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Peter Johnson
Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital
Chicago, Illinois
Overview
Peter Johnson is the Co-Head of Venture at Brevan Howard Digital in Chicago, Illinois, with a focus on investing in Series A and Seed stages within sectors like Web3/Crypto and FinTech. With a background including roles at Jump Crypto, Morgan Stanley, and Deloitte, Peter has successfully invested in companies such as Puffer Finance and Eventus Systems, showcasing a strong track record in the venture capital space.
Work Experience
Co-Head of Venture - Brevan Howard Digital
2022 - Current
Partner at Jump Capital / Jump Crypto
2013 - 2022
First employee at Jump Capital. Led Jump's Web3/crypto and fintech investments from 2013-2022. Investments Include: 0x (DEX aggregator), AscendEX (crypto exchange), AcreTrader (farmland investing), BitDAO (Bybit’s DAO), BitGo (crypto custodian), Bitnomial (crypto derivatives), BitOasis (Middle East crypto exchange), BitPanda (European crypto exchange), Bitso (LatAm crypto exchange), BlockFi (Crypto interest accounts), Busha (African crypto brokerage), BUX (European brokerage), Coinhako (Asian crypto brokerage), CoinDCX (Indian crypto exchange), CoinList (digital asset origination platform), Consensys (Metamask wallet), Curv (crypto security infrastructure), DeFi Alliance (crypto accelerator), Digital Assets Data (Crypto analytics), Eaglebrook (crypto SMAs), Eden (MEV mitigation), Eventus (Market surveillance), Exablaze (low latency networking), Friktion (on-chain structured products), Liquality (Cross-chain wallet/swaps), Lyra (options DEX), M1 Finance (Finance super app), Omniex (crypto execution), OSL (Crypto infrastructure and exchange), Paradigm (crypto RFQ), Personal Capital (wealth management), Phantom (crypto wallet), Pyth (crypto oracle), KuCoin (Crypto exchange), Saber (Solana stablecoin DEX), Solana (Layer 1), Spring Labs (decentralized credit), TRM (blockchain analytics), The Small Exchange (futures exchange), Stacked (crypto asset management), Tradingview (charting), Zeta (crypto options exchange)
Jump Crypto is building a cryptocurrency infrastructure to help the blockchain and all things Web3 grow.
Kauffman Fellow - Class 20
2015 - 2017
The Kauffman Fellowship is the world’s premier innovation, leadership, and venture capital focused program, offering an unrivaled environment of excellence, an exceptionally flourishing global network, and a highly captivating curriculum.
Co-investment VC firm supporting the mission of the Kauffman Fellows
Investment Banking Division - Financial Institutions Group
2012 - 2012
Morgan Stanley Venture Partners is a private equity firm that invests in high-growth companies in the technology and healthcare industries.
Consultant - Financial Institutions Group
2007 - 2011
Deloitte Tax is an advisory firm that provides tax preparation and advisory services.