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Guillermo Goncalvez

Founder

Founder at El Dorado

Argentina

FoundedEl Dorado

About

Guillermo Goncalvez is a Venezuelan entrepreneur who has worked in the cryptocurrency industry since 2013, when he encountered Bitcoin as a finance student in Caracas. He founded an early Latin American Bitcoin mining company and co-organized the Ethereum Venezuela community before co-founding El Dorado, a stablecoin-based payments application for Latin America, in 2020 with Juan Andreu and Carlos Fontes. As CEO, he leads the company, which participated in UC Berkeley's Skydeck accelerator, raised a $3M seed round from investors including Multicoin Capital and Coinbase Ventures, and reports over 1,000,000 users and 4 million peer-to-peer transactions.

Founder at El Dorado

Intro paths

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El Dorado's investors · 4

Coinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksFlori VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $5M checksMulticoin CapitalAustin · $1M – $50M checksParadigmSan Francisco · $1M – $100M checks

Experience

  1. El DoradoCo-Founder and CEOcurrent2021 — presentБуэнос-Айрес
  2. Ethereum VenezuelaCo-Foundercurrent2020 — presentCaracas, Distrito Federal, Venezuela
  3. CeloFounder in Residence2021 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  4. Synergy VisionFinancial Analyst2018Caracas Area, Venezuela
  5. Lioncave, Cryptocurrency Mining and InvestmentsCo-Founder, Director2013 — 2017Caracas Area, Venezuela

Skills & more

Inglés4Venture Capital10Early-Stage Startups9Financiación con capital riesgo4Desarrollo del emprendimiento1Microsoft Office20Planificación estratégica4Microsoft Excel16Microsoft PowerPoint12Microsoft Word1Dirección3Estrategia empresarial6
+5 moreGestión de proyectosHackathonLiderazgoServicio de atención al clienteAdministración y dirección de empresas
  • Fellowship — Latitud
  • Batch 16 Member — Berkeley SkyDeck

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Guillermo Goncalvez?
Guillermo Goncalvez is a Venezuelan entrepreneur who has worked in the cryptocurrency industry since 2013, when he encountered Bitcoin as a finance student in Caracas. He founded an early Latin American Bitcoin mining company and co-organized the Ethereum Venezuela community before co-founding El Dorado, a stablecoin-based payments application for Latin America, in 2020 with Juan Andreu and Carlos Fontes. As CEO, he leads the company, which participated in UC Berkeley's Skydeck accelerator, raised a $3M seed round from investors including Multicoin Capital and Coinbase Ventures, and reports over 1,000,000 users and 4 million peer-to-peer transactions.
Where does Guillermo Goncalvez work?
Guillermo Goncalvez is Founder of El Dorado.
What companies did Guillermo Goncalvez found?
Guillermo Goncalvez founded El Dorado.
Where did Guillermo Goncalvez go to school?
Guillermo Goncalvez studied at Universidad Metropolitana (VE) (Bachelor of Business Administration - BBA, Banking and Finance); Universidad Metropolitana (VE) (Financial Engineering, Finance).

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Also worked at Celo4

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