PJ

Praveen Joseph

Head of Capital Markets ✦ Blockchain & Crypto ✦ Fintech Investor

Stanford, California

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $5,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $50,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000.00

Work Experience

  • Founder

    2025

  • Adjunct Faculty and Lecturer - Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies

    2022

    Head Lecturer for the course on Blockchain and Cryptocurrencies that I taught with Prof.Maura O'Niell -Distinguished Faculty at Berkeley HAAS

2023 - 2024

  • Head of Capital Markets - DeFi for EM Credit

    2023 - 2024

    Head of capital markets solutions for RWA DeFi Lending protocol focussed on emerging market credit.

  • Angel Investor - Fintech, Blockchain, Web3 and DeFi

    2020 - 2023

  • Head of North American Credit Trading - Blockchain, Payments, Lending and Credit Investments

    2013 - 2023

    Head of Portfolio Management for USD $5B portfolio investing in Fintech, Blockchain, Consumer Credit and Securitized Assets (2020-2023) Senior Portfolio Manager (2017-2020) Portfolio Manager & Head Trader (2014 - 2017) Senior Trader - Global Credit, FX and Rates (2013-2014)

2021 - 2022

  • Head of Finance - Crypto Trading and Liquidity

    2021 - 2022

    Celo is a mobile-first blockchain that makes decentralized financial (DeFi) tools and services accessible to anyone with a mobile phone. It aims to bring the benefits of DeFi to the users of the 6 billion smartphones in circulation today.

  • Investment Strategist - Sr.Vice President & Trader

    2011 - 2013

2011 - 2011

  • Quantitative Trader

    2011 - 2011

    Systematic High Frequency Trading Fund

2006 - 2011

  • Vice President, Structuring and Trading

    2006 - 2011

    Derivatives desk (2009-11) ALM and Pension Longevity Risk (2006-09)