Jed McCaleb, Angel Investor

Jed McCaleb is the Founder of Vast, building artificial‑gravity space stations to expand humanity across the solar system. He is also Founder of the Astera Institute, which supports visionary science and technology projects with transformative potential, and Co‑Founder of the Stellar Development Foundation, an open‑source nonprofit creating a universal financial network to enable full economic participation worldwide. Jed previously founded Ripple, pioneering blockchain‑based payments, and has long been active in advancing open‑source and decentralized technologies. He also serves as Advisor to the Machine Intelligence Research Institute (MIRI), focused on ensuring that smarter‑than‑human intelligence has a positive impact. His career reflects a consistent focus on frontier technologies spanning space, finance, and artificial intelligence. As an angel investor, his portfolio includes AstroForge, Socket, Stream Token, Propellon Therapeutics, Prospectify, and Bold Financial Technologies, highlighting his interest in startups innovating in space, blockchain, and deep tech.