-50% of yield directly funding social impact - The Driver's Cooperative (2021) - Cooperatively-owned transportation network - Acclinate (2021) - Community-first platform for diversifying clinical trial participation - Gumroad (2020) - Gumroad is a powerful, but simple, e-commerce platform. Advisor - Parakweet (BookVibe - acquired by Google) - Savvy Cooperative (2017) - Social Media Analysis Toolkit (SMAT) (2020) - Habitry (2014)

Investor and Board Observer

2023

Founding Member

2023

Investor

2023

Investor

2023

The demand for compute is driving the growth of renewable energy and thus decarbonization in a big way. SBP helps decarbonize the grid and upgrade it through distributed compute, capturing energy as a digital asset and guiding institutional investors to finance the energy transition.

Delegate

2023

Investor

2022