MP

Marine Popoff

DeFi & FinTech | Investor | GTM Strategy | Official LinkedIn Instructor for Blockchain & Investments

Vienna, Vienna

Invests in

  • Min Investment:

    $100,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $5,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $1,500,000.00

Work Experience

  • Co-Founder

    2023

    MC² Finance: Instant Digital Asset Fund Infrastructure

2024

  • Official LinkedIn Instructor: Investing & Blockchain

    2024

  • Investor & Fractional COO & CTO for Early Stage Startups

    2020

    Marine & Chris: Fractional COO + CTO specialized in launching MVPs. Web3 / FinTech. Blueprint for token launch, tokenomics & flywheels, technical architecture for DeFi, account abstraction DeFi primitives, MVP Development, go-to-market execution, hiring & fundraising. Selected Success Cases: • Main advisors to Grindery: largest and fasted growing AA wallet with 1.2M users • Web3 Advisor at EU Parliament in Brussels & for BBC (web3 advisory board) • Official LinkedIn Trainer for Investment and Blockchain

2022 - 2024

  • Advisor

    2023 - 2024

  • Venture Partner

    2022 - 2023

    Investing in Infrastructure, Web3 and DeFi (equity and tokens)

2022 - 2023

  • Web3 Advisory Board for BBC R&D

    2022 - 2023

  • Associate

    2021 - 2022

    • Investor on-boarding and quarterly reporting • Closing investments (legal docs for financing rounds) • Sourcing, evaluation and management of deals • Mapping and automating processes Fund investment in Sorare: Europe's largest-ever Series B - $680 million at a $4.3 billion valuation.

2020 - 2021

  • Investment Manager

    2020 - 2021

    • Sourced, evaluated and managed early stage sector agnostic deals • Conducted DD for portfolio investments (+ investment memos) • Set up the Academy education platform for founders • Mentored startups, represented fund at panel discussions

2019 - 2020

  • Entrepreneur

    2019 - 2020

    • Won prize for Techstars "Women Startup Weekend" Competition • Founded "NetExports"

2016 - 2019

  • Communications & Investor Relations Manager

    2016 - 2019

    • Helped shape processes of long-term storytelling (pitch deck) for roadshows • Set up Investor Relations Database for IPO • Co-prepared IPO data room for investors/bankers • Drafted press releases and launched website HOOKIPA is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. While I was there,we raised $60 million in an Oversubscribed Round C Financing and $37.4million in Series D Financing and prepared for an IPO to fund our clinical trialsbeyond POC (Valuation at IPO $302M).

  • Communications Analyst

    2016 - 2017

  • Project Coordinator

    2015 - 2016

    • Connected all stakeholders • Trained >20 women on the business model • Created videos and youtube channel (100k+ views)