Andreas Antonopoulos
Angel Investor
San Francisco, United States
Andreas Antonopoulos is a technologist and serial entrepreneur, who works on bitcoin. As an engaging public speaker, teacher, and writer, he makes complex subjects accessible and easy to understand. As an advisor, he helps startups recognize, evaluate, and navigate security and business risks.Andreas Antonopoulos started his first company, anearly BBS and proto-ISP, as a teenager in his home in Greece. After moving to the U.S., he co-founded and managed a technology research company, and in that role advised dozens of Fortune 500 company executives on networking, security, data centers, and cloud computing. More than 200 of his articles on security, cloud computing, and data centers have been published in print and syndicated worldwide. He holds 2 patents in networking and security.In 1990, Andreas Antonopoulos started teaching on various IT topics in private, professional, and academic environments. He is also a public speaker and teacher. In 2014, he was appointed as a teaching fellow with the University of Nicosia, the first university in the world to offer a Masters Degree in Digital Currency. In this role, he helped to develop the curriculum and co-taught the Introduction to Digital Currencies course, offered as a MOOC, through the University.As a bitcoin entrepreneur, Andreas Antonopoulos has founded a number of bitcoin businesses and launched several community open-source projects. He serves as an advisor to several bitcoin and crypto-currency companies. He is an author of articles and blog posts on bitcoin, is a permanent host on the Let’s Talk Bitcoin Podcast, and a frequent speaker at technology and security conferences worldwide.Andreas Antonopoulos earned degrees in computer science, data communications, and distributed systems from University College London, recently ranked in the world’s top 10 universities. He currently resides in San Francisco.
- Total investments:
- 2
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Countries Andreas Antonopoulos invests in
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Investment Focus
Industry
- macOS 1 (50%)
- Software 1 (50%)
- Blockchain 1 (50%)
- Communities 1 (50%)
- Cryptocurrency 1 (50%)
Country
- Singapore 1 (50%)
- United States 1 (50%)
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
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| We are a self custody wallet management solution for digital assets like Bitcoin and Ethereum. | $4.7M / Seed / May 31, 2022 | ||
| Umbrel provides a personal server with a Bitcoin and Lightning node at home. | $3M / Seed / Oct 29, 2021 |
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What does Andreas Antonopoulos invest in?
Andreas Antonopoulos invests primarily in macOS, Software and Blockchain startups, most often at Seed stage. Most of the 2 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Singapore. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
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