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Matt Cross

Venture Partner at Red Beard Ventures

New York, New York

Overview 

Matt Cross is the Co-Founder of Metafide, a venture capital firm focusing on early-stage investments in Web3/Crypto and Blockchain sectors, based in New York City. With a background in strategic partnerships and fundraising, Matt has successfully navigated the startup landscape, holding key roles in various ventures and demonstrating expertise in angel investing and entrepreneurship. Highlights of Matt's career include founding a stealth crypto startup and serving as the Chief Business Development Officer at Metafide, where he has leveraged his skills in negotiation, marketing, and sales to drive growth and forge valuable connections in the industry.

Work Experience 

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Red Beard Ventures

  • Venture Partner

    2023 - Current

    Seeking visionary early-stage founders at the forefront of innovation across web 3.0 and gaming.

Redbeard Ventures builds, invests, and advises startups across web 3.0 and crypto.

Raised $25,000,000.00 from John Crain, Animoca Brands, Marc Andreessen and Chris Dixon.

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Metafide

  • Chief Business Development Officer

    2023

    Co-Founder and CBDO of the world's first and most comprehensive intelligence engine for web3 assets. Metafide uses AI-driven intelligence products to identify and capture value in Web3 for institutions and active traders. We offer a suite of Analytics, Discovery, Prediction, Trading, and Automated investing tooling. About Metafide: Metafide is the leading blockchain intelligence engine that utilizes cutting-edge AI and machine learning technologies to provide real-time quality ratings, analysis, and predictions for blockchain assets. Our mission is to bring transparency, trust, and unparalleled insight to the rapidly growing blockchain ecosystem, empowering businesses and investors to make data-driven decisions.

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Denarii Labs

  • Tokenomics Mentor

    2023 - 2024

    Guiding the first cohort of founders through token planning, modeling, flowcharting, emissions simulation, allocation, and vesting schedules.

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Blockchain Founders Fund

  • Investment Associate

    2021 - 2023

    Investing in the top global blockchain technology. We believe in a more transparent and trustworthy world. We focus on adding value to emerging technology & blockchain projects with real world applications. We invest in and venture build top-tier startups. We consult leading blockchain companies and prominent organizations on emerging technologies. We support seasoned and first-time entrepreneurs across the key business functions with a hands-on intensive go-to market venture program. We empower some of the most promising entrepreneurs with the resources to make their vision a reality.

Private Investment

  • Crypto Trader

    2017 - 2023

    Early Bitcoin and Ethereum investor. Managing a seven figure P&L across Defi and Blockchain

Stealth Crypto Startup

  • Co-Founder

    2021 - 2022

    Leveraging my experience in Web 3.0 to contribute to product development, funding, partnerships, and growth.

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DuckDAO

  • Investor

    2020 - 2022

    Decentralized incubator, investing in early stage crypto projects.

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Talener

  • Business Development, AI and Machine Learning

    2019 - 2020

    Connecting fortune 500 clients with top technologists in New York Specializing in: - ML - Ai - Deep learning - Data Scientist - Data Engineering

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