Marine Popoff
Co-Founder of MC² Finance
Marine Popoff
Co-Founder of MC² Finance
Vienna, Vienna
Overview
Work Experience
Co-Founder
2023 - Current
MC² Finance: Instant Digital Asset Fund Infrastructure
Official LinkedIn Instructor: Investing & Blockchain
2024
Investor & Fractional COO & CTO for Early Stage Startups
2020
Marine & Chris: Fractional COO + CTO specialized in launching MVPs. Web3 / FinTech. Blueprint for token launch, tokenomics & flywheels, technical architecture for DeFi, account abstraction DeFi primitives, MVP Development, go-to-market execution, hiring & fundraising. Selected Success Cases: • Main advisors to Grindery: largest and fasted growing AA wallet with 1.2M users • Web3 Advisor at EU Parliament in Brussels & for BBC (web3 advisory board) • Official LinkedIn Trainer for Investment and Blockchain
Advisor
2023 - 2024
Venture Partner
2022 - 2023
Investing in Infrastructure, Web3 and DeFi (equity and tokens)
Web3 Advisory Board for BBC R&D
2022 - 2023
Associate
2021 - 2022
• Investor on-boarding and quarterly reporting • Closing investments (legal docs for financing rounds) • Sourcing, evaluation and management of deals • Mapping and automating processes Fund investment in Sorare: Europe's largest-ever Series B - $680 million at a $4.3 billion valuation.
Investment Manager
2020 - 2021
• Sourced, evaluated and managed early stage sector agnostic deals • Conducted DD for portfolio investments (+ investment memos) • Set up the Academy education platform for founders • Mentored startups, represented fund at panel discussions
Entrepreneur
2019 - 2020
• Won prize for Techstars "Women Startup Weekend" Competition • Founded "NetExports"
Communications & Investor Relations Manager
2016 - 2019
• Helped shape processes of long-term storytelling (pitch deck) for roadshows • Set up Investor Relations Database for IPO • Co-prepared IPO data room for investors/bankers • Drafted press releases and launched website HOOKIPA is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. While I was there,we raised $60 million in an Oversubscribed Round C Financing and $37.4million in Series D Financing and prepared for an IPO to fund our clinical trialsbeyond POC (Valuation at IPO $302M).
Communications Analyst
2016 - 2017
Project Coordinator
2015 - 2016
• Connected all stakeholders • Trained >20 women on the business model • Created videos and youtube channel (100k+ views)
Education
Master of Business Administration - MBA
2021 - 2022
Apprentice
2016 - 2016
Master of Science and Engineering - MSc.
2014 - 2015
Bachelor's degree
2010 - 2013
International Baccalaureate
2006 - 2010
Piano
2000 - 2010