Joey Krug, Angel Investor

Joey started programming in Applesoft BASIC when in middle school after his dad bought him an Apple II GS on eBay. He studied CS in college because he enjoys being able to translate his ideas into code. He started angel investing in 2016 and co-started a top-ranked AngelList Syndicate.  Joey was co-CIO at Pantera Capital, one of the largest blockchain-focused investment firms from 2017 to 2023. He is co-founder of the Forecast Foundation, which contributes to the development of Augur (a decentralized oracle and prediction market protocol), and Eco (a simple balance that lets you spend, send, save, and make money at the same time).  As an angel investor, he backs companies with strong moats, the “practical and novel things that should exist in the world but simply don't... yet.” His areas of interest are fintech, biotech + healthcare, crowdsourcing, and software companies.