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Lou Kerner

Founder of CryptoMondays

New York City Metropolitan Area

Overview

Work Experience

  • Member

    2023 - Current

  • Founder

    2022

    The CryptoOracle Collective is building a decentralized web3 advisory service. With over 100 web3 experts, and 10 clients, the Collective is solving there major problems of the burgeoning web3 industry: 1. Great projects struggle to find great web3 talent 2. Great web3 talent struggles to find great web3 projects 3. Projects often want to pay talent in illiquid tokens or equity. But talent has tent to pay. So Collective members can exchange illiquid compensation for (soon to be) liquid Collective tokens. For inquiries to work with the Collective as a web3 project or as a Collective community member, please email: alexb@cryptooracle.io.

  • Senior Advisor

    2022

    The launch of Moelis' Global Blockchain Group is an important development for the long-term growth of blockchain technology. Our combined advisory capabilities, longstanding client relationships and extensive blockchain expertise will help drive the adoption of this transformative technology. I look forward to working with our clients and contributing to Moelis’ culture and reputation as a trusted, long-term advisor.

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2021

    Blockchain Coinvestors Acquisition Corp. I is a special purpose acquisition company formed for the purpose of effecting a merger with one or more businesses or entities. We are focusing our search on the companies in the financial services, technology and other sectors of the economy that are being enabled by emerging applications of blockchain.

  • Partner

    2019

    Blockchain Coinvestors is the leading blockchain venture fund-of-funds investing in the leading pure-play blockchain venture partnerships backing real companies with real businesses. We also run the Blockchain Coinvestors Syndicate on AngelList www.blockchaincoinvestors.com

  • Head Crypto Analyst

    2020

    As an active crypto blogger for over three years on Medium , I joined the team at Quantum Economics to help them expand their coverage on stablecoins and CBDCs (Central Bank Digital Currencies)

  • Founder

    2018

    CryptoMondays is a Meetup Group started in NYC on January 8, 2018. Since then, CryptoMondays has grown to 70 cities around the world, with active chapters including New York, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Juan, Miami, London, Paris, Tel Aviv, Shanghai, and Singapore .....). We're a decentralized organization. I gave CryptoMondays NYC (7k+ members) to the community in 2021. We also run the NYC Token Economics Meetup, and the NYC Governance & Consensus Meetup groups.

  • Co-Founder

    2017 - 2022

    CryptoOracle was formed to raise a $100M security token based VC Fund, and will best be remembered as the founder of CryptoMondays.

  • Partner

    2015 - 2017

    Investments by the Israel Syndicate include Via, Upstream Security, Aurora Labs, IT Central Station, SQream Technologies, Phrasetech, Segmanta and Viewbix. https://angel.co/Israel-Syndicate.

  • Founder & Managing Partner

    2012 - 2017

    The fund invests in the primary and secondary shares of rapidly growing social and mobile companies with great CEOs. Founded in 2012, we've invested in over thirty companies including Appia (acquired by Digital Turbine), Bottlenose, Caplinked, FireEye (NASDAQ FEYE), Grapeshot, , Kite, Klout (acquired by Lithium Technologies), LiveRamp (acquried by Axciom), Livefyre (acquired by Adobe), Meetup, Optim.al (acquired by Brand Networks), Palantir, Plated, Polar.me, Scribd, TripleLift, and Yashi (acquired by NexStar).

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