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Marek Olszewski

President at Valora

Germany

Overview 

Marek Olszewski is the CEO of cLabs, with a background as the founder of Locu and experience at Google and Microsoft. He holds a PhD from MIT and invests in various sectors including Web3/Blockchain and FinTech, showcasing expertise in entrepreneurship and software engineering. Olszewski's career highlights include founding Locu, a successful startup, and serving as the President of Valora, before assuming the role of CEO at cLabs. His investment focus on Web3/Blockchain and FinTech sectors demonstrates a keen eye for innovative technologies and emerging markets.

Work Experience 

  • Chief Executive Officer

    2017 - Current

    Building the best Ethereum L2 for mobile and payments. Come join the ecosystem!

  • President

    2021

    Building the next global Venmo. Try it out at valora.xyz

Valora is a mobile wallet that allows you to send, save, and spend crypto as easily as sending a text

Raised $20,000,000.00 from Valor Capital Group, Bossanova Investimentos, April Underwood, Nitesh Banta, NFX, Wedbush Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, Nima Capital, SV Angel and Intersection Fintech Ventures.

  • VP of Engineering

    2013 - 2017

GoDaddy is an internet domain registrar and web hosting company facilitating online businesses.

Raised $2,263,000,000.00 from Starboard Value.

  • Founder / CTO

    2010 - 2013

    (Acquired by GoDaddy)

Locus mission is to help local businesses thrive.

Raised $4,600,000.00 from Lowercase Capital, General Catalyst, Quotidian Ventures, Venture Hacks, DCVC, Lightbank, Naval Ravikant and SV Angel.

  • Research Assistant

    2007 - 2012

  • Research Intern

    2010 - 2010

Microsoft Advertising provides digital advertising solutions.

  • Research Intern

    2009 - 2009

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

  • Research Intern

    2008 - 2008

Sun Microsystems is a multinational vendor of computers, computer software and hardware, and information technology services.

Raised $1,700,000.00 from Kleiner Perkins.

  • Intern Software Engineer

    2007 - 2007

Google is a multinational corporation that specializes in Internet-related services and organizes the world’s information.

Raised $26,100,000.00 from Angel Investors LP, Kleiner Perkins, Signatures Capital, Sequoia Capital, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Shaquille O'Neal, Henry Kissinger, Google and Tiger Woods.

  • Research Assistant

    2005 - 2007

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