About
Gvantsa Chkuaseli is a venture capital investor with over 15 years of experience in venture capital, private equity, and investment banking, with a focus on crypto, digital assets, and frontier technologies. Her background includes investment roles at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where she invested over $1 billion in technology and telecom companies, as well as advisory positions at Credit Suisse and Merrill Lynch covering technology, media, and telecommunications transactions. She has held investment and venture leadership roles at Outlier Ventures, HyperNest, CV VC, and Keyrock, with expertise spanning DeFi, tokenization, digital-asset infrastructure, and on-chain credit.
Experience
- KeyrockVentures & Strategic Investments2026London Area, United Kingdom
- CV VCHead of UK, Investor2024 — 2026Greater London
- HyperNestInvestment Lead - DeFi Accelerator2024Greater London
- Outlier VenturesHead of Structuring & Fundraising2021 — 2023
- Venture CapitalIndependent Investment & Fundraising Advisor2019 — 2021
- TechstarsBusiness Development2018 — 2019Paris Area, France
- e-fleamarket.comCo-Founder2017 — 2018
- EBRDInvestment Professional, TMT2012 — 2017London Area, United Kingdom
- Credit SuisseInvestment Banking Associate2008 — 2012London, United Kingdom
- Merrill LynchInvestment Banking Analyst2006 — 2008London, United Kingdom
Education
- The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)MSc, Finance2005 — 2006
- Singularity UniversityFoundations of Exponential Technologies2017
- UCLLL.M, Corporate and Commercial Law
- University of WarwickBA (Hons), Law and Business
- Sutton Valence School
- iDiscover 360Human Development & Practical Emotional Intelligence2023
Skills & more
Investment StrategyInvestment ManagementDigital AssetsDeal SourcingDeal ExecutionFinancial Modeling19Valuation16Venture Capital13Corporate Finance24Investment Banking33Private Equity13Investments12
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Emerging MarketsMergers & AcquisitionsCapital MarketsEquitiesStructured FinanceDerivativesFixed IncomeProject FinanceStrategic InvestmentsBloombergMicrosoft OfficeMergersLanguages English · Georgian · German · Russian
- Introduction to Blockchain for Financial Services — Coursera
- 2020 Future VC Remote Participant — Future VC
- Venture Deals — Techstars
From Gvantsa's professional profile.
Colleagues at HyperNest
Aidan Bristow
Business Development, Gauntlet at HyperNest
Alessio Zazzarini
Founder at HyperNest
Arseny Klekovkin
Managing Partner, G1 Ventures at HyperNest
Austin McKee
Chief of Staff, Hydra Ventures at HyperNest
Benoit Campagnaud
Founder & UX Expert, Braille at HyperNest
Bretton Putter
CEO, CultureGene at HyperNest
Bryn Bennett
Growth & Business Development, Hacken at HyperNest
Daniel Malinovski
Co-Founder & Director, Simplicity Group at HyperNest
Frequently asked questions
- Where does Gvantsa Chkuaseli work?
- Gvantsa Chkuaseli is Investments & Fundraising at HyperNest.
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Shared employers
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