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Navroop Sahdev

Investor

Board of Advisors │ Founder of Digital Economist Associate, Centre of Blockchain Technologies MIT Connections Fellow at Venture Rock

New York, New York, United States

About

Navroop Sahdev is founder and CEO of The Digital Economist, a research organization publishing over 100 papers annually on human-centered economics and governance. He holds a Connection Science Fellowship at MIT Media Lab and previously conducted research at Harvard University, with work focused on distributed systems, identity, and networks. Sahdev has authored Blockchain Economics (2019) and contributed to Hyperledger's "Blockchain for Business" course, which has reached approximately 200,000 entrepreneurs, and advises on emerging technology policy at international institutions including the UN and World Bank.

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Experience

  1. The Digital EconomistFounder and CEOcurrent2019 — presentDistrict of Columbia, United States
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyConnection Science Fellowcurrent2018 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  3. Tech for TransparencyFoundercurrent2022 — presentWashington, District of Columbia, United States
  4. The Ostrom ProjectFoundercurrent2022 — presentUnited States
  5. Africa CoalitionFoundercurrent2023 — present
  6. IEEEChair, Economics and Regulation, Planet Positive 2030current2022 — presentNew York, New York, United States
  7. Rethink MarketsFoundercurrent2019 — presentSt. Petersburg, Florida, United States
  8. UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT)Associatecurrent2017 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  9. NextGen Venture PartnersVenture Partnercurrent2019 — presentCambridge, Massachusetts, United States
  10. venturerockAdvisory Board Member2021 — 2023Singapore, Singapore
  11. The Linux FoundationCo Author2017 — 2023San Francisco, California, United States
  12. The British Blockchain AssociationEditor2018 — 2021London Area, United Kingdom
  13. BCG Digital VenturesHead of Economic Strategy2018 — 2019Manhattan Beach, California, United States
  14. Ad Meliora LLCHead of Research2016 — 2018Boston, Massachusetts, United States
  15. Harvard UniversityResearch Fellow2015Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States

Education

  1. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyFinTech Certificate Course: Future Commerce, Financial technology2016
  2. Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyWinter school, Complex Systems2016
  3. Université Paris 13Masters, Innovation and Management of Intellectual Property2014 — 2015
  4. Università degli Studi di TorinoMasters, Cooperation2013 — 2014
  5. Panjab UniversityMaster of Arts (MA), Economics2011 — 2013
  6. Panjab UniversityBA Honors, Economics2008 — 2011

Skills & more

Team Management11Public Speaking99Leadership99Strategic Planning19Strategy16Management16Capacity Building13Sales15Strategic Partnerships13Economics99Data Analysis41Digital Strategy35
+12 moreResearchEconometricsProject ManagementInternational DevelopmentStatisticsCreative WritingPolicy AnalysisMacroeconomicsInternational RelationsPublic PolicyQuantitative ResearchResearch Design

Languages English · French · Hindi · Italian · Punjabi

  • Most Inspirational Women of Web3 and AI 2024 — Unstoppable Women of Web3
  • Keynote Speaker — Hult Prize Foundation
  • MIT Fintech: Future Commerce online course — Massachusetts Institute of Technology

From Navroop's professional profile.

Same school

Also attended Massachusetts Institute of Technology849

Fred WilsonCo-founder & Partner at Union Square VenturesAileen LeeFounder & Managing Partner of Cowboy VenturesHemant TanejaCEO & Managing Director of General CatalystBrad FeldCo-founder of Foundry and TechstarsMatt HuangCo-founder and Managing Partner at ParadigmDelian AsparouhovPartner at Founders Fund and co-founder of Varda

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Also attended Université Paris 133

Olivier GarelManaging Partner at Unilever VenturesRomuald MessinaDirecteur intelligence de marché at ACET CapitalArthur LiabastreSenior Finance Officer at Elaia

Also attended Università degli Studi di Torino40

Andrea Di CamilloFounder, CEO & Managing Partner at P101 VenturesMarco PrunottoInvestor at MedicxiAndrea SilvelloBanking & Real Estate at Proximity CapitalFederico GaliziaIFC Vice President and Chief Risk Officer at International Finance CorporationAlberto CrestoGeneral Partner at Lunar VenturesGiovanni FabaroInvestment Associate at Oltre Impact

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Also attended Panjab University4

Abhishek KantImpact Partner at Fresco CapitalGurpal SinghPrincipal Director, Saundh, Singh & Smith Lawyers at TiE Women Global Pitch CompetitionMunish Mohit AggarwalPrincipal at ADB VenturesSanjeev AggarwalManaging Director at Fundamentum

Shared employers

Also worked at UCL Centre for Blockchain Technologies (CBT)3

Lorcan DelaneyPrincipal at firstminute capitalChristina FrankopanVenture Partner at Fabric VenturesDavid KinitskyCCDO at Everstake

Also worked at venturerock10

Marc WesselinkVenture Partner at Contrarian VenturesDagmar van Ravenswaay ClaasenVenture Partner at Borski FundGuan-Lun LiaoAssociate at Team IgniteSudheer KuppamGeneral Partner at Venture RockXander van der HeijdenGeneral Partner & Founder at Venture RockMihaela GeorgievaPartner at Venture Rock

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Colleagues at Venture Rock

Jason Collins
Board of Advisors | Senior Wealth Manager | International Investment Advisory at Venture Rock
Marc Wesselink
Venture Partner at Contrarian Ventures
Mark Burbach
Partner at Venture Rock
Mei Lin Fung
Board of Advisors │ CEO of People Centered Internet, Co-Founder of Impact Network at Venture Rock
Mihaela Georgieva
Partner at Venture Rock
Navin Danapal
General Partner Venturerock Asia at Venture Rock
Pascal Verloop
Partner at Venture Rock
Sudheer Kuppam
General Partner at Venture Rock