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Matthew Le Merle

Investor

Managing 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

  1. Fifth Era PartnersCo-Founder & Managing Partnercurrent2004 — presentSan Francisco, California
  2. Keiretsu ForumManaging Partnercurrent2006 — presentSan Francisco, California
  3. Energy Substantiation Partners, LLCDirector Board of Directorscurrent2025 — present
  4. ApplePie CapitalAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2013 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  5. Bitwise Asset ManagementAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  6. Concept LabsAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  7. Concept LabsChairman2006 — 2024San Francisco, California and Shanghai, China
  8. HashKey CapitalAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2022 — presentSingapore, Singapore
  9. QurrentAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2024 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  10. SecuritizeAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2019 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  11. SecuritizeChairman - Europe2019 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  12. sFOXAdvisory Board Directorcurrent2018 — presentSan Francisco Bay Area
  13. sFOXVice Chairman2018 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
  14. Singularity UniversityAdjunct Facultycurrent2017 — presentMountain View
  15. YPOMembercurrent2007 — presentNorCal
  16. GalxeAdvisor2021 — 2026
  17. BitBull CapitalAdvisory Board Director2017 — 2022San Francisco Bay Area
  18. Warburg Pincus LLCAdvisor2019 — 2020San Francisco, California
  19. Telltale GamesFounding Chairman and Investor2004 — 2018San Rafael, California
  20. Bay Area CouncilBoard Director & Trustee1995 — 2016San Francisco, California

Education

  1. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessMBA, Business Administration1986 — 1988
  2. University of OxfordMA, Geography (Double First1981 — 1984
  3. Stanford University Graduate School of BusinessStanford Directors' Consortium2013
  4. Saïd Business School, University of OxfordCertificate in Blockchain Strategy2018
  5. University of the Arts LondonShort Course Certificate, Fine and Studio Arts - Oil Painting2016
  6. University of the Arts LondonShort Course Certificate, Innovation in the Arts2017
  7. Eltham College1973 — 1980

Skills & more

Strategy99Leadership34Management33Private Equity99Venture Capital99Start-ups99Entrepreneurship54Due Diligence19Valuation13Portfolio Management10Investments16Investor Relations13
+12 moreAngel InvestingIncubationCorporate DevelopmentBusiness StrategyBusiness PlanningBusiness DevelopmentGrowth StrategiesStrategic ConsultingManagement ConsultingCorporate FinanceMergersMergers & Acquisitions
  • Oxford Blockchain Strategy ProgrammeThe University of Oxford Said Business School

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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

Investments

Investor

ApplePie CapitalBitwiseConcept LabsFlameCoHashKey CapitalQurrentSecuritize

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Colleagues at Blockchain Coinvestors

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