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Ian Sosso

Founder and Managing Partner at Monte Carlo Capital | VC

Monaco

CEO
Angel
Investor
VC

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $250,000.00

  • Max Investment:

    $2,000,000.00

  • Target Investment:

    $500,000.00

Skills

Venture Capital
Venture Financing
Angel Investing
Leadership
Financial Structuring
Real Estate Transactions
Asian Business
Business Strategy
Start-up Ventures
Private Equity
Real Estate Financing
Derivatives
Equity Derivatives
Management
FX Derivatives
Exotic Derivatives
Interest Rate Derivatives
Credit Derivatives
FX Options

Education

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Work Experience

MC
Monte Carlo Capital

2009

  • Founder and Managing Partner

    2009

    WINNER: "BEST EUROPEAN EARLY STAGE INVESTOR" - 2019 Ian Sosso founded Monte Carlo Capital (MCC) in 2009, initially as an angel investor to invest his own capital. MCC is now an award winning multistage VC firm, with Ian as solo GP, starting investing at seed and building positions over successive rounds both via a fund and SPVs. We invest in the US, Europe and the UK in deep tech businesses as well as disruptive businesses across industries, addressing a large market, and backed by a strong entrepreneurial team. MCC has built a portfolio of companies in sectors ranging from artificial intelligence to space, Industrial IoT medical devices, fintech, and energy distribution. Our first ticket is $250-$1Mio and we can add over multiple rounds. We can lead and co-invest, and have led up to 4 successive financings. We bring a global ecosystem of advisors and relationships to our portfolio companies usually only available at large VCs. Our investors are mainly family principals and HNWI. Drop me a message if you are an investor or a seed company raising funds.

IU
International University of Monaco

2016 - 2021

  • Adjunct Professor

    2016 - 2021

    I teached a 30 hour class on Venture Capital to MBA and Finance MSc students. Class rated by students 4.7/5.0 to 4.8/5.0.

CA
Commerzbank AG

2003 - 2009

  • Regional Managing Director - Head of Global Markets Asia Pacific

    2004 - 2009

    Responsible for overseeing and growing all the financial markets businesses in Asia (Trading, Sales, Structuring) across asset classes (Equity Derivatives, FX, Rates, Credit, Precious Metals, Alternative Investments). Ran the trading floors of HK, Singapore and Shanghai. Built the structured products businesses from scratch.

  • Head of FX structuring

    2003 - 2004

JC
JPMorgan Chase & Co.

1999 - 2003

  • Vice President - Structuring - Derivatives and Structured Products

    2001 - 2003

  • Vice President - Structuring - Derivatives and Structured Products - All asset classes

    1999 - 2001

U
UBS

1997 - 1999

  • Director - Hedge Funds Derivatives Sales

    1998 - 1999

  • Associate Director - Exotics Options Sales and Structuring - Asia

    1997 - 1998

HG
HSBC Global Banking and Markets

1993 - 1997

  • FX Options Sales and Structuring

    1995 - 1997

  • FX Options Sales / Eurobond Trading / FX Forwards Trading

    1993 - 1995