MH

Mason Hall

Partner, Crypto Investments at a16z

New York, New York

Invests in

Locations:

  • Min Investment:

    $500,000.00
  • Max Investment:

    $40,000,000.00
  • Target Investment:

    $20,000,000.00

Education

Work Experience

  • Partner, Crypto Investments

    2021

2019 - 2021

  • Software Engineer

    2019 - 2021

2016 - 2019

  • Undergraduate Researcher

    2017 - 2019

  • Student Tour Guide

    2016 - 2019

2018 - 2018

  • Technology Analyst

    2018 - 2018

    Analyst Intern for ConsenSys Ventures. Performed technical and product analyses on various blockchain and cryptocurrency projects supporting the Ethereum ecosystem.

2017 - 2018

  • Blockchain Analyst

    2017 - 2018

2017 - 2017

  • Fellow

    2017 - 2017

    In 2011, StartUp Health introduced a new model for transforming health by organizing and supporting a global army of entrepreneurs called Health Transformers. StartUp Health is investing in 10 Health Moonshots with the long-term goal of improving the health and wellbeing of everyone in the world. With the world’s largest digital health portfolio (more than 200 companies spanning 5 continents, 17 countries and 60+ cities), StartUp Health’s long-term platform for entrepreneurs includes the StartUp Health Academy, StartUp Health Network, StartUp Health Media and StartUp Health Ventures.

  • Engineering Program Leader

    2016 - 2016

  • Software Engineer Intern

    2015 - 2015

    Developed a proprietary program for printing customized product labels converted from ZPL - written in Python - 1300+ lines of code - single program which printed over 70 different labels with potential to print hundreds more Centralized and organized government data on injury and casualty rates in Excel to find which markets had the most demand for safety products Consolidated and wrote testing software for final products before they were shipped

2014 - 2014

  • Research Intern

    2014 - 2014

    Assisted in the research of endosymbiotic bacteria and its relationship with fungal pathogens Studied how the fungal entomopathogen Pandora neoaphidis can influence endosymbiont-driven evolution of the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum Worked to domesticate Pandora neoaphidis from local fields, and used sequencing based approaches to characterize its genetic diversity