Jesse is taking his years of knowledge to the cryptocurrency world. Since his successful exit with Blue Box to IBM several years ago he has been looking for his next venture. If you are wanting to see how his 2nd success is going to look like you should be stopping by this event, especially if you care about fintech and blockchain.
Learn what it takes to start and scale a cryptocurrency venture from scratch. He is a huge supporter of startup founders and knows how to both boot strap and raiser angel and VC money. Come meet Jesse and learn how his startup is going mainstream in the investment world.
Strix Leviathan
CEO Founder
Jesse is a serial tech entrepreneur. His current venture, Strix Leviathan, an institutional-grade algorithmic investment management platform designed from day one for cryptocurrency. Previously, he founded and raised more than $22M for Blue Box before a successful exit to IBM. He is an angel investor participating in 30+ startups. He serves as a mentor/board member for the Buerk Center at the UW.
Jesse is taking his years of knowledge to the cryptocurrency world. Since his successful exit with Blue Box to IBM several years ago he has been looking for his next venture. If you are wanting to see how his 2nd success is going to look like you should be stopping by this event.
Learn what it takes to start and scale a cryptocurrency venture from scratch. He is a huge supporter of startup founders and knows how to both boot strap and raiser angel and VC money. Come meet Jesse and learn how his startup is going mainstream in the investment world.
Jesse Proudman is a serial tech entrepreneur. His current venture, Strix Leviathan, an institutional-grade algorithmic investment management platform designed from day one for cryptocurrency. Previously, he founded and raised more than $22M for Blue Box before a successful exit to IBM. He is an angel investor participating in more than 30 startups. A passionate advocate for mental health support for startup founders, he serves as a mentor and board member for the Buerk Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Washington.
Esidarap Inc
CEO/Founder
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Mike or Michael Grabham is a curious start up guy that has been delivering revenue, new products and creative solutions in the startup chaos for 20+ years. He is a five time founder and is in relentless pursuit of knowing the customers better than any competitor. He recently invented a new product called Package Guard, to help stop package theft. He is a “make it happen” person driving growth across multiple revenue streams while inspiring and teaching employees on how to have fun and get things done, yes you can do both.
He has raised $3M from angel investors over the past 20 years, sold two companies and failed and has managed marketing, product, engineering and sales staffs throughout his career.
He is constantly learning from others having conducted more than 100 interviews with startup leaders at Startup Grind in Seattle and Bellevue each month. He loves helping smart people change industries, studying consumer behaviors and searching for the perfect glass of wine.
He and his wife started a nonprofit Survive the Streets which they help homeless in Seattle. He received his MBA from Seattle University and has an undergraduate degree in Mathematics, if that matters to anyone.
