Gianfranco Filice, Angel Investor

As an investor, Gianfranco applies his expertise in nurturing teams building emergent technologies, and maintaining conviction long when the hype and frenzy have died down. His investment focus is primarily centered around financial technology, artificial intelligence (LLMs/autonomous agents), and decentralized systems. His investment approach revolves around backing pioneering infrastructure technologies and enabling the shift from current digital platforms to up-and-coming innovations. Before venture investing, Gianfranco was a TMT investment banker at Barclays Capital in Menlo Park. Previous internship experience includes stints at McKinsey & Company, Goldman Sachs, and Matrix Partners. Gianfranco has angel investments in the following companies: ▪ Unstoppable Domains (Decentralized Identity) ▪ Limewire (Web3 Music Platform) ▪ Frontier (Web3 Wallet) ▪ Zurp (Creator Economy - Fintech) ▪ Hang (NFTs) ▪ Root Name Service (Decentralized Identity) ▪ ACA Labs (Retool for Web3) ▪ General Task (Productivity Software) ▪ Defience (Bill.com for Web3 Protocols)