Manmeet Singh (EMURGO)
As Chief Financial and Investment Officer at EMURGO, the official commercial and venture arm of Cardano, Manmeet spearheads its global strategy focusing on building the accelerator, education and investment units of EMURGO. Manmeet has navigated the startup world throughout his career, and over the past 5 years specifically focused on blockchain technology. As a tech geek, he went from an interest in blockchain and its worldwide impact to actually running, mentoring and investing in blockchain businesses. This led him to gather deep knowledge and run his own blockchain investment firm for the last 4 years, investing over USD 100 million aggregate in over 20 startups. He previously spent 15 years in China, establishing corporations to provide China focused strategy and private placement services, as well as co-founding in 2008 an IT education firm in partnership with IBM, local governments and universities. Manmeet now holds a number of active positions in the blockchain space: he is Council Member of the Cardano Foundation, Founding Member of Blockchain for Europe, Co-Founder of Y2X, Advisory Board Member at Bloq as well as Managing Partner of his private fund, Blockseed Ventures. He also is Managing Director at EMURGO & SOSV’s newly launched dLab blockchain accelerator.
Officials

Experience

Blockchain for Europe
Vice-Chairperson
Jan 2019 - Present
Intain
Board Member
Jul 2018 - Present
IN-D - Power of AI
Board Member
Apr 2018 - Present
Blockseed Ventures Limited
Managing Partner
Jun 2017 - Present
Chinaccelerator
Expert-in-Residence ("EIR") & Mentor
Jan 2014 - Present
Cardano Foundation
Vice-Chairperson
Jan 2019 - Sep 2021
EMURGO
CFO & CIO
Nov 2017 - Jun 2020
emlyon business school
Senior Affiliate Lecturer (Shanghai Campus)
Sep 2008 - Mar 2018
Nanjing Municipal Investment Promotion Commission
Investment Promotion Consultant of Nanjing
Jul 2014 - Jul 2017
New Access Capital
Venture Partner
2012 - 2013
M & M Corporation Limited
Managing Director
Nov 2005 - Feb 2012
Nandasoft Talent Centre
Co-Founder
Aug 2008 - Jan 2012
Sydus Pte. Ltd.
Director-Financial Strategy
Aug 2006 - Jul 2007
Rhino Group
Director
Sep 2005 - Aug 2006
ICICI Bank
Deputy Representative
2001 - 2005

Education

SPJIMR SP Jain Institute of Management & Research
MBA | International Business
1999 - 2001
Washington and Lee University
Bachelor of Arts (B.A.),Bachelor of Science (B.S.)
1993 - 1997
International School of Geneva
IB
1990 - 1993
Sardar Patel Vidyalaya
1988 - 1990
Majeediya
1984 - 1988

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