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Why digital experiences will drive digital identities
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Julian Moncada
Founder of Turbo
New York, New York
Overview
Julian Moncada is the Co-Founder of Turbo, a venture capital firm in New York City specializing in investments in startups in sectors like Robotics, BioTech, and Health IT. With a background in finance and entrepreneurship, Julian has successfully led Turbo in making strategic investments in early-stage companies and has held advisory and leadership roles in various organizations, showcasing a strong track record in portfolio management and corporate development.
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2024 - Current
Turbo's building a decentralized game operating system that starts with a game engine to let you make games faster than ever before. Try making one at www.turbo.computer
Investor
2023
https://www.factorialcap.com/
Advisor
2022
Bonsai helps recording artists engage and monetize their superfans.
Raised $5,300,000.00 from Activate Venture Partners and TriplePoint Capital.
Software Engineer
2023 - 2024
WIT is the best-in-class digital activation platform that powers some of the most exciting, turnkey experiences in sports and entertainment.
Advisor
2022 - 2023
Crypt TV is an operator of an online video platform intended to produce and distribute scary video content.
Raised $10,700,000.00 from Advanced Capital, Lerer Hippeau, NBCUniversal and Blumhouse Productions.
Product Lead / General Manager - Smolverse
2022 - 2023
Led product development, business development and strategy for Smolverse - one of the highest grossing layer-2 Web3 projects of all-time - with over $25 million in trading volume across a community of 50,000 users.
Director Corporate Development
2021 - 2022
Led fundraising process for Opentrons’ $175 million Series C and $50 million debt facility. Launched PRL's at-home COVID-19 saliva testing solution in collaboration with PRL R&D, clinical and GTM teams. Co-led PRL's at-home COVID-19 testing sales efforts.
Board Member
2018 - 2021
Opentrons is a life science company that develops pipetting robot technology designed to automate experiments.
Raised $240,034,056.00 from Jacket River, SoftBank Vision Fund and Khosla Ventures.
Co-Founder
2017 - 2021
Recruited technical, design and content teams to create a profitable sleep tracking and sleep content application with over 65,000 users and 3,000 paying subscribers. Led product development by overseeing design and branding direction, writing product specifications, managing project management pipeline and overseeing product reviews. Led content development to build a library of over 100 episodes of audio content. Managed and implemented marketing strategies including email marketing and customer acquisition.
Board Observer
2019 - 2021
Blockdaemon is a blockchain deployment facilitator that manages nodes and payment rails for blockchain networks.
Raised $431,300,797.00 from Axevil Capital.
Board Observer
2018 - 2021
Foxtrot is a mobile app that lets customers shop a curated collection of drinks, food, and everyday essentials.
Raised $185,362,265.00 from Monogram Capital Partners, Revolution’s Rise of the Rest Seed Fund, D1 Capital Partners, M3 Ventures, Lerer Hippeau, Wittington Ventures, Almanac Insights, Fifth Wall, Imaginary Ventures and Beliade.
Education
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