Nick Ducoff

Head of Institutional Growth
2023
"The combination of Solana’s high speed network and SG-FORGE’s reliable, secure stablecoin will unlock new possibilities for both retail users and institutional players in DeFi.” - Societe Generale “[Solana] is also being used to tokenise real-world assets such as US Treasuries. This week, Hamilton Lane, an investment manager with more than $920bn in assets, launched a private credit fund on the solana blockchain.” - Financial Times "This enables accredited, professional and institutional investors on networks like Solana to directly access top-tier funds on-chain in a fully compliant manner as well as ancillary services for secondary trading and collateralised lending, where available." - Hamilton Lane "Another validator client can continue to allow Solana as a network to operate at the cutting edge of how fast distributed computers will allow them to." - Fidelity Center for Advanced Technology “The network has proven to have some of the lowest fees, lowest transaction latency, and highest data throughput relative to other networks. This is where Solana really shines." - Franklin Templeton "The Solana team are titans of the space whose non-consensus thinking has birthed in the most capable blockchain in existence." - VanEck

2022 - 2023

Venture Partner
2022 - 2023
My investment focus areas are blockchain and B2B SaaS at G20 Ventures - the capital partner that helps startups grow with smart money, great storytelling, and the right connections.

2022 - 2022

Entrepreneurship Professor
2022 - 2022
I taught Early Stage Entrepreneurship (BUS 305) Summer Session I at John Cabot University in Rome, Italy. Here's the syllabus: https://myjcu.johncabot.edu/syllabus/syllabus_print.aspx?IDS=17175

2017 - 2021

Co-Founder and CEO
2017 - 2021
Edmit was acquired in 2021, after partnering with SoFi, Citizens Bank, and other leading financial institutions to help millions of high school students and their families make smarter college financial decisions. Edmit won the SXSW EDU Launch competition, and participated in the MassChallenge FinTech and DCU FinTech Innovation Center accelerator programs. “Edmit predicts aid packages and provides advice on the value of different colleges.” – The Wall Street Journal "Kellee Webb...thought Edmit was the best tool she’d seen in 13 years of working in college admissions.” - Money

2014 - 2017

Vice President for New Ventures
2014 - 2017
My mandate was to incubate new business ideas, diversify revenue streams, and advance a new model of higher education. "#6 Most Innovative Schools” - U.S. News & World Report, 2018

Boundless Learning

2012 - 2014

VP
2012 - 2014
Boundless was acquired by Valore in 2015, and is now part of Follett. "Boundless gets an A." - Washington Post

2010 - 2012

Co-Founder and CEO
2010 - 2012
Infochimps was acquired by CSC in 2013 and is now DXC Analytics (NYSE:DXC). "Infochimps has a team of highly skilled big data and analytics professionals and engineers that will help accelerate the development of CSC's data services platform." - eWeek “Business and IT leaders looking for new ways of monetizing their assets should investigate Infochimps.” - Gartner

2006 - 2010

Associate Attorney
2006 - 2010
My practice group became the Austin office of Shearman & Sterling. "Andrews Kurth (Band 1) is prized for its large technology practice." - Chambers USA

Head of Institutional Growth at Solana, 2x Founder and Investor