Mick Hagen, Angel Investor

Mick is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor & philanthropist. Mick is currently CEO of Hightop — a digital bank powered by blockchain technology. Mick is also Chairman of Mainframe (HiFi) — an open-source project leveraging decentralized protocols to provide people with/ greater financial access, services & freedom. Since dropping out of Princeton University, Mick has been a maker & builder. The first venture-backed startup that Mick founded was Zinch — an ed-tech startup that connected students globally with/ opportunities in higher education. Mick helped Zinch grow to an international, 8-figure revenue company that served 5M students, and 1000+ universities worldwide. Zinch employed 80+ people with offices in SF, Salt Lake City, and Beijing. In 2011, Zinch was acquired by Chegg. After the Zinch acquisition, Mick became more active as an angel investor — co-investing in promising young tech startups with GV, Spark Capital, Peter Thiel, and Max Levchin. Mick bought Bitcoin in 2013 and has since been an active crypto investor. Mick founded Cluster Capital — an investment group that backs world-class blockchain founders at the earliest stages. In the first 6 months under Mick’s leadership, they invested more than $50M in top projects like Polkadot, ICON, Zilliqa, and Oasis Labs.