Matthew Le Merle
InvestorManaging Partner and CEO of Fifth Era & Blockchain Coinvestors at Blockchain Coinvestors · Managing Partner at Blockchain Coinvestors AngelList Syndicate
San Francisco, USA & London, UK
About
Matthew Le Merle is Managing Partner and CEO of Fifth Era and Blockchain Coinvestors. His career has included work as a strategy advisor, professional services firm leader, corporate executive, and private equity and venture capital investor, with Chairman and Non-Executive Director roles across 15 public and private companies. Earlier he spent 21 years advising Fortune 500 leadership at McKinsey & Company, A.T. Kearney, Monitor Group, and Booz & Company, and served as an SVP at Gap Inc.; he holds degrees from Christ Church, Oxford and an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Invests in
AI & Machine LearningCrypto & Web3
Experience
- Fifth Era PartnersCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2004 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Keiretsu ForumManaging Partnercurrent2006 — presentSan Francisco, California
- Energy Substantiation Partners, LLCDirector Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
- ApplePie CapitalAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Bitwise Asset ManagementAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Concept LabsAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- Concept LabsChairman2006 — 2024San Francisco, California and Shanghai, China
- HashKey CapitalAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2022 — presentSingapore, Singapore
- QurrentAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SecuritizeAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- SecuritizeChairman - Europe2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- sFOXAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
- sFOXVice Chairman2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Singularity UniversityAdjunct Facultycurrent2017 — presentMountain View
- YPOMembercurrent2007 — presentNorCal
- GalxeAdvisor2021 — 2026
- BitBull CapitalAdvisory Board Director2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
- Warburg Pincus LLCAdvisor2019 — 2020San Francisco, California
- Telltale GamesFounding Chairman and Investor2004 — 2018San Rafael, California
- Bay Area CouncilBoard Director & Trustee1995 — 2016San Francisco, California
Education
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business Administration1986 — 1988
- University of OxfordMA, Geography (Double First1981 — 1984
- Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Directors' Consortium2013
- Saïd Business School, University of OxfordCertificate in Blockchain Strategy2018
- University of the Arts LondonShort Course Certificate, Fine and Studio Arts - Oil Painting2016
- University of the Arts LondonShort Course Certificate, Innovation in the Arts2017
- Eltham College1973 — 1980
Skills & more
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Angel InvestingIncubationCorporate DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningBusiness DevelopmentGrowth StrategiesStrategic ConsultingManagement ConsultingCorporate FinanceMergersMergers & Acquisitions- Oxford Blockchain Strategy Programme — The University of Oxford Said Business School
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Same school
Also attended Stanford University Graduate School of Business1,147
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Also attended University of Oxford687
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Also attended Saïd Business School, University of Oxford231
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Also attended University of the Arts London25
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Shared employers
Also worked at HashKey Capital1
Also worked at Warburg Pincus LLC61
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Also worked at Booz & Company.17
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Also worked at Monitor Group17
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Investments
Investor
ApplePie CapitalBitwiseConcept LabsFlameCoHashKey CapitalQurrentSecuritize
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Colleagues at Blockchain Coinvestors
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