Ciaran Hynes
Managing Partner
Rob Frasca
Managing Partner
Ken Lang
CTO
Connor Cantwell
Partner – Europe

Managing Partner
Managing Partner
CTO
Partner – Europe
BlockVenture is a research driven alliance of university blockchain groups and venture capital funds.
Role
Managing Partner
Role
Rob Frasca is a serial entrepreneur, investor, visionary online pioneer and frequent speaker on blockchain and cryptocurrencies. A pioneer and product visionary, Rob founded and brought 3 venture-backed startups, to successful exits, and served as CEO of 4 companies.
Rob is widely recognized for creating the first Internet fintech company (GALT Technologies), the Internet’s first stock quote and portfolio management service- NETworth, which was eventually acquired by Intuit in 1994 and became Quicken Financial Network. His second startup, an early artificial intelligence company, was acquired by Lycos, the second-most-popular internet portal at the time, where he became VP and General Manager. Frasca’s third startup, Affinnova, was acquired by Nielsen in 2014. He is a visionary and online pioneer who has brought over 50 products to market, including one with over 100 million users.
Frasca graduated from the Rochester Institute of Technology with a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and received an MBA/M.S.I.A. from Carnegie Mellon’s Tepper School of Business. He is also a decorated U.S. Naval Flight Officer with 18 combat missions.
Role
CTO
Role
Partner - Europe
Description: ORE connects Web 2.0 identities to accounts on multiple blockchains, creating single sign-on for cross-chain interoperability.
Sector: Infrastructure
Website: ore.network
Description: BEASY Authentication is a private-labelable, plug-and-play blockchain-enablement architecture.
Sector: NFT Infrastructure
Website: beasy1.com/
Description: TokenIITraxx is an NFT platform built by musicians for the music community.
Sector: NFT Infrastructure
Website: tokentraxx.com/
Description: Description : Provides defi access ton real world assets access
Sector: Defi
Website: defactor.com
Shyft
Description: Privacy enabled blockchain for compliant financial applications.
Sector: Infrastructure
Website: dusk.network
Description: Proof-of-Stake layer 1 blockchain protocol.
Sector: Infrastructure
Website: casperlabs.io/
Description: Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency mining services.
Sector: Infrastructure
Website: blockwaresolutions.com
"*" indicates required fields
Description: Bafin regulated and MiFID II compliant Tokenization agency.
Sector: Finance
Website: blackmanta.capital
"*" indicates required fields