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Joseph Lassen is a co-founder of Green Flare and was previously a partner and head of Europe, Middle East and Africa at CMT Digital. He is a graduate of INSEAD and the Hyde School of Business at Creighton University.
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Rho Blank
Rho Blank is serving as the CFO of CMT Digital. Prior to this, Rho was a member of the Advisory Board at Jackson Private Capital. Rho also has experience as the Managing Member/Owner of RB Consulting, where they provided operational and finance consulting services to various organizations.
Simon Grove
Simon Grove is the CEO of BitQuest and was previously Head of trading at CMT Digital. He graduated from Cardiff University in England.
Augustus (Augie) Ilag
Augie is an Investment Partner and Head of Asia at CMT Digital, a crypto and blockchain investment firm based in the US. He was previously with Sequoia Capital Southeast Asia where he spearheaded their crypto investments in the region. Before Sequoia, Augie spent time at McKinsey & Company focused on emerging markets, working on projects in Southeast Asia, LATAM, and the US. He holds a BA and MS from Stanford University and was selected for Forbes 30 under 30 in 2022.
Matt Casto
Matt Casto is the Head of Onchain Execution and Research at CMT Digital. He graduated from the Crowell School of Business at Biola University and the University of Roehampton.
Chad Feigel
Chad Feigel is the COO of CMT Digital and a graduate of St. Francis University.
Jan-Dirk Lueders
Jan-Dirk Lueders is the co-founder of CMT Digital.
Charlie Sandor
Charlie Sandor is an Investment Partner at CMT Digital. Charlie joined CMT Digital at the launch of Fund II in April of 2021 to focus on venture investments. Charlie started his career at Bain & Company, where he spent time on large-scale transformations and in the Private Equity Group. He graduated from Harvard University with an A.B. in Economics.
Scott Casto
Scott Casto is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of the CMT Group. Scott has over 30 years of experience trading equity and fixed income derivatives, and investing across private equity, venture capital and hedge funds. The first decade of his career was spent trading and market making on both U.S. and European exchanges with Chicago Research and Trading Group (CRT). While at CRT, Scott was instrumental in the construction of the electronic European trading business. In 1997, Scott and Jan-Dirk Lueders established the CMT Group, a global electronic trading firm focused on developing cutting edge, low-latency electronic trading technologies. In addition to the trading business, the CMT Group has evolved into a diversified investment firm, with a portfolio that spans public and private equity, debt, real estate, technology, and digital assets. In 2015, Scott and Jan-Dirk founded CMT Digital, a division of the CMT group that focuses on crypto asset trading, blockchain technology investments, and legal/policy engagement in the crypto asset and blockchain ecosystem. Scott’s experience as a trader, investor, entrepreneur, and leader has resulted in the success of numerous businesses.
Sam Hallene
Sam Hallene is an Investment Partner at CMT Digital. Sam joined the CMT Digital venture group at its inception in 2017 and focuses on thesis formation, manages portfolio composition, sources investment opportunities, conducts due diligence, and assists with investor relations. Previously, Sam worked at Prairie Capital, a Chicago-based middle market private equity firm, and Promus Capital, a Chicago-based multi-asset class wealth manager. Sam graduated from the University of Michigan with majors in Economics and Spanish.
Colleen Sullivan
Colleen Sullivan is Co-Head of Ventures at Brevan Howard Digital. Prior to joining Brevan Howard Digital, she co-founded and served as CEO of CMT Digital, where she was also a partner with the broader CMT Group. Colleen commenced activities in the crypto industry in 2013. Before starting CMT Digital, she co-founded Sullivan Wolf Kailus, a boutique law firm specializing in hedge fund, private equity, venture capital, digital assets, and other alternative investment products. Colleen previously practiced law in the Investment Funds and Derivatives group at Sidley Austin LLP. At age 25, she co-founded iOptions Group LLC, which developed hedging and monetization strategies for holders of employee stock options.