JK

Joey Krug

Partner @ Founders Fund, Co-Founder @ Eco, Co-Founder @ Augur

San Juan

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $150,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $25,000,000.00

Skills

Start-ups
Programming
Entrepreneurship
Bitcoin
Ethereum
Problem Solving
Close Attention to Detail
Java
Android Development
Decentralized Applications
Technical Writing
Computer Hardware
JavaScript
Python
HTML
Public Speaking
Leadership
Customer Service
Strategy
Social Media

Education

  • (2013 - 2014)

  • High School Diploma

    Knoxville High School

    (2009 - 2013)

Work Experience

  • Partner

    2023

    Leading the next decade of Founders Fund's crypto strategy while looking for the next wave of generational crypto startups and founders to back

2017

  • Co-Founder

    2017

    One simple balance that lets you spend, send, save and make money at the same time. Eco puts your money back to work for you.

2016

  • Advisor

    2016

    Decentralized Exchange Built on Ethereum, seeded 0x + advisor

AngelList Syndicate

2016

  • Investor

    2016

    Checkout my AngelList syndicate at https://angel.co/joeykrug/syndicate I back companies with strong moats that I'd love to work on if I had more time: practical, novel things that should exist in the world but simply don't... yet. Especially fintech, biotech + healthcare, crowdsourcing, and software companies. Our first deal was numer.ai, and our next deal is for a protocol for decentralized exchange/trading of tokens on Ethereum.

  • Advisor

    2018

    An adaptive money built on sound economics, helped w/ AMPL currency design

2016

  • Technical Advisor

    2016

    Helped create NMR (code + paper) Numerai combines the most accurate and original machine learning models from the world’s best data scientists into a collective artificial intelligence that controls the capital in Numerai’s hedge fund. AI + Homomorphic Encryption + Prediction Tournaments + Bitcoin Rewards == Better Capital Allocation

2017

  • Advisor

    2017

    Advising Origin on their decentralized sharing economy platform!

2016

  • Technical Advisor

    2016

    Technical advisor - rebuilding the internet for decentralized apps

2017 - 2023

  • Co-Chief Investment Officer

    2017 - 2023

    Co-Chief Investment Officer at one of the largest cryptocurrency and blockchain focused asset managers where we manage both venture and hedge funds

2018 - 2022

  • Board Member

    2018 - 2022