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Jonah Burian

Investor

Investor at Blockchain Capital

New York, New York

Writes $50K – $2M checks · typically $500K

About

Jonah Burian is an Investor at Blockchain Capital, which he joined in May 2023, where he works on research and evaluating new crypto investment opportunities. He was previously a Director at Penn Blockchain and helped form FranklinDAO, a student-run governance delegate for DeFi and infrastructure protocols. His earlier experience includes software engineering at Bloomberg L.P., a software and QA lead role at Mipasa, research at The Wharton Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance, and building ML trading algorithms at Maritime Capital LLC; he holds a dual major in NETS (Computer Science & Systems Engineering) and Economics with a Mathematics minor from the University of Pennsylvania.

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Invests in

Crypto & Web3

Experience

  1. Blockchain CapitalInvestorcurrent2023 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  2. Blockchain CapitalResearch Scholar2023San Francisco Bay Area
  3. FranklinDAODirector2022 — 2023Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States
  4. MiPasaQuality Assurance Lead & Software Team Lead2021Tel Aviv District, Israel
  5. MiPasaSoftware Team Lead & Full Stack Engineer2021Tel Aviv District, Israel
  6. MiPasaFull Stack Engineer2021Tel Aviv District, Israel
  7. J-Ventures FundAssociate2020 — 2021
  8. The Wharton School (Wharton Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance)Researcher2020
  9. Commonwealth Labs (Edgeware)Software Engineer2020
  10. Yad VashemVolunteer2018 — 2019Jerusalem District, Israel
  11. Maritime Capital, LLCData Scientist2018New York, New York, United States

Education

  1. University of PennsylvaniaBachelor of Science - BS, Networked and Social Systems Engineering with a Major in Economics
  2. Yeshivat Ma’ale Gilboa
  3. Sar High School

Skills & more

Hebrew1Research3Volunteering3Data Analytics1Analytics1Strategic Marketing1Consulting1OCaml1Java Swing1Socket.io1Amazon Dynamodb1Apache Spark1
+12 moreNumPyScikit-LearnDynamodbSparkStashCodaElixirJavaPythonRust (Programming Language)HTMLJavaScript

Languages Hebrew

From Jonah's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended University of Pennsylvania646

Dasha MaggioPartner at Felicis Ventures, writer on venture capital and founder psychologyNancy WangInvestor at Felicis VenturesEghosa OmoiguiFounder and Managing General Partner at EchoVC PartnersAkshat GoenkaInvestor at Moonfire VenturesJames KuklinskiInvestor at Spark CapitalKerry KilleenAssociate General Counsel at Revolution

+ 640 more

Also attended Sar High School1

Tamar NavehHead of Investor Relations at Qumra Capital

Shared employers

Also worked at Blockchain Capital26

Allison ChapmanDirector of Administration at Cota CapitalBrad StephensFounder and Managing Partner at Blockchain CapitalBart StephensFounder and Managing Partner at Blockchain CapitalSpencer BogartGeneral Partner at Blockchain CapitalKinjal ShahGeneral Partner at Blockchain CapitalAleks LarsenGeneral Partner at Blockchain Capital

+ 20 more

Also worked at J-Ventures Fund19

Toby CoppelCo-founder and Partner at Mosaic VenturesMichael B. MoradzadehVenture Partner at LegalTechBrent SapiroInvestor at Blue Tulip VenturesDaniel RecanatiFounder and CEO at RhodiumIgor TaberGeneral Partner at Cortical VenturesDavid WagonfeldPartner at Tandem Capital

+ 13 more

Also worked at The Wharton School (Wharton Stevens Center for Innovation in Finance)93

Wesley BarrowPartner at Correlation VenturesAndrew WilsonPartner, Legal at Lux CapitalMicherice TaoInvestor at IVP (Institutional Venture Partners)Eric HeilManaging Partner at Medical Excellence CapitalScott NissenbaumPresident & CEO at Ben Franklin Technology PartnersEurie KimManaging Partner at Forerunner Ventures

+ 87 more

Colleagues at Blockchain Capital

Abbas "Eddy" Zuaiter
Advisor at Blockchain Capital
Aleks Larsen
General Partner at Blockchain Capital
Alex Stelpflug
Accounting Manager at Blockchain Capital
Alison Davis
Advisor at Blockchain Capital
Allie Hans
Executive Assistant & Office Manager at Blockchain Capital
Anay Simunovic
Investor at Blockchain Capital
Bart Stephens
Founder and Managing Partner at Blockchain Capital
Ben Davenport
Venture Partner at Blockchain Capital

Network2

Aleks Larsen
General Partner at Blockchain Capital
Anay Simunovic
Investor at Blockchain Capital

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