Mr George Popescu

KANDO id: 574266

Bio

George is the Managing Partner of Block X Ventures, Co-founder and CEO of Lampix, and the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Lending Times and Blockchain Times. George is also an advisor for FirstBlood, an eSports gaming platform, and Chairman of the Board of Advisors for Gatecoin, a bitcoin and ethereum token exchange based in Hong Kong. Previously George was a partner at LunaCap Ventures, a hybrid early stage growth capital fund. George also advises over a dozen companies in finance. George had a successful exit from Boston Technologies (BT) in 2014. BT was a technology, market maker, high-frequency trading and inter-broker broker-dealer in the foreign exchange spot, precious metals and CFDs space company. George was the Founder and CEO and grew the firm to $20M + in revenue without taking equity investment. BT was listed in the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in Massachusetts by the Boston Business Journal in 2011. BT has been on the Inc. 500/5000 list of fastest growing companies in the US for 4 years in a row ( #143, #373, #897 and #1270), and Boston Business Journal included George in the top 40 under 40 in 2012 in recognition of his business achievements. After the sale of Boston Technologies, George was Head-of-Strategy for Currency Mountain, a USD 100 million+ holding company focused on retail and medium institutional currencies. George has obtained 3 Master's Degrees: a Master's of Science from MIT working on 3D printing, a Master’s in Electrical Engineering and Computer Science from Supelec, France and a Master's in Nanosciences from Paris XI University. His scientific career led to 10 publications and patents.


Career


Block X Ventures

Boutique crypto-agency advisory and investment firm.
Email: [email protected]

Education