Marc Weinstein

Partner

2020 - Current

Mechanism Capital (www.mechanism.capital), is a leading investor in the cryptocurrency industry with a focus on decentralized finance or DeFi. As Head of Portfolio Development at Mechanism, I merge my investing and operational experience to help identify and support the best entrepreneurs building the Internet of Value.

Founder: Angel Investing & Founder Advisory

2017

The goal of Satya is to support entrepreneurs as best I can including through investment, company advisory, and/or coaching at the executive level. I'm an active angel investor and startup advisor: Web3, impact, mental health/digital wellness, new media, & convergence tech. Select Investments: Coinbase, Matter Labs, Yield Guild Games, Covalent, TheTie, The Fabricant, Function Health, Hiro Diapers, Twali, Reverie Reserves, Sound.XYZ, Metastreet, MAPS, Aglet, Metalink, 3Box, Hop, & Swan Bitcoin Select Advisory Clients: Steward, Structure Finance, Prime Social Group, SwytchX, Spartan Race, F/eld Extracts, Group RMC, Hypernet, and (yes, Fyre Festival)

Founder and Podcast Host

2019

I launched the Look Up! Podcast in order to explore our shared humanity, raise awareness for issues that negatively affect all society, give a voice to those on the front lines building & creating change, and inspire collective action

Member

2020

Yoga and Meditation Instructor

2014

Helped bring donation-based yoga to thousands of New York City-based yogis and yoginis

Principal

2018 - 2019

I helped to launch Wave Financial's venture fund and cryptocurrency / blockchain research team. We deployed +$10m across 20+ portfolio companies and decentralized networks in the Seed and Series A stage. Representative Investments: Spring Labs, NEAR Protocol, Securitize, Skale Labs, Open Data Exchange, Handshake, and Sharespost I've linked a few of my sample research reports, writings, and presentations for reference

Partner

2012 - 2018

A prevailing force in modern concert and event promotion, Prime Social Group provides a unique live experience for both the audience and the artists. ACHIEVEMENTS: Built one of the largest independent festival operators in the USA Launched 4 new festival brands with hundreds of thousands of attendees across the platform Grew revenue and EBITDA +70% and +30% year over year from 2014-2016 RESPONSIBILITIES: Evaluated and opened new markets for existing festivals Created financial budgets and managed M&A and land acquisition activities Completed SWOT analyses for new festival brands Raised investor and sponsor capital Developed key vendor relationships including ticketing, staging, and media Implemented new business initiatives like Prime Management and live streaming partnerships

Founder and CEO

2014 - 2017

90sFest was a live entertainment platform catered to millennials that pioneered the convergence of experiential marketing with social media distribution. ACHIEVEMENTS: - Scaled festival to five markets, tens of thousands of attendees, and millions of gross revenue from 2015-2017 - Built #1 90s account on Instagram and top ten social media following among all music festivals - Sourced and structured partnerships with major corporations including: Viacom, United Talent Agency, SiriusXM, Soylent, Soul Cycle, Hasbro, and Steve Madden - Generated over 1 billion traditional media impressions and tens of millions of social media impressions with write-ups in the NYTimes, Vogue, Billboard, and MTV - Early adopter of influencer-marketing strategy through partnerships with Jerry Media and Betches - Produced original branded content for partners Nickelodeon & Scuncii

Founder

2013 - 2015

TINCO created an entirely new asset class for investors seeking wealth preservation. We provided flexible, low cost, CPI-linked financing solutions to borrowers and offered investors an asset-backed, uncorrelated alternative to Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS). ACHIEVEMENTS: - Created entirely new asset class for investors and borrowers - Closed partnership with +$500 million AUM specialty lending business RESPONSIBILITIES: - Developed the product - Generated go to market strategy - Directed business development efforts - Organized underwriting controls - Managed investor relations - Executed financial analyses

Investment Banking - Financial Sponsors Group

2011 - 2012

Worked with Morgan Stanley's international private equity clients to identify leveraged buyout candidates and analyze strategic alternatives for their portfolio companies including: debt restructuring & refinancing, initial public offerings, and mergers & acquisitions