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Jason Bond Pratt

Limited Partner at Cadenza Capital Management,

Berkeley, California

Overview 

Jason Bond Pratt is a seasoned software engineering leader with notable roles as Sr. Engineering Manager at Coinbase and EVP Product and Engineering at BitMEX. He has a diverse skill set in cloud computing, software development, and user experience, and has experience in project and product management. Currently based in Berkeley, California, Jason is actively involved in the tech startup ecosystem, investing in companies in sectors like Payments, Data Services, and FinTech at various stages of development.

Work Experience 

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Cadenza Capital Management

  • LP

    2021 - Current

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Safi Analytics

  • Advisor

    2020

    Real-time factory management - Safi automates industrial processes through remote monitoring and analytics, and focuses on long-tail industries in emerging markets (Kenya and Mexico for now.)

Guidewheel's AI-powered FactoryOps platform empowers manufacturers to drive productivity and net zero at scale.

Raised $51,980,000.00 from Greycroft, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, GSBackers, Ecolab, Decarbonization Partners and Rethink Impact.

guidewheel.com
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Uptrust

  • Advisor

    2015

    GovTech for eliminating cash bail. Uptrust reduces reliance on cash bail by assisting clients in overcoming barriers to appearance, significantly reducing the rate of incarceration for bail violations without placing additional work on public defenders, probation officers, or court staff.

Uptrust is a software company that provides criminal justice system.

Raised $3,550,000.00 from The Draper Richards Kaplan Foundation, Fund for Health, Luminate Group, De-Carceration Fund and Stand Together Ventures Lab.

uptrust.co
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Coinbase

  • Sr. Engineering Manager, Exchange

    2020 - 2021

    Operated and scaled the Coinbase spot market (Coinbase Exchange). Led the Exchange engineering team through the historic 2020/21 crypto bull market, adding two 9s to Exchange uptime and over 25x trading capacity in the run up to Coinbase's $85 billion DPO in April of 2021.

Coinbase Ventures is an investment arm of Coinbase that aims to invest in seed-stage cryptocurrency and blockchain startups.

ventures.coinbase.com

Being a Dad

  • Hiatus

    2018 - 2020

    After being fortunate enough to take some extended time off, I spent a year being a Dad. This has been absolutely critical for growing into the kind of parent I want to be, I'll be drawing energy and memories from this period forever.

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BitMEX

  • EVP Product and Engineering

    2017 - 2018

Trove (née Yerdle)

  • Head of Engineering

    2015 - 2017

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140 Proof

  • VP of Engineering

    2012 - 2015

140 Proof, an advertising solutions provider, uses Blended Interest Graphs to target consumers with messages that are relevant to them.

Raised $5,500,000.00 from Founders Fund, SV Angel, BlueRun Ventures and Quixotic Ventures.

140proof.com
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Tixelated

  • Co-founder / CTO

    2011 - 2012

Tixelated is a party planning platform.

tixelated.com

BrightestYoungThings

  • Co-Founder

    2009 - 2012

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