Mike Dudas
Founder of Links Golf Club
New York City Metropolitan Area
Overview
Work Experience
Founder & Managing Partner
2021 - Current
Early stage venture fund investing in crypto applications and infrastructure across key blockchain ecosystems including Solana, Ethereum, Bitcoin and more. Our portfolio of more than 100 protocols and companies includes many of the most valuable products in the crypto ecosystem across DeFi, Payments, DePin, Social, Gaming, AI and more. If you're building in these areas, I'd love to speak with you!
Co-Founder & Chairman
2021
Advisor & BD
2021 - 2023
Paxos is a regulated financial institution building infrastructure to enable movement between physical and digital assets.
Raised $543,477,863.00 from MercadoLibre.
Founder
2018 - 2021
The Block Research provides the most detailed insights into the digital asset ecosystem.
Co-Founder and CRO
2014 - 2018
Button is the mobile commerce technology company that is powering a commerce-driven internet.
Raised $64,550,000.00 from Capital One Ventures, Redpoint, Icon Ventures, Norwest Venture Partners and DCM Ventures.
Head of Mobile BD
2013 - 2014
Venmo offers an app that allows users to share and make payments with friends for a variety of services.
Raised $1,300,000.00 from Lerer Hippeau, RRE Ventures, Accel and Greycroft.
Emerging Business Lead, Mobile Commerce
2009 - 2013
Was part of the team that built Google's commerce & payments business across online, offline and mobile channels. Introduced products including Google Wallet / Pay.
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.
Head of BD
2007 - 2009
Corporate Strategic Planning
2001 - 2004
The Walt Disney Company started as a cartoon studio and evolves into sports coverage and television shows.
Raised $11,000,000,000.00 from Citibank.
Education
Latest Articles
Medium Around The Block: #6
Talks about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency and Ethereum
Medium Around The Block: #5
Talks about Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Ethereum
Medium Around The Block: #2
Talks about Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency and Blockchain