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About
Vanessa Zhang is Chief Compliance Officer at FalconX, where she leads global regulatory and FCC compliance efforts. Her background includes compliance roles at Facebook and Ripple, with expertise in anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance for banking, fintech, and blockchain payment services. She has experience designing compliance programs and risk mitigation strategies across fast-paced environments.
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Executive at FalconX
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FalconX's investors · 19
AccelPalo Alto · $1.6M – $70M checks · since 2026AccompliceBoston · $5M – $25M checksAdams Street PartnersChicago · $150M – $750M checksAltimeter CapitalMenlo Park · $1M – $25M checks · since 2021B Capital GroupManhattan Beach · $10M – $50M checksB4 Capital$10M – $50M checksCadenzaNew YorkCleo CapitalNew York · $100K – $1M checksCoinbase VenturesStamford · $100K – $10M checksF-Prime CapitalCambridge · $3M – $10M checksFenbushi CapitalShanghai · $1.3M – $30M checksFlybridge Capital PartnersNew York · $250K – $10M checksFounders Circle CapitalSan FranciscoIDEO CoLab VenturesSan Francisco · $100K – $10M checksLightspeed Venture PartnersMenlo Park · $1.7M – $87M checksMDSV CAPITALPalo AltoMyAsiaVCSeattlePantera CapitalSan Francisco · $5M – $100M checksSapphire VenturesMenlo Park · $5M – $20M checks
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Co-founders at FalconX
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Raghu YarlagaddaFounder
Experience
- FalconXGlobal Chief Compliance Officercurrent2025 — present
- OKXChief Compliance Officer2024 — 2025San Francisco Bay Area
- OKXDeputy CCO2023 — 2024
- OKXGlobal FCC2022 — 2023San Francisco Bay Area
- FireblocksCompliance Director2022
- FacebookGlobal AML & Sanctions Compliance2021 — 2022
- RippleSr. Manager, Global AML & Sanctions2017 — 2021San Francisco Bay Area
- Wells FargoFinancial Crimes Consultant2016 — 2017Oakland, California
- Steele Compliance Solutions, Inc.FCPA Compliance2013 — 2016San Francisco Bay Area
- United Nations ESCAPResearch Fellow2014Bangkok, Bangkok City, Thailand
- Austrian Embassy, Defense Attaché's OfficeForeign Policy Research2006 — 2011Beijing, China
Skills & more
Investigative Research3Policy Analysis10International Relations5Project Management3Risk AssessmentIntercultural Communication6Product ComplianceKYCAnti Money Laundering1Compliance ManagementRegulatory ComplianceGlobal FinTech & Crypto Regulatory Expertise1
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AML/BSA/OFAC/FCPAPublic SpeakingManagement- Certified Financial Crime Specialist (CFCS) — Association of Certified Financial Crime Specialists - ACFCS
- Development Project Management — Monterey Institute of International Studies - Development Project Management Institute (DPMI)
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Vanessa Zhang?
- Vanessa Zhang is Chief Compliance Officer at FalconX, where she leads global regulatory and FCC compliance efforts. Her background includes compliance roles at Facebook and Ripple, with expertise in anti-money laundering and sanctions compliance for banking, fintech, and blockchain payment services. She has experience designing compliance programs and risk mitigation strategies across fast-paced environments.
- Where did Vanessa Zhang go to school?
- Vanessa Zhang studied at Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey (Master of Arts (M.A.), International Policy Studies); National Defense Academy of Austria (Landesverteidigungsakademie) (Trainee, German Language and Foreign Policy).
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