MS

Mariano Sorgente

Engineer and VC in crypto, ex a16z

Brooklyn, New York

Invests in

Stages:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Work Experience

2022 - 2024

  • Investment Partner

    2022 - 2024

    Crypto investment team.

2018 - 2022

  • Engineering Manager

    2022 - 2022

    Leading the blockchain team at Chia.

  • Senior Software Engineer

    2018 - 2022

    Developed the Chia consensus algorithm codebase and peer to peer network from scratch. The network has hundreds of thousands of nodes (more than any other chain) and 20+ EiB active as of June 2023. Implemented modern cryptography primitives including BLS signatures, verifiable delay functions and proofs of space, and protocols such as Chia's secure pooling protocol.

2015 - 2018

  • Engineering Lead

    2018 - 2018

    Engineering lead for frontend development at Token. Involved in developing and designing a secure payment system for banks, merchants, and end users. Work includes bank integrations, product & project management, system architecture, mobile and web development, security, and presales.

  • Software Engineer

    2015 - 2018

    Worked on engineering, design and architecture of the system, and product.

2018 - 2018

  • Initial Contributor and Advisor

    2018 - 2018

    Worked on crypto-economics, protocol design, and brainstorming ideas for a cryptocurrency platform.

2015 - 2015

  • Research Assistant Virtual Reality Lab

    2015 - 2015

    Use Vizard and python to explore virtual reality applications, specifically with regards to human interaction in VR.

2014 - 2014

  • Software Development Engineer Intern

    2014 - 2014

    Worked as an SDE on AWS networking. Used docker virtualization to improve the build process of an operating system, and created an OS-image repository to store finished build images and partial build states.