About
Emmanuel Udotong is co-founder and CEO of Shield, a B2B exchange for USDT, USDC, and other stablecoins that supports cross-border trade for exporters and wholesalers. Shield is a registered MSB in the US and a licensed VASP in the EU, processes over $50 million monthly across the US-LatAm corridor and beyond, and is backed by investors including a16z crypto, Giant Ventures, Kraken, and MoonPay. Before Shield, Udotong advised financial institutions on risk and controls at McKinsey and co-founded a Y Combinator-backed supply chain company.
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Co-founders at Shield
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Luis CarchiFounder
Experience
- ShieldCo-founder/CEOcurrent2022 — presentMiami, FL
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2020 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- McKinsey & CompanyBusiness Analyst2019 — 2020Lagos, Nigeria
- GLGBlockchain Advisor2020 — 2021
- ReleafFounding Team2015 — 2020Lagos, Nigeria
- McKinsey & CompanySummer Business Analyst2018San Francisco Bay Area
- Y CombinatorBatch Member S172017San Francisco Bay Area
- PinterestSoftware Engineering Intern; Infrastructure2016San Francisco Bay Area
- Harambe Entrepreneur AllianceAssociate2016Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
Skills & more
Crypto10Fiat7Galleries8Payments11Regulatory Compliance7Cybercrime Investigation10Blockchain Analysis11Non-Fungible Tokens (NFTs)16Art Gallery2Digital Art Sales2Research75Entrepreneurship57
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Data AnalysisStrategic PartnershipsProject ManagementCustomer ServiceSocial MediaConsultingEditingEvent PlanningPresentation SkillsStrategic ConsultingSocial EntrepreneurshipPublic SpeakingLanguages English · Spanish
- Certified Web3 Investigator (CWI) — AnChain.AI
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Emmanuel Udotong?
- Emmanuel Udotong is co-founder and CEO of Shield, a B2B exchange for USDT, USDC, and other stablecoins that supports cross-border trade for exporters and wholesalers. Shield is a registered MSB in the US and a licensed VASP in the EU, processes over $50 million monthly across the US-LatAm corridor and beyond, and is backed by investors including a16z crypto, Giant Ventures, Kraken, and MoonPay. Before Shield, Udotong advised financial institutions on risk and controls at McKinsey and co-founded a Y Combinator-backed supply chain company.
- Where does Emmanuel Udotong work?
- Emmanuel Udotong is Founder of Shield.
- What companies did Emmanuel Udotong found?
- Emmanuel Udotong founded Shield.
- Where did Emmanuel Udotong go to school?
- Emmanuel Udotong studied at Princeton University (Bachelor of Arts - BA, Sociology); The University of Hong Kong (Sociology).
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